Crime rates for Santa Clarita, CA

About Santa Clarita crime rates

Santa Clarita has an overall crime rate of 16 per 1,000 residents, making the crime rate here near the average for all cities and towns of all sizes in America. According to our analysis of FBI crime data, your chance of becoming a victim of crime in Santa Clarita is 1 in 62. How does Santa Clarita fare compared to other communities in California of all population sizes? Santa Clarita's crime rate is lower than approximately 76% of California communities.

However, NeighborhoodScout analyzed all cities and towns in America with a similar population size to Santa Clarita, and we found that the crime rate in Santa Clarita is one of the lowest in the nation for its size. This means Santa Clarita is one of the safest places in America in which to live for its size, a very important finding.

The crime data that NeighborhoodScout used for this analysis are the seven offenses from the uniform crime reports, collected by the FBI from 17,000 local law enforcement agencies, and include both violent and property crimes, combined.

Now let us turn to take a look at how Santa Clarita does for violent crimes specifically, and then how it does for property crimes. This is important because the overall crime rate can be further illuminated by understanding if violent crime or property crimes (or both) are the major contributors to the general rate of crime in Santa Clarita.

NeighborhoodScout's research shows that Santa Clarita's violent crime rate is 2 per one thousand inhabitants, which is about average for all communities in America, across all population sizes. Violent crimes that are tracked and included in this rate are armed robbery, aggravated assault, forcible (not statutory) rape, and murder and non-negligent manslaughter. Roughly similar to the national average, our analysis shows that your chance of becoming a victim of violent crime in Santa Clarita is one in 653.

Moreover, the rate of property crime in Santa Clarita; burglary, larceny ($50 or more), grand theft auto, and arson; is 15 per 1,000 residents. This is about average for all cities and towns in America of all population sizes.