County crime profile · 2024 · large county · property-led

Shasta County, CA

At 182,155 residents, Shasta County is a large county in California. FBI UCR county totals below are read before any per-100,000 rate (Census denominator when matched).

Data updated 2026-08-24

517
Property offenses
272
Violent offenses
789
Total · 2024

Shasta County, CA reported 149 violent crimes per 100,000 in FBI UCR 2024

According to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program for 2024, Shasta County, CA agencies reported 272 violent and 517 property offenses. That equals about 149 violent and 284 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
  • 272 violent offenses
  • 149/100K violent rate

What the 2024 FBI UCR record shows for Shasta County, CA

Position in the state cohort

Shasta County sits mid-pack among comparable California counties

At 149.3 reported violent offenses per 100,000 residents in 2024, Shasta County ranks 23 of 56 — above 33 of the 55 other California counties whose 2024 submission passes this site’s completeness test and carries a matched Census denominator. That is +28.3% against the cohort median of 116.4. Counties that did not report, or that reported implausibly low totals, are excluded from this cohort rather than counted as low-crime.

Offense mix

Violent offenses make up an unusually large share of the reported mix

Violent offenses are 34.5% of the 789 Part I offenses reported in Shasta County for 2024, against a median of 29.6% across comparable California counties — a gap of 4.9 points. Offense mix is shaped by which agencies report and how incidents are classified as well as by the underlying offenses, so it describes the reported record rather than a settled difference in conditions.

On a 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 · large county

Category Count
Property Crime 517
Burglary 142
Larceny-Theft 342
Motor Vehicle Theft 33
Arson 8
Violent Crime 272
Murder 1
Rape 44
Robbery 16
Aggravated Assault 211

Reporting Agency

Shasta County Sheriff's Office NIBRS-participating

Shasta County's crime figures on this page originate from Shasta County Sheriff's Office's submission to the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting Program.

This agency reports via NIBRS, the incident-based system that captures more detail per offense (multiple crimes per incident, victim/offender data) than the older summary counts.

Similar-Size Counties in California

A per-capita rate is easiest to read against places of similar scale, so these are the California counties closest to Shasta County in population. Their populations run from 152,486 to 211,632, against 182,155 here. Or launch the side-by-side compare tool to benchmark two jurisdictions directly.

Nationwide peers for Shasta County

Similar violent rate (~149/100K)

Similar property rate (~284/100K)

ZIP Codes in Shasta County

State atlas: California · Compare · Rankings

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.

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