Fresno, CA crime rate
In 2025 the Fresno Police Department reported 720.0 violent crimes and 2,579.9 property crimes per 100,000 residents it covers. The FBI's estimates for California and the US for the same year are beside each number.
Data as of 2025 (FBI), checked October 30, 2026. How we got these numbers
How does Fresno compare with California and the US?
Arson has no FBI state or US estimate, so its row shows Fresno only.
What offenses were reported in Fresno, 2025?
| Offense | Reported | Per 100k | California | US | vs 2024 | vs 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violent crime | ||||||
| Violent crime | 3,974 | 720.0 | 432.7 | 327.6 | down 3.0% | down 22.7% |
| Murder | 24 | 4.3 | 3.5 | 4.1 | down 27.1% | down 68.6% |
| Rape | 278 | 50.4 | 33.4 | 36.1 | up 5.7% | down 13.0% |
| Robbery | 864 | 156.5 | 94.9 | 49.4 | down 7.0% | up 1.1% |
| Aggravated assault | 2,808 | 508.7 | 301.0 | 238.0 | down 2.2% | down 27.8% |
| Property crime | ||||||
| Property crime | 14,240 | 2,579.9 | 1,792.2 | 1,534.8 | down 22.7% | down 19.6% |
| Burglary | 1,932 | 350.0 | 275.1 | 193.6 | down 12.5% | down 55.8% |
| Larceny-theft | 9,777 | 1,771.3 | 1,200.5 | 1,144.1 | down 20.3% | up 2.2% |
| Motor vehicle theft | 2,400 | 434.8 | 316.7 | 197.0 | down 35.5% | down 34.2% |
| Arson | 131 | 23.7 | Not estimated | Not estimated | down 40.6% | down 2.1% |
Reported = offenses known to the Fresno Police Department and sent to the FBI. California and US are FBI estimates for the same year. Changes compare rates of full years only.
Violent crime rate, 2021 to 2025
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| Year | Fresno | United States | California |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 931.2 | 387.0 | 481.2 |
| 2022 | 871.5 | 388.7 | 503.6 |
| 2023 | 749.4 | 379.5 | 506.9 |
| 2024 | 742.2 | 362.9 | 475.3 |
| 2025 | 720.0 | 327.6 | 432.7 |
Property crime rate, 2021 to 2025
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| Year | Fresno | United States | California |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 3,210.6 | 1,832.3 | 2,165.3 |
| 2022 | 3,488.6 | 1,973.8 | 2,361.5 |
| 2023 | 3,128.8 | 1,934.1 | 2,326.1 |
| 2024 | 3,335.9 | 1,761.1 | 1,964.9 |
| 2025 | 2,579.9 | 1,534.8 | 1,792.2 |
Is Fresno safe?
We don't rate cities as safe or unsafe. What the FBI's numbers show: in 2025 the violent crime rate the Fresno Police Department reported, 720.0 per 100,000 residents, was higher than California's 432.7, and higher than the US rate of 327.6 (FBI estimates). It fell 3.0% from 2024.
What these numbers can't tell you:
- How crime differs between neighborhoods (the FBI publishes agency totals only).
- Crimes nobody reported to the police.
- How many offenses involved visitors and commuters, who are not in the population count.
A total of 3,974 violent crimes and 14,240 property crimes were reported to the FBI by Fresno police for 2025. The violent crime rate, 720.0 per 100,000 residents covered by the Fresno Police Department, was 1.7 times the California estimate of 432.7 and 2.2 times the US rate of 327.6. Property crime was 2,579.9 per 100,000, above both the state's 1,792.2 and the national 1,534.8.
Violent crime has declined 22.7% since 2021, from 931.2, and 3.0% since 2024. Property crime fell 22.7% in the last year and is down 19.6% from 2021. California's violent estimate went from 481.2 to 432.7 over the same 5 years.
Murder fell the most of the violent offenses from 2021 to 2025, 68.6%, to 4.3 per 100,000, with 24 homicides. Robbery had the largest rise in that group, 1.1%, and is 3.2 times the US rate. Aggravated assault was 71% of violent crime, and larceny-theft 69% of property crime.
Burglary fell the most of the property offenses since 2021, 55.8%, and motor vehicle theft dropped 35.5% from 2024. The department sent all 12 months for each of the 5 years shown, with NIBRS reporting since 2021. It had 2.21 police employees per 1,000 residents in 2025.
The Fresno County Sheriff's Office and California State University police report separately, so their cases are not in these figures.
Written from the numbers on this page. Every figure and every comparison is checked against the stored FBI data before publishing.
Police employees, 2025: 2.21 per 1,000 residents (841 officers, 380 civilians), FBI Crime Data Explorer. Shown as context, not as a measure of crime.
Other California cities
The nearest California cities with a page, in alphabetical order. VC = violent crime per 100,000, 2025.
Sources
- FBI Crime Data Explorer, Fresno Police Department (ORI CA0100500), offenses known to law enforcement and police employees, 2021 to 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026. Crime Data Explorer
- FBI Crime Data Explorer, California and United States estimated crime (Summary Reporting System estimates), 2021 to 2025.
- FBI, "UCR Statistics: Their Proper Use" (why we don't rank cities).
Every stored file behind this page (11)
- Fresno Police Department (CA0100500): violent crime, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_CA0100500_violent_crime__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Fresno Police Department (CA0100500): murder, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_CA0100500_homicide__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Fresno Police Department (CA0100500): rape, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_CA0100500_rape__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Fresno Police Department (CA0100500): robbery, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_CA0100500_robbery__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Fresno Police Department (CA0100500): aggravated assault, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_CA0100500_aggravated_assault__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Fresno Police Department (CA0100500): property crime, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_CA0100500_property_crime__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Fresno Police Department (CA0100500): burglary, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_CA0100500_burglary__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Fresno Police Department (CA0100500): larceny-theft, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_CA0100500_larceny__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Fresno Police Department (CA0100500): motor vehicle theft, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_CA0100500_motor_vehicle_theft__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Fresno Police Department (CA0100500): arson, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_CA0100500_arson__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Fresno Police Department (CA0100500): police employees, 2021 to 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/pe_agency_CA0100500__from-2021-to-2025.json)