Assault per Capita in El Dorado County
The map below shows assault per 1,000 El Dorado County residents.
The map below shows assault per 1,000 El Dorado County residents.
C+
Assault Grade™
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C+ |
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Your yearly chance of being a victim of assault in El Dorado County is about 1 in 439.
Assault costs the average El Dorado County resident about $65 per year.
Crime Grade's assault map shows the safest places in El Dorado County in green. The most dangerous areas in El Dorado County are in red, with moderately safe areas in yellow. Crime rates on the map are weighted by the type and severity of the crime.
The C+ grade means the rate of assault is about the same as the average US county. El Dorado County is in the 52nd percentile for safety, meaning 48% of counties are safer and 52% of counties are more dangerous. This analysis applies to El Dorado County's proper boundaries only. See the table on nearby places below for nearby counties.
The rate of assault in El Dorado County is 2.280 per 1,000 residents during a standard year. People who live in El Dorado County generally consider the west part of the county to be the safest.
Your chance of being a victim of assault in El Dorado County may be as high as 1 in 252 in the northeast neighborhoods, or as low as 1 in 756 in the west part of the county.
By a simple count ignoring population, more assault occurs in the southwest parts of El Dorado County, CA: about 120 per year. The southeast part of El Dorado County has fewer cases of assault with only 1 in a typical year.
The chart below compares the assault rate in El Dorado County to the California state average and the national average. All rates are the number of crimes per 1,000 residents in a standard year.
| El Dorado County, CA: | 2.280 |
|---|---|
| California: | 3.228 |
| USA: | 2.561 |
Considering only the assault rate, El Dorado County is safer than the California state average and safer than the national average.
See how CrimeGrade calculates these grades and rates on the CrimeGrade methodology page.
Assault is projected to cost the residents of El Dorado County about $12,883,300 in 2025, or roughly $65 per resident. This is part of El Dorado County's overall Cost of Crime™. See the full cost-of-crime breakdown for El Dorado County, including every crime type and how El Dorado County compares to other counties.
Remember that assault rates are measured per resident. Places with heavy daytime traffic, like shopping districts, airports, and parks, can look more dangerous than they are for the people who live there. See a full guide to reading El Dorado County's crime maps on the El Dorado County overall crime page.
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Nearby County | Overall Crime Grade | Violent Crime Grade | Property Crime Grade | Assault Crime Grade |
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B | C | C | C | |
B+ | B | C+ | B | |
B+ | D | C+ | D+ | |
C- | D | D | D | |
C+ | C- | D+ | C- | |
F | F | F | F | |
C | C- | D+ | C | |
B- | C- | C- | C- | |
C+ | C- | C+ | C+ | |
D+ | D+ | D+ | C |
El Dorado County is similar versus other counties of the same size for assault. The table below compares assault in counties with comparable overall population.
Similar County | Overall Crime Grade | Violent Crime Grade | Property Crime Grade | Assault Crime Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
D+ | B- | B- | B | |
B- | C+ | C+ | C+ | |
C+ | B+ | B+ | B+ | |
C | B- | B- | B- | |
B- | D+ | D+ | D+ | |
D- | C- | C- | C | |
C | B- | B- | C+ | |
A+ | A+ | A+ | A+ | |
B+ | B+ | B+ | A- | |
D | C | C | D+ |
Safety and school performance are separate topics, but both shape moving decisions. Using SchoolGrade data, schools in El Dorado County, CA average SchoolGrade of B-, with 44% actual proficiency versus 43% projected; overall, schools meet expectations. See El Dorado County schools on SchoolGrade
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