Brookside is a neighborhood of 10,200 residents in Stockton, about 4 miles northwest of downtown · Updated November 2026
Is Brookside in Stockton safe?
With an overall CrimeGrade™ of B, Brookside has moderate crime by national standards. Most US neighborhoods have less: 73% of Americans live in neighborhoods with less crime. Violent and property crime both grade B here. Stockton as a whole grades C-. What matters most is the neighborhood: grades within Brookside run from B+ to C+, so check the map below.
B
Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 658 of 1,000Less safe than most US neighborhoodsi What this means
27% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than Brookside as a whole, and 73% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Brookside scores 658.
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 crime than most US neighborhoods.
How to read the map: each area's color compares its crime with the people, homes and cars there, on one national scale, from green for the least crime 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 Brookside, Stockton, CA at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Brookside in Stockton, 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 in Brookside
Robberies run high for a B-graded neighborhood. Brookside has 1.7 robberies a year per 1,000 residents; for the typical resident of a B-graded US neighborhood, the figure is 0.73.
Burglaries happen at stores and businesses far more often than nationally. In Stockton as a whole, 50% of reported burglaries happen at stores and businesses, against 28% nationally.
How Brookside compares within Stockton
Low crime is the norm across Brookside: 80% of residents live in areas graded A or B, and the rest in areas graded C. Grades across Brookside run from B+ to C+; every part of Brookside has more crime than the typical US neighborhood.
80%20%
A or B 80%C 20%
Share of residents, by the overall CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
Brookside has less crime than 14 of the 15 neighborhoods in Stockton. It covers much of the Brookside area.
Is crime going up in Stockton?
Reported crime in Stockton as a whole has fallen since 2019: violent crime is down 20% and property crime down 34%. Murders, rapes, robberies and aggravated assaults went from about 14 to 11 a year per 1,000 residents (US: 3.7); burglaries, thefts and vehicle thefts from about 40 to 26 (US: 18). In 2024 alone, property crime fell 15%.
Violent crime, change since 2019
Property crime, change since 2019
StocktonUnited States
Source: crime reports to the FBI from the police departments that serve Stockton. The charts follow crimes per resident.
Data table
Year
Violent, Stockton
Violent, US
Property, Stockton
Property, US
2016
+2%
+4%
-4%
+15%
2017
+1%
+4%
-8%
+12%
2018
+0%
+0%
-4%
+4%
2019
+0%
+0%
+0%
+0%
2020
-10%
+4%
-26%
-8%
2021
-17%
+6%
-35%
-10%
2022
-17%
+5%
-30%
-6%
2023
-18%
+2%
-23%
-7%
2024
-20%
-4%
-34%
-15%
Crime rates and types in Brookside
CrimeGrade™ estimates Brookside has about 39 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 5% more than the US as a whole and 33% less than Stockton as a whole.
Overall crime
Violent crime
Property crime
Reported crimes a year, per 1,000 residents. These figures include simple assaults and vandalism, which the FBI's violent and property crime rates leave out.
Assault is the most common crime in Brookside, about 31% of everything reported, and it also accounts for the largest share of what crime costs here.
Each CrimeGrade™ compares a crime with what it affects: people for assaults and robbery, homes for burglary, parked cars for vehicle theft. 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 crime happens in Stockton
The Stockton Police Department polices Brookside; these figures cover Stockton as a whole, 2022 to 2024.
Thefts from cars happen most often in parking lots and garages: 36% of them, against 31% nationally.
Crime
Most often at
Busiest time
Burglary
Stores and businesses (50%)
Night (midnight to 6 am)
Car theft
Streets and sidewalks (42%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Theft from cars
Parking lots and garages (36%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Vandalism
Homes (40%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Robbery
Stores and businesses (38%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Aggravated assault
Homes (42%)
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.
How Brookside compares with nearby neighborhoods
Brookside has the least crime of its 10 nearest neighborhoods.
Night lighting, transit and walkability in Brookside
Two things set Brookside apart: it has 4.1 stores and restaurants for every 1,000 residents, against 10.5 nationally, and a Walk Grade of D (14 of 100) on BestNeighborhood, against 21 for the US as a whole. Places like that tend to report less theft and car theft, yet car theft runs higher here than that would suggest.
Lit at nightSatellite images show which neighborhoods are lit at night, a sign of busy streets and businesses. Brightly lit places tend to report more theft and vandalism.99% where people liveUS: 78%Lower than for 89% of residents of US city neighborhoods
Transit serviceBuses and trains an hour at the evening rush. Places with busy transit tend to report more theft and robbery. BestNeighborhood's Transit Grade for Brookside: D- (6 of 100).1 trips an hourUS: noneLower than for 87% of residents of US city neighborhoods
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 and assault. 88% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.D (14 of 100)US: 21Lower than for 85% of residents of US city neighborhoods
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Stores and restaurantsShops and restaurants draw crowds and parked cars. Places with many stores tend to report more theft and car theft.4.1 per 1,000 residentsUS: 10.5Lower than for 85% of residents of US city neighborhoods
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 crime costs Brookside
Crime costs Brookside about $1,371 a year per household, counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, 14% more than the US figure of $1,205.
Cost of crime per resident, per year
Counting the pain and suffering of victims, which comes almost entirely from violent crime, the full cost comes to about $15 million a year, or $1,453 per resident.
How CrimeGrade™ works
A CrimeGrade™ shows how much crime an area has compared with the rest of the country, from A+ for the least crime to F for the most. Every neighborhood in the US is graded on the same scale, so a B in Brookside means the same as a B anywhere else.
CrimeGrade™ starts from the crimes people report to police and measures each kind of crime against what it affects: people for assaults, homes for burglaries, parked cars for car thefts.
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.
Schools in Brookside, Stockton, CA average a SchoolGrade of D+: 30% of students test proficient, against 26% projected for schools like them. Overall, they meet expectations. See schools in Brookside on SchoolGrade
