Central Davis is a neighborhood of 11,800 residents in Davis, close to downtown · Updated November 2026
Is Central Davis in Davis safe?
With an overall CrimeGrade™ of B+, Central Davis has moderate crime by national standards. Most US neighborhoods have less: 62% of Americans live in neighborhoods with less crime. Violent crime grades better than property crime here, A against B-. Davis as a whole grades A-. Its neighborhoods are much alike, from A- to B; see the map below.
B+
Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 768 of 1,000Less safe than most US neighborhoodsi What this means
38% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than Central Davis as a whole, and 62% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Central Davis scores 768.
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 Central Davis, Davis, CA at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Central Davis 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 in Central Davis
Burglaries are less common than in most B-graded neighborhoods. Central Davis has 1.1 burglaries a year per 1,000 residents; for the typical resident of a B-graded US neighborhood, the figure is 2.5.
Simple assaults are uncommon. Central Davis has simple assaults at less than half the US rate: 3.5 a year per 1,000 residents, against 9.7 nationally.
How Central Davis compares within Davis
Every part of Central Davis where people live grades A or B on the national scale. Grades across Central Davis run from A- to B; every part of Central Davis has more crime than the typical US neighborhood.
100%
A or B 100%
Share of residents, by the overall CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
Central Davis has less crime than 1 of the 3 neighborhoods in Davis. It covers much of the Central Davis area.
Is crime going up in Davis?
Since 2019, reported violent crime in Davis as a whole is up 17% and property crime is down 32%. Murders, rapes, robberies and aggravated assaults went from about 1.6 to 1.8 a year per 1,000 residents (US: 3.7); burglaries, thefts and vehicle thefts from about 32 to 22 (US: 18). In 2024 alone, violent crime fell 13% and property crime fell 22%.
Violent crime, change since 2019
Property crime, change since 2019
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Source: crime reports to the FBI from the police departments that serve Davis. The charts follow crimes per resident.
Data table
Year
Violent, Davis
Violent, US
Property, Davis
Property, US
2016
+3%
+4%
-22%
+15%
2017
-12%
+4%
-26%
+12%
2018
+9%
+0%
-23%
+4%
2019
+0%
+0%
+0%
+0%
2020
-5%
+4%
+16%
-8%
2021
+41%
+6%
-5%
-10%
2022
+65%
+5%
-11%
-6%
2023
+34%
+2%
-12%
-7%
2024
+17%
-4%
-32%
-15%
Crime rates and types in Central Davis
CrimeGrade™ estimates Central Davis has about 28 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 24% less than the US as a whole and close to Davis 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.
The largest share of crime reported in Central Davis is theft, about 49% 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.
Where and when crime happens in Davis
The Davis Police Department polices Central Davis; these figures cover Davis as a whole, 2022 to 2024.
In Davis as a whole, 42% of burglaries hit homes, against 57% nationally. Thefts from cars happen most often at homes: 47% of them, against 34% 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)
Robbery
Stores and businesses (44%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Aggravated assault
Homes (37%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Shares of the crimes reported to police, 2022 to 2024. Reports with no time recorded are left out of the times.
How Central Davis compares with nearby neighborhoods
Central Davis has less crime than 6 of its 10 nearest neighborhoods.
Two things set Central Davis apart: it has 4.2 stores and restaurants for every 1,000 residents, against 10.5 nationally, and 16 jobs for every 100 residents, against 45 for the US as a whole. Places like that tend to report less theft and car theft, yet theft and car theft run higher here than that would suggest.
Stores and restaurantsShops and restaurants draw crowds and parked cars. Places with many stores tend to report more theft and car theft.4.2 per 1,000 residentsUS: 10.5Lower than for 84% of residents of US city neighborhoods
JobsJobs draw daytime crowds. Places with many jobs tend to report more theft and robbery.16 for every 100 residentsUS: 45Lower than for 77% 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.C+ (45 of 100)US: 21Higher than for 60% of residents of US city neighborhoods
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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.8.8% of homesUS: 7.1%Higher than for 72% 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 Central Davis
Crime costs Central Davis about $760 a year per household, counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, 37% less 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 $7.9 million a year, or $672 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 Central Davis 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 Central Davis, Davis, CA average a SchoolGrade of A+: 62% of students test proficient, against 57% projected for schools like them. Overall, they meet expectations. See schools in Central Davis on SchoolGrade
