City Population Violent / 100K Property / 100K Grade
Pico Rivera 58,318 468.1 2,016.5 D
Gilroy 57,877 461.3 2,163.2 D
Gardena 57,584 703.3 3,051.2 F
Monterey Park 56,904 274.1 2,110.6 C
West Sacramento 56,536 293.6 1,369 C
Cupertino 56,375 111.8 1,566.3 A
Lincoln 56,152 96.2 561 A
Highland 55,936 534.5 1,322.9 D
San Jacinto 55,863 254.2 1,727.4 B
Fountain Valley 54,975 178.3 1,784.4 B
National City 54,915 695.6 1,939.4 F
Yucaipa 53,735 349.9 824.4 C
Arcadia 53,397 230.4 2,820.4 C
Colton 53,153 393.2 2,105.2 C
Cathedral City 52,602 283.3 1,220.5 B
Palm Desert 52,205 323.7 2,827.3 C
Delano 52,061 343.8 1,112.2 C
Placentia 52,034 357.5 1,466.3 C
Novato 51,258 253.6 1,353.9 B
Diamond Bar 51,126 78.2 1,862.1 A
Huntington Park 51,054 691.4 3,120.2 F
Watsonville 50,340 399.3 1,182 C
Paramount 50,265 547.1 2,815.1 F
San Luis Obispo 49,948 424.4 2,668.8 D
Aliso Viejo 49,674 134.9 867.7 A
Los Banos 49,549 213.9 1,832.5 B
Glendora 49,136 168.9 1,998.5 B
Brea 48,901 210.6 2,865 C
Rosemead 48,740 352.9 2,503.1 C
Cypress 48,367 285.3 1,589.9 C
Ceres 48,107 397 1,848 C
Covina 47,940 352.5 1,612.4 C
Poway 47,808 133.9 583.6 A
Azusa 47,647 270.7 1,483.8 B
Newark 46,736 380.9 3,962.7 D
Oakley 46,548 146.1 966.7 A
Cerritos 45,961 350.3 5,332.8 D
Rancho Santa Margarita 45,633 81.1 523.7 A
Hollister 45,626 333.1 830.7 B
Palm Springs 45,406 603.4 3,213.2 F
La Mirada 44,755 172 1,794.2 B
Rohnert Park 44,573 258 1,263.1 B
Lathrop 44,277 302.6 1,420.6 C
Coachella 44,131 299.1 1,540.9 C
Morgan Hill 44,083 195.1 1,508.5 B
El Centro 43,550 328.4 1,267.5 C
Danville 42,814 63.1 583.9 A
Lompoc 42,607 499.9 1,457.5 D
Campbell 41,029 489.9 2,949.1 D
San Bruno 40,553 256.5 1,965.3 C
La Quinta 39,536 177.1 1,945.1 B
Rancho Palos Verdes 39,289 91.6 883.2 A
Stanton 39,059 512 1,692.3 D
Culver City 38,514 667.3 5,862.8 F
Adelanto 38,210 565.3 994.5 D
Calexico 38,106 147 535.3 A
Montclair 37,414 644.1 3,645.7 F
San Gabriel 37,172 182.9 1,966.5 B
Wildomar 37,145 102.3 1,020.3 A
Bell Gardens 36,850 388.1 1,476.3 C
Monrovia 36,365 316.2 2,296.2 C
Martinez 36,132 276.8 1,228.8 B
La Puente 36,056 410.5 1,289.7 C
Pacifica 35,759 145.4 1,306 B
Moorpark 35,312 99.1 713.6 A
Claremont 35,139 500.9 1,918.1 D
Central Marin 34,703 123.9 1,775.1 B
San Juan Capistrano 34,620 164.6 1,077.4 B
Temple City 34,359 221.2 1,053.6 B
West Hollywood 33,928 884.2 5,491 F
Desert Hot Springs 33,749 491.9 1,200 C
Pleasant Hill 33,539 235.5 4,025.2 C
Manhattan Beach 32,724 149.7 2,533.3 B
Goleta 32,632 205.3 1,569 B
San Dimas 32,560 282.6 2,281.9 C
Dana Point 32,405 185.2 873.3 B
Banning 32,325 467.1 925 C
Santa Paula 32,139 326.7 874.3 B
Atwater 32,093 710.4 2,193.6 F
Los Gatos 31,828 147.7 1,432.7 B
Foster City 31,680 69.4 669.2 A
Bell 31,353 583.7 1,161 D
Menlo Park 31,052 228.6 1,780.9 B
Paso Robles 31,018 364.3 1,857 C
Seaside 30,985 513.2 832.7 C
San Pablo 30,974 626.3 2,508.6 F
Beverly Hills 30,457 512.2 4,439 F
Laguna Hills 29,895 234.2 1,130.6 B
Atascadero 29,685 178.5 970.2 B
Lawndale 29,647 593.7 1,865.3 D
Los Altos 29,551 77.8 1,211.5 A
Burlingame 29,471 183.2 2,025.7 B
La Verne 29,391 197.3 2,388.5 C
Saratoga 29,185 89.1 599.6 A
Twentynine Palms 28,976 417.6 776.5 C
Monterey 28,792 382.1 1,781.7 C
Suisun City 28,502 389.4 1,477.1 C
Brawley 28,311 296.7 890.1 B
Ridgecrest 28,110 675.9 1,074.4 F
East Palo Alto 27,663 607.3 1,919.5 F
Lemon Grove 27,559 442.7 1,074.1 C
Hercules 26,739 168.3 673.2 A
Lemoore 26,707 411.9 1,082.1 C
Walnut 26,702 127.3 1,891.2 B
Sanger 26,245 483.9 1,074.5 C
Dinuba 26,230 579.5 2,188.3 F
Benicia 26,207 133.6 1,030.3 A
Reedley 26,201 564.9 862.6 D
Belmont 26,099 164.8 1,283.6 B
Galt 25,806 410.8 1,472.5 C
Windsor 25,660 233.8 732.7 B
Patterson 25,491 274.6 957.2 B
Eureka 25,485 1,016.3 3,170.5 F
El Cerrito 25,424 479.9 3,044.4 D
Norco 25,405 145.6 2,542.8 B
Imperial Beach 25,247 538.7 637.7 C
South Pasadena 25,228 210.1 2,513.1 C
Loma Linda 25,186 341.5 1,536.6 C
Riverbank 25,043 163.7 1,525.4 B
Lafayette 24,934 80.2 1,267.3 A
Barstow 24,817 1,108.1 2,639.3 F
Selma 24,399 573.8 1,598.4 D
Seal Beach 24,079 481.7 2,749.3 D
Soledad 23,708 257.3 527.2 B
Duarte 23,654 249.4 1,221.8 B
Maywood 23,432 576.1 1,344.3 D
San Fernando 23,173 362.5 2,179.3 C
Marina 23,021 291 1,242.3 B
Oakdale 22,988 395.9 1,209.3 C
Shafter 22,570 279.1 1,364.6 B
Laguna Beach 22,115 167.3 949.6 A
Imperial 21,980 77.3 182 A+
Calabasas 21,897 159.8 1,306.1 B
Corcoran 21,831 522.2 1,016.9 D
Yucca Valley 21,630 605.6 961.6 D
Cudahy 21,401 654.2 1,434.5 F
Greenfield 21,230 631.2 800.8 D
American Canyon 21,199 325.5 1,240.6 C
South Lake Tahoe 21,005 785.5 1,461.6 F
Port Hueneme 20,969 510.3 1,769.3 D
Santa Fe Springs 20,534 905.8 6,160.5 F
Chowchilla 19,504 676.8 1,189.5 F
Lomita 19,433 355.1 1,785.6 C
Dixon 19,402 283.5 1,278.2 B
Orinda 19,314 57 880.2 A
Oroville 19,270 980.8 3,819.4 F
Agoura Hills 19,229 124.8 894.5 A
La Canada Flintridge 19,229 88.4 1,518.5 A
Arcata 19,107 507.7 1,763.8 D
South El Monte 18,861 466.6 3,234.2 D
Showing cities 151–300 of 458 in California, by population. See the California safest and most dangerous city rankings, or the California crime overview.

How These City Grades Are Calculated

Each grade weighs a city's violent crime rate (70%) and property crime rate (30%) against the national averages, drawn from FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program, Crime in the United States, Table 8 for 2024. Rates use (offenses ÷ population) × 100,000.

UCR participation is voluntary, so not every California city reports every year, and small-population cities can show volatile rates where a single incident moves the per-capita figure sharply. Read the full methodology for the scoring formula and limitations.