Santa Clarita, CA Murder Rates and Murder Maps

Crime Grade's murder map shows the safest places in Santa Clarita in green. The most dangerous areas in Santa Clarita are in red, with moderately safe areas in yellow. Crime rates on the map are weighted by the type and severity of the crime.

Is Santa Clarita, CA Safe from Murder?

The A- grade means the rate of murder is lower than the average US city. Santa Clarita is in the 79th percentile for safety, meaning 21% of cities are safer and 79% of cities are more dangerous. This analysis applies to Santa Clarita's proper boundaries only. See the table on nearby places below for nearby cities.

The rate of murder in Santa Clarita is 0.0324 per 1,000 residents during a standard year. People who live in Santa Clarita generally consider the southeast part of the city to be the safest.

Your chance of being a victim of murder in Santa Clarita may be as high as 1 in 11,508 in the northeast neighborhoods, or as low as 1 in 104,335 in the southeast part of the city.

By a simple count ignoring population, more murder occurs in the central parts of Santa Clarita, CA: about 1 per year. The north part of Santa Clarita has fewer cases of murder with only 0 in a typical year.

How Santa Clarita's Murder Rate Compares

The chart below compares the murder rate in Santa Clarita to the California state average and the national average. All rates are the number of crimes per 1,000 residents in a standard year.

Considering only the murder rate, Santa Clarita 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.

The Cost of Murder in Santa Clarita, CA

Murder is projected to cost the residents of Santa Clarita about $5,296,456 in 2025, or roughly $61 per resident. This is part of Santa Clarita's overall Cost of Crime™. See the full cost-of-crime breakdown for Santa Clarita, including every crime type and how Santa Clarita compares to other cities.

Interpreting the Murder Map

Remember that murder 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 Santa Clarita's crime maps on the Santa Clarita overall crime page.

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Individual Santa Clarita Crime Maps & Stats

Murder Maps and Rates for Nearby Cities

Compared to surrounding cities, the rate of murder in Santa Clarita is lower. The table below shows Crime Grades for cities close to Santa Clarita.

Nearby City	Overall Crime Grade	Violent Crime Grade	Property Crime Grade	Murder Crime Grade
Valencia, CA	D	D+	D-	A-
Canyon Country, CA	B-	C	C-	A
Newhall, CA	C	C-	D+	A+
Stevenson Ranch, CA	C+	C+	C-	A
Castaic, CA	C-	D+	D+	B
Sylmar, CA	C+	C	C-	C
Agua Dulce, CA	C+	C-	C	C+
Piru, CA	C	D+	C-	C-
Buckhorn, CA	C-	D	D+	D
Acton, CA	C	C	D+	A-

Murder in City with Similar Populations

Santa Clarita is lower versus other cities of the same size for murder. The table below compares murder in cities with comparable overall population.

Similar City	Overall Crime Grade	Violent Crime Grade	Property Crime Grade	Murder Crime Grade
Yuma, AZ	C-	D+	D+	D-
Youngstown, OH	D	D	D	D
Woodbury, MN	B-	A-	A-	A
Ypsilanti, MI	C	D	D	D
Woodstock, GA	C	B+	B+	B-
Yuba City, CA	C-	D+	D+	A
Yukon, OK	B-	B	B	B-
Worcester, MA	B+	C+	C+	A+
Yakima, WA	D	C-	C-	A+
Wyoming, MI	C-	D-	D-	B

Safety and school performance are separate topics, but both shape moving decisions. Using SchoolGrade data, schools in Santa Clarita, CA average SchoolGrade of C, with 35% actual proficiency versus 39% projected; overall, schools don't meet expectations. See Santa Clarita schools on SchoolGrade

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