Sacramento, CA crime rate
In 2025 the Sacramento Police Department reported 720.1 violent crimes and 2,307.8 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 Sacramento compare with California and the US?
Arson has no FBI state or US estimate, so its row shows Sacramento only.
What offenses were reported in Sacramento, 2025?
| Offense | Reported | Per 100k | California | US | vs 2024 | vs 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violent crime | ||||||
| Violent crime | 3,877 | 720.1 | 432.7 | 327.6 | down 4.9% | 2021: not reported |
| Murder | 42 | 7.8 | 3.5 | 4.1 | down 8.2% | 2021: not reported |
| Rape | 150 | 27.9 | 33.4 | 36.1 | down 20.1% | 2021: not reported |
| Robbery | 887 | 164.8 | 94.9 | 49.4 | down 14.4% | 2021: not reported |
| Aggravated assault | 2,798 | 519.7 | 301.0 | 238.0 | down 0.4% | 2021: not reported |
| Property crime | ||||||
| Property crime | 12,425 | 2,307.8 | 1,792.2 | 1,534.8 | down 11.8% | 2021: not reported |
| Burglary | 2,171 | 403.2 | 275.1 | 193.6 | down 9.8% | 2021: not reported |
| Larceny-theft | 7,868 | 1,461.4 | 1,200.5 | 1,144.1 | down 10.2% | 2021: not reported |
| Motor vehicle theft | 2,253 | 418.5 | 316.7 | 197.0 | down 18.3% | 2021: not reported |
| Arson | 133 | 24.7 | Not estimated | Not estimated | down 16.0% | 2021: not reported |
Reported = offenses known to the Sacramento 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
2021: not reported. No rate is drawn for that year, and the line breaks there.
Show as a table
| Year | Sacramento | United States | California |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Not reported | 387.0 | 481.2 |
| 2022 | 906.8 | 388.7 | 503.6 |
| 2023 | 805.8 | 379.5 | 506.9 |
| 2024 | 757.6 | 362.9 | 475.3 |
| 2025 | 720.1 | 327.6 | 432.7 |
Property crime rate, 2021 to 2025
2021: not reported. No rate is drawn for that year, and the line breaks there.
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| Year | Sacramento | United States | California |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Not reported | 1,832.3 | 2,165.3 |
| 2022 | 3,252.5 | 1,973.8 | 2,361.5 |
| 2023 | 2,979.9 | 1,934.1 | 2,326.1 |
| 2024 | 2,615.3 | 1,761.1 | 1,964.9 |
| 2025 | 2,307.8 | 1,534.8 | 1,792.2 |
Is Sacramento safe?
We don't rate cities as safe or unsafe. What the FBI's numbers show: in 2025 the violent crime rate the Sacramento Police Department reported, 720.1 per 100,000 residents, was higher than California's 432.7, and higher than the US rate of 327.6 (FBI estimates). It fell 4.9% 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.
Sacramento recorded 3,877 violent crimes reported to the FBI in 2025, or 720.1 per 100,000 residents covered by the Sacramento Police Department. The rate was 1.7 times the California estimate of 432.7 and 2.2 times the US rate of 327.6. Its 12,425 property crimes equal 2,307.8 per 100,000, 1.3 times the state rate of 1,792.2.
Violent crime is down 20.6% from 2022, when it stood at 906.8, and 4.9% from 2024. Property crime fell 29.0% since 2022, from 3,252.5, and 11.8% in the last year. Robbery fell the most of the violent offenses from 2022 to 2025, 30.3%, to 164.8 per 100,000.
In the last year rape fell the most in that group, 20.1%, and its 2025 rate of 27.9 was below both the state's 33.4 and the US 36.1. The city had 42 homicides in 2025, a rate of 7.8 per 100,000 that is 2.2 times the California estimate; murder is down 24.3% since 2022. Motor vehicle theft had the largest fall of the property offenses since 2022, 38.8%.
Aggravated assault made up 72% of violent crime and larceny-theft 63% of property crime. Nothing was reported for 2021, and the other 4 of 5 years have all 12 months; the department has reported to NIBRS since 2022. The Sacramento County Sheriff's Office, California State University police and University of California medical center police report separately and are not counted here.
Written from the numbers on this page. Every figure and every comparison is checked against the stored FBI data before publishing.
Police employees, 2025: 1.72 per 1,000 residents (640 officers, 287 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, Sacramento Police Department (ORI CA0340400), 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)
- Sacramento Police Department (CA0340400): violent crime, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_CA0340400_violent_crime__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Sacramento Police Department (CA0340400): murder, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_CA0340400_homicide__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Sacramento Police Department (CA0340400): rape, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_CA0340400_rape__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Sacramento Police Department (CA0340400): robbery, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_CA0340400_robbery__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Sacramento Police Department (CA0340400): aggravated assault, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_CA0340400_aggravated_assault__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Sacramento Police Department (CA0340400): property crime, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_CA0340400_property_crime__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Sacramento Police Department (CA0340400): burglary, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_CA0340400_burglary__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Sacramento Police Department (CA0340400): larceny-theft, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_CA0340400_larceny__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Sacramento Police Department (CA0340400): motor vehicle theft, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_CA0340400_motor_vehicle_theft__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Sacramento Police Department (CA0340400): arson, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_CA0340400_arson__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Sacramento Police Department (CA0340400): police employees, 2021 to 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/pe_agency_CA0340400__from-2021-to-2025.json)