County crime profile · 2024 · very large county · property-led
San Bernardino County, CA
At 2,181,654 residents, San Bernardino County is a very large county in California. FBI UCR county totals below are read before any per-100,000 rate (Census denominator when matched).
San Bernardino County, CA reported 69 violent crimes per 100,000 in FBI UCR 2024
According to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program for 2024, San Bernardino County, CA agencies reported 1,505 violent and 3,474 property offenses. That equals about 69 violent and 159 property crimes per 100,000 using a verified Census population join. Table 10 coverage is a voluntary subset of U.S. counties.
2024 UCR year
1,505 violent offenses
69/100K violent rate
What the 2024 FBI UCR record shows for San Bernardino County, CA
Position in the state cohort
San Bernardino County sits mid-pack among comparable California counties
At 69.0 reported violent offenses per 100,000 residents in 2024, San Bernardino County ranks 40 of 56 — above 16 of the 55 other California counties whose 2024 submission passes this site’s completeness test and carries a matched Census denominator. That is -46.9% against the cohort median of 129.8. Counties that did not report, or that reported implausibly low totals, are excluded from this cohort rather than counted as low-crime.
Property-offense composition
Burglary and vehicle theft carry more of the property total than they do across the cohort
Larceny-theft is 47.5% of reported property offenses in San Bernardino County, against a cohort median of 66.2%. The remainder is burglary (868) and motor vehicle theft (957). Composition differences of this size usually track what kinds of places and property are present in a jurisdiction.
2020–2024 direction
The reported violent-crime rate ended the window lower
Across 3 comparable reporting years, the rate moved from 85.2 per 100,000 in 2020 to 69.0 in 2024 (-19.0%). The highest observed value was 91.9 in 2022 and the lowest 69.0 in 2024. Years whose submission failed the completeness test are left out of this comparison rather than plotted as change.
On a very large county row, county figures aggregate every participating agency inside the county. Participation is voluntary. Per-100,000 rates use a separately matched 2020 U.S. Census county population, never a Table 10 field; unmatched counties stay count-only. A large county line encloses very different communities.
Crime Breakdown (2024) · property-led · very large county
Category
Count
Property Crime
3,474
Burglary
868
Larceny-Theft
1,649
Motor Vehicle Theft
957
Arson
77
Violent Crime
1,505
Murder
27
Rape
113
Robbery
159
Aggravated Assault
1,206
Reporting Agency
San Bernardino County Sheriff's Office Summary Reporting (SRS)
San Bernardino County's crime figures on this page originate from San Bernardino County Sheriff's Office's submission to the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting Program.
This agency reports via the traditional Summary Reporting System (SRS): aggregate monthly offense counts rather than incident-level detail.
Similar-Size Counties in California
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Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program, Crime in the United States (CIUS) Table 10.
FBI Table 10 supplies county offense counts but no resident population. Where this page shows a per-100,000 rate, the denominator is a separately matched 2020 U.S. Census Bureau county population; unmatched county rows remain count-only. Statewide comparisons draw on the state UCR program. Verify with FBI.gov UCR and Census.gov QuickFacts.