The Safest and Most Dangerous Places in Corcoran, CA
Corcoran is a city of 23,400 in Kings County, about 18 miles south of downtown Hanford · Updated November 2026
Is Corcoran, CA safe?
Crime in Corcoran is moderate, with an overall CrimeGrade™ of B+. Most US neighborhoods have little crime: 64% of Americans live in neighborhoods with less crime than Corcoran. Property crime grades better than violent crime here, A- against B+. What matters most is the neighborhood: grades within Corcoran run from A- to F, so check the map below.
B+
Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 747 of 1,000Less safe than most US neighborhoodsi What this means
36% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than Corcoran as a whole, and 64% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Corcoran scores 747.
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 Corcoran, CA at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Corcoran, 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 Corcoran
Thefts are less common than in most B-graded cities. Corcoran has 6.4 thefts a year per 1,000 residents; for the typical resident of a B-graded US city, the figure is 15.4.
The safest and least safe parts of Corcoran
Crime varies widely across Corcoran: 44% of residents live in areas graded A or B, and 29% in areas graded D or F. Grades across Corcoran run from A- to F; 35% of residents live in areas with less crime than the typical US neighborhood.
44%27%29%
A or B 44%C 27%D or F 29%
Share of residents, by the overall CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
Within Corcoran, the southeast side has the least crime and the center the most.
Is crime going up in Corcoran?
Reported violent crime in Corcoran peaked in 2021 and has fallen 19% since, back near its 2019 level. Property crime is down 20% from 2019. Murders, rapes, robberies and aggravated assaults went from about 5.4 to 5.1 a year per 1,000 residents (US: 3.7); burglaries, thefts and vehicle thefts from about 12 to 10.0 (US: 18). In 2024 alone, violent crime fell 14% and property crime fell 11%.
Violent crime, change since 2019
Property crime, change since 2019
CorcoranUnited States
Source: crime reports to the FBI from the police department that serves Corcoran. The charts follow crimes per resident.
Data table
Year
Violent, Corcoran
Violent, US
Property, Corcoran
Property, US
2016
-43%
+4%
+43%
+15%
2017
-33%
+4%
+42%
+12%
2018
-35%
+0%
+41%
+4%
2019
+0%
+0%
+0%
+0%
2020
-8%
+4%
+40%
-8%
2021
+17%
+6%
-7%
-10%
2022
-8%
+5%
+4%
-6%
2023
+10%
+2%
-10%
-7%
2024
-5%
-4%
-20%
-15%
Crime rates and types in Corcoran
CrimeGrade™ estimates Corcoran has about 39 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, about the same as the US as a whole and close to 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 Corcoran is assault, about 38% 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 Corcoran
Corcoran has its own police department, and these figures come from its reports, 2022 to 2024.
In Corcoran, 64% of burglaries hit homes, against 57% nationally. Thefts from cars happen most often at other places: 34% of them, against 7% nationally.
Crime
Most often at
Busiest time
Burglary
Homes (64%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Car theft
Streets and sidewalks (36%)
Morning (6 am to noon)
Theft from cars
Other places (34%)
Morning (6 am to noon)
Vandalism
Homes (44%)
Morning (6 am to noon)
Aggravated assault
Homes (46%)
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 Corcoran compares with nearby cities
Of the 6 cities closest to Corcoran, 5 have less crime. Stratford and Armona have the least.
Two things set Corcoran apart: it has 3.6 stores and restaurants for every 1,000 residents, against 10.5 nationally, and 35% of its residents in dense blocks, against 24% nationally. Places with few stores and restaurants tend to report less theft, and it runs low here.
Stores and restaurantsShops and restaurants draw crowds and parked cars. Places with many stores tend to report more theft.3.6 per 1,000 residentsUS: 10.5Lower than for 96% of US city residents
Parking lotsBig lots at stores, offices and apartment complexes. Places with more lot space tend to report more theft.2.7 spaces per residentUS: 2.0Higher than for 78% 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. 75% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.D+ (18 of 100)US: 21Higher than for 54% of US city residents
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Residents in dense blocksBlocks of 10,000 or more people per square mile. Dense neighborhoods tend to report more robbery and car theft.35% of residentsUS: 24%Higher than for 73% of US city residents
JobsJobs draw daytime crowds. Places with many jobs tend to report more theft and robbery.30 for every 100 residentsUS: 45Lower than for 71% of US city residents
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 Corcoran: F (3 of 100).under 1 trip an hourUS: noneLower than for 62% 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 Corcoran
Counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, crime costs Corcoran about $3,388 a year per household, about triple 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 $58 million a year, or $2,491 per resident.
How the cost breaks down
Crime
Cost a year
Per resident
Murder
$4.1 million
$175
Rape
$830,000
$35
Robbery
$390,000
$16
Assault
$4.9 million
$211
Burglary
$690,000
$29
Theft
$770,000
$33
Vehicle theft
$820,000
$35
Arson
$370,000
$16
Vandalism
$1.6 million
$70
Total
$15 million
$622
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 Corcoran 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 Corcoran, CA average a SchoolGrade of D: 26% of students test proficient, against 23% projected for schools like them. Overall, they exceed expectations. See schools in Corcoran on SchoolGrade
