The Safest and Most Dangerous Places in Cloverdale, CA
Cloverdale is a city of 10,800 in Sonoma County, about 30 miles northwest of downtown Santa Rosa · Updated November 2026
Is Cloverdale, CA safe?
Yes, crime in Cloverdale is low, with an overall CrimeGrade™ of A. Because most US neighborhoods are safe as well, Cloverdale sits near the middle: safer than the neighborhoods where 59% of Americans live. Violent and property crime both grade A here. What matters most is the neighborhood: grades within Cloverdale run from A+ to B+, so check the map below.
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Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 874 of 1,000About as safe as the typical US neighborhoodi What this means
59% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than Cloverdale as a whole, and 41% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Cloverdale scores 874.
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 Cloverdale, CA at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Cloverdale, 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 Cloverdale
Aggravated assault stands out among A-graded cities. For the typical resident of an A-graded US city, the figure is 1.2 aggravated assaults a year per 1,000 residents; Cloverdale has 3.1.
The safest and least safe parts of Cloverdale
Every part of Cloverdale where people live grades A or B on the national scale. Grades across Cloverdale run from A+ to B+; 44% of residents live in areas with less crime than the typical US neighborhood.
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A or B 100%
Share of residents, by the overall CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
Within Cloverdale, the west side has the least crime and the center the most.
Is crime going up in Cloverdale?
Reported property crime in Cloverdale has fallen 42% since 2019. Too few violent crimes are reported here each year for a reliable violent crime trend. Burglaries, thefts and vehicle thefts went from about 13 to 7.7 a year per 1,000 residents (US: 18). Property crime changed little from 2023 to 2024.
Property crime, change since 2019
CloverdaleUnited States
Source: crime reports to the FBI from the police department that serves Cloverdale. The charts follow crimes per resident.
Data table
Year
Property, Cloverdale
Property, US
2016
+5%
+15%
2017
+23%
+12%
2018
+18%
+4%
2019
+0%
+0%
2020
-23%
-8%
2021
-30%
-10%
2022
-39%
-6%
2023
-39%
-7%
2024
-42%
-15%
Crime rates and types in Cloverdale
CrimeGrade™ estimates Cloverdale has about 26 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 31% less than the US as a whole and 36% 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.
Theft makes up about 28% of crime reported in Cloverdale. Assault is less common but costs more, because each one does far more harm.
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 Cloverdale
Cloverdale has its own police department, and these figures come from its reports, 2022 to 2024.
Crime
Most often at
Busiest time
Vandalism
Other places (32%)
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; they are over one in five for vandalism.
How Cloverdale compares with nearby cities
Of the 4 cities closest to Cloverdale, 3 have less crime. Geyserville and Hopland have the least.
Two things set Cloverdale apart: it has 1.6% of its homes standing empty, against 7.1% nationally, and 23 jobs for every 100 residents, against 45 for the US as a whole. Places like that tend to report less burglary, vandalism and arson, yet burglary and vandalism run higher here than that would suggest.
Empty homesSeasonal and vacation homes are left out. Places with many empty homes tend to report more burglary, vandalism and arson.1.6% of homesUS: 7.1%Lower than for 97% of US city residents
JobsJobs draw daytime crowds. Places with many jobs tend to report more theft and robbery.23 for every 100 residentsUS: 45Lower than for 83% 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. 63% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.C- (27 of 100)US: 21Higher than for 76% of US city residents
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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.60% where people liveUS: 78%Lower than for 83% of US city residents
Stores and restaurantsShops and restaurants draw crowds and parked cars. Places with many stores tend to report more theft.8.0 per 1,000 residentsUS: 10.5Lower than for 72% of US city residents
Parking lotsBig lots at stores, offices and apartment complexes. Places with more lot space tend to report more theft.2.2 spaces per residentUS: 2.0Higher than for 66% 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 Cloverdale
Crime costs Cloverdale about $823 a year per household, counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, 32% 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 $11 million a year, or $1,013 per resident.
How the cost breaks down
Crime
Cost a year
Per resident
Murder
$310,000
$29
Rape
$250,000
$23
Robbery
$160,000
$15
Assault
$1.2 million
$115
Burglary
$240,000
$22
Theft
$400,000
$37
Vehicle theft
$190,000
$17
Arson
$72,000
$7
Vandalism
$520,000
$48
Total
$3.4 million
$313
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 Cloverdale 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 Cloverdale, CA average a SchoolGrade of D-: 23% of students test proficient, against 26% projected for schools like them. Overall, they don't meet expectations. See schools in Cloverdale on SchoolGrade
