Caruthers is an unincorporated community of 4,440 in Fresno County, about 14 miles south of downtown Fresno · Updated November 2026
Is Caruthers, CA safe?
Yes, crime in Caruthers is low, with an overall CrimeGrade™ of A. Because most US neighborhoods are safe as well, Caruthers sits near the middle: safer than the neighborhoods where 57% of Americans live. Violent and property crime both grade A here. What matters most is the neighborhood: grades within Caruthers run from A+ to B, so check the map below.
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Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 868 of 1,000About as safe as the typical US neighborhoodi What this means
57% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than Caruthers as a whole, and 43% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Caruthers scores 868.
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 Caruthers, CA at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Caruthers, 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 Caruthers
Car thefts run high for an A-graded city. Caruthers has 4.9 car thefts a year per 1,000 residents; for the typical resident of an A-graded US city, the figure is 0.93.
Aggravated assault is the exception. Caruthers grades A for violent crime, but aggravated assault grades B+, worse than in the neighborhoods where 74% of Americans live.
Crime rates and types in Caruthers
CrimeGrade™ estimates Caruthers has about 32 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 13% less than the US as a whole and 19% less than California.
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.
The largest share of crime reported in Caruthers is assault, about 36% of the total. It also makes up 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.
How Caruthers compares with nearby cities
Caruthers has less crime than 2 of its 4 nearest cities; only Laton and Riverdale have less.
Night lighting, empty homes and walkability in Caruthers
Two things set Caruthers apart: it has 28% of the land where people live lit at night, against 78% nationally, and 11.0% of its homes standing empty, against 7.1% nationally. Places whose neighborhoods are dark at night tend to report less theft and vandalism, and they run low here.
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.28% where people liveUS: 78%Lower than for 94% of US city residents
Empty homesSeasonal and vacation homes are left out. Places with many empty homes tend to report more burglary, vandalism and arson.11.0% of homesUS: 7.1%Higher than for 89% 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 and assault. 84% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.D- (11 of 100)US: 21Lower than for 72% of US city residents
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Stores and restaurantsShops and restaurants draw crowds and parked cars. Places with many stores tend to report more theft.6.1 per 1,000 residentsUS: 10.5Lower than for 87% of US city residents
Residents in dense blocksBlocks of 10,000 or more people per square mile. Dense neighborhoods tend to report more robbery and car theft.2% of residentsUS: 24%Lower than for 86% of US city residents
JobsJobs draw daytime crowds. Places with many jobs tend to report more theft and robbery.33 for every 100 residentsUS: 45Lower than for 65% of US city residents
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 Caruthers
Counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, crime costs Caruthers about $1,692 a year per household, 40% 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 $8.5 million a year, or $1,907 per resident.
How the cost breaks down
Crime
Cost a year
Per resident
Murder
$480,000
$108
Rape
$57,000
$13
Robbery
$50,000
$11
Assault
$860,000
$194
Burglary
$140,000
$32
Theft
$120,000
$28
Vehicle theft
$340,000
$76
Arson
$68,000
$15
Vandalism
$170,000
$39
Total
$2.3 million
$516
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 Caruthers 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 Caruthers, CA average a SchoolGrade of D+: 29% of students test proficient, against 23% projected for schools like them. Overall, they greatly exceed expectations. See schools in Caruthers on SchoolGrade
