Curtis Park is a neighborhood of 5,860 residents in Sacramento, about 2 miles south of downtown · Updated November 2026
Is Curtis Park in Sacramento safe?
With an overall CrimeGrade™ of B-, Curtis Park has moderate crime by national standards. Most US neighborhoods have less: 77% of Americans live in neighborhoods with less crime. Violent crime grades B and property crime B-. Sacramento as a whole grades B-. What matters most is the neighborhood: grades within Curtis Park run from B+ to C-, so check the map below.
B-
Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 602 of 1,000Less safe than most US neighborhoodsi What this means
23% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than Curtis Park as a whole, and 77% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Curtis Park scores 602.
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 Curtis Park, Sacramento, CA at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Curtis Park in Sacramento, 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 Curtis Park
Robbery stands out among B-graded neighborhoods. For the typical resident of a B-graded US neighborhood, the figure is 0.73 robberies a year per 1,000 residents; Curtis Park has 2.3.
Vehicle theft at more than double the US rate. Curtis Park has 6.2 car thefts a year per 1,000 residents, against 2.7 nationally.
Crime rates and types in Curtis Park
CrimeGrade™ estimates Curtis Park has about 49 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 31% more than the US as a whole and close to Sacramento 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 Curtis Park is assault, about 31% 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 Sacramento
The Sacramento Police Department polices Curtis Park; these figures cover Sacramento as a whole, 2022 to 2024.
In Sacramento as a whole, 38% of burglaries hit homes, against 57% nationally. Thefts from cars happen most often in parking lots and garages: 42% of them, against 31% nationally.
Crime
Most often at
Busiest time
Burglary
Stores and businesses (52%)
Night (midnight to 6 am)
Car theft
Streets and sidewalks (46%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Theft from cars
Parking lots and garages (42%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Vandalism
Homes (34%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Robbery
Stores and businesses (46%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Aggravated assault
Homes (40%)
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 Curtis Park compares with nearby neighborhoods
Curtis Park has the least crime of its 10 nearest neighborhoods.
Two things set Curtis Park apart: it has 87 jobs for every 100 residents, against 45 for the US as a whole, and 3.4% of its homes standing empty, against 7.1% nationally. Places with many jobs tend to report more theft and robbery, and robbery runs high here.
JobsJobs draw daytime crowds. Places with many jobs tend to report more theft and robbery.87 for every 100 residentsUS: 45Higher than for 85% of residents of US city neighborhoods
Empty homesSeasonal and vacation homes are left out. Places with many empty homes tend to report more burglary, vandalism and arson.3.4% of homesUS: 7.1%Lower than for 84% 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+ (43 of 100)US: 21Higher than for 58% of residents of US city neighborhoods
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Bars and nightlifeBars, lounges, clubs and casinos. Places with more bars tend to report more assault and robbery.0.9 per 1,000 residentsUS: 0.6Higher than for 77% 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 Curtis Park
Counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, crime costs Curtis Park about $1,500 a year per household, 24% 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 $12 million a year, or $2,029 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 Curtis Park 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
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 Curtis Park, Sacramento, CA average a SchoolGrade of A: 52% of students test proficient, against 48% projected for schools like them. Overall, they meet expectations. See schools in Curtis Park on SchoolGrade
