Davis is a city of 54,300 in Yolo County, about 15 miles west of downtown Sacramento · Updated November 2026
How common is property crime in Davis?
Davis earns a B+ for property crime, with more property crime than the neighborhoods where 65% of Americans live. Theft makes up 57% of it. Burglary, the crime most likely to reach into a home, grades A, and vehicle theft grades A-.
B+
Property crime CrimeGrade™
Safety score 709 of 1,000More property crime than most US neighborhoodsi What this means
35% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more property crime than Davis as a whole, and 65% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a property crime safety score of 823, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Davis scores 709.
Crime is concentrated in a small share of places, so most neighborhoods score high on the 0 to 1,000 scale. That is why a score in the 800s can still mean more property crime than most US neighborhoods.
How to read the map: each area's color compares its property crime with the homes, parked cars and people there, on one national scale, from green for the least to red for the most. Each area gets its own color, so a busy shopping center can show red while the homes beside it stay green. The interactive maps load faster on a strong connection. Compare high speed internet in Davis, CA at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Davis, and anyone thinking about buying or renting a home there.
Business and enterprise customers: this free map shows neighborhood areas. CrimeGrade™ business reports map crime at about 66-meter detail and estimate it for one address and type of business. See business reports
What stands out about property crime in Davis
One part of Davis stands out for burglary. Burglaries in Old East Davis, in southeast Davis, run at more than triple the rate in the rest of the city.
Where property crime is lowest and highest in Davis
Most of Davis grades well for property crime: 66% of residents live in areas graded A or B, and 2% in areas graded D or F. Property crime grades across Davis run from A+ to D+.
66%32%
A or B 66%C 32%D or F 2%
Share of residents, by the property crime CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
1Aspen & Woods, northwestThefts run about 40% lower here than in the rest of Davis.A849
2Village Homes & West Davis Manor, westThefts run at about double the rate in the rest of Davis.B654
3Central Davis, centralThefts run about 30% higher here than in the rest of Davis.B645
4Covell Park, northThefts run at more than double the rate in the rest of Davis.B-613
5Davis Manor, eastThefts run at more than double the rate in the rest of Davis.C+536
6Old East Davis, southeastCar thefts run about 90% higher here than in the rest of Davis.C412
Neighborhood areas of Davis, ranked by property crime CrimeGrade™; beside each grade is its safety score, from 0 to 1,000 (higher is safer). Each one combines several of the smaller areas on the map.
Is property crime going up in Davis?
Reported property crime in Davis has fallen 32% since 2019. Burglaries, thefts and vehicle thefts went from about 32 to 22 a year per 1,000 residents (US: 18). In 2024 alone, property crime fell 22%.
Property crime, change since 2019
DavisUnited States
Source: crime reports to the FBI from the police department that serves Davis. The charts follow crimes per resident.
Data table
Year
Property, Davis
Property, US
2016
-22%
+15%
2017
-26%
+12%
2018
-23%
+4%
2019
+0%
+0%
2020
+16%
-8%
2021
-5%
-10%
2022
-11%
-6%
2023
-12%
-7%
2024
-32%
-15%
Property crime rates and types in Davis
CrimeGrade™ estimates Davis has about 27 reported property crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 14% more than the US as a whole and close to California.
All property crime
Burglary
Vehicle theft
Reported crimes a year, per 1,000 residents. Property crime here includes vandalism, which the FBI's property crime rate leaves out.
Theft is the most common property crime in Davis, about 57% of the total, followed by vandalism and vehicle theft.
Each CrimeGrade™ here compares a property crime with what it affects: homes for burglary and arson, parked cars for vehicle theft, people and parking for theft, homes and businesses for vandalism. Rates count crimes per 1,000 residents.
Select a crime's name to see its map above. CrimeGrade™ business reports map each crime at about 66-meter detail.
Where and when property crime happens in Davis
Davis has its own police department, and these figures come from its reports, 2022 to 2024.
In Davis, 42% of burglaries hit homes, against 57% nationally. Car thefts happen most often in parking lots and garages: 35% of them, against 23% nationally.
Crime
Most often at
Busiest time
Burglary
Homes (42%)
Night (midnight to 6 am)
Car theft
Parking lots and garages (35%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Theft from cars
Homes (47%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Vandalism
Homes (39%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Shares of the crimes reported to police, 2022 to 2024. Reports with no time recorded are left out of the times.
Property crime in Davis and nearby cities
Of the 9 cities closest to Davis, 7 have less property crime. Clarksburg and Yolo have the least.
Among the traits that tend to go with property crime, two set Davis apart: it has 16 buses and trains an hour at the evening rush, where most Americans have none nearby, and 57% of its residents in dense blocks, against 24% nationally. Places like that tend to report more theft, and it runs high here.
Transit serviceBuses and trains an hour at the evening rush. Places with busy transit tend to report more theft. BestNeighborhood's Transit Grade for Davis: C (33 of 100).16 trips an hourUS: noneHigher than for 89% of US city residents
Residents in dense blocksBlocks of 10,000 or more people per square mile. Dense neighborhoods tend to report more car theft.57% of residentsUS: 24%Higher than for 86% of US city residents
Walk GradeBestNeighborhood's grade for getting through daily life on foot, traced along real walking routes to shops, schools and parks. Walkable places tend to report more theft. 57% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.C (33 of 100)US: 21Higher than for 84% of US city residents
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Empty homesSeasonal and vacation homes are left out. Places with many empty homes tend to report more burglary, vandalism and arson.8.5% of homesUS: 7.1%Higher than for 76% of US city residents
Parking lotsBig lots at stores, offices and apartment complexes. Places with more lot space tend to report more theft.1.2 spaces per residentUS: 2.0Lower than for 69% of US city residents
JobsJobs draw daytime crowds. Places with many jobs tend to report more theft.52 for every 100 residentsUS: 45Higher than for 66% of US city residents
BestNeighborhood, a sister site of CrimeGrade™, ranks the neighborhoods of Davis on shops, parks, home prices, getting around and more.
These traits tend to go with more or less crime; none of them causes it on its own. Sources: Census job counts and housing figures, OpenStreetMap and Overture business listings, CrimeGrade™ parking estimates, NASA night-light imagery, US Forest Service tree cover, EPA transit data and BestNeighborhood's Walk Grade.
What property crime costs Davis
Property crime costs Davis about $10 million a year, or $188 per resident and about $554 per household: the value of what is stolen or damaged, plus the police, courts and prisons that respond.
Cost of property crime per resident, per year
How the cost breaks down
Pain and suffering add little to the cost of property crime, so this is close to its full cost.
Crime
Cost a year
Per resident
Burglary
$810,000
$15
Theft
$4.3 million
$80
Vehicle theft
$1.7 million
$30
Arson
$480,000
$9
Vandalism
$2.9 million
$54
Total
$10 million
$188
How CrimeGrade™ works
The property crime CrimeGrade™ covers burglary, theft, car theft, arson and vandalism, from A+ for the least crime to F for the most, on one scale for the whole country.
It weighs each property crime against what it affects: homes for burglary and arson, parked cars for car theft, and the people and parking around stores for theft.
The rates on this page count crimes for every 1,000 people who live here, the way police departments report them.
Comparisons with US neighborhoods use the Census Bureau's block groups, small areas of about 1,400 residents, and count the people who live in each. The figures count crimes reported to police; many crimes, shoplifting above all, never are. Behind the grades, CrimeGrade™ tested 21,607 factors from 125 data families. For business owners, paid CrimeGrade™ location reports estimate crime at a single address for each type of business.
Where the numbers come from
Crime reports that police departments file with the FBI
State crime records and city crime data, where they are published
Published research on what crime costs victims and communities
These are estimates of reported crime for whole areas, not a record of what happened on any one street. CrimeGrade™ updates them once a year and provides them free and without guarantee. Check local sources before you rely on them for a decision.
