Davis is a city of 54,300 in Yolo County, about 15 miles west of downtown Sacramento · Updated November 2026
Is Davis, CA safe?
Yes, crime in Davis is low, with an overall CrimeGrade™ of A-. Because most US neighborhoods are safe as well, Davis sits near the middle: safer than the neighborhoods where 48% of Americans live. Violent crime grades better than property crime here, A against B+. What matters most is the neighborhood: grades within Davis run from A+ to B-, so check the map or the safest and least safe neighborhoods below.
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Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 826 of 1,000About as safe as the typical US neighborhoodi What this means
48% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than Davis as a whole, and 52% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Davis scores 826.
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 Davis, CA at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters 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 Davis
One part of Davis stands out for burglary. Burglaries in Old East Davis, in southeast Davis, run at more than triple the rate in the rest of the city.
Robbery stands out among A-graded cities. For the typical resident of an A-graded US city, the figure is 0.13 robberies a year per 1,000 residents; Davis has 0.48.
The safest and most dangerous neighborhoods in Davis
Every part of Davis where people live grades A or B on the national scale. Grades across Davis run from A+ to B-; 27% 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.
1Aspen & Woods, northwestSimple assaults run at less than half the rate in the rest of Davis.A912
2Village Homes & West Davis Manor, westThefts run at about double the rate in the rest of Davis.A-803
3Covell Park, northThefts run at more than double the rate in the rest of Davis.A-786
4Central Davis, centralThefts run about 30% higher here than in the rest of Davis.A-785
5Davis Manor, eastThefts run at more than double the rate in the rest of Davis.B+721
6Old East Davis, southeastRobberies run at about triple the rate in the rest of Davis.B643
Neighborhood areas of Davis, ranked by overall CrimeGrade™; beside each grade is its safety score, from 0 to 1,000 (higher is safer). Each one combines several of the smaller areas on the map.
Is crime going up in Davis?
Since 2019, reported violent crime in Davis 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
DavisUnited States
Source: crime reports to the FBI from the police department that serves 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 Davis
CrimeGrade™ estimates Davis has about 33 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 11% less than the US as a whole and 17% 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 is the most common crime in Davis, about 47% of everything reported, and it also accounts for 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
Davis has its own police department, and these figures come from its reports, 2022 to 2024.
In Davis, 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 Davis compares with nearby cities
Of the 9 cities closest to Davis, 5 have less crime. Clarksburg and Yolo have the least.
Two things set Davis apart: it has 16 buses and trains an hour at the evening rush, where most Americans have none nearby, and 57% of its residents in dense blocks, against 24% nationally. Places like that tend to report more theft and robbery, and they run high here.
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 Davis: C (33 of 100).16 trips an hourUS: noneHigher than for 89% 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.57% of residentsUS: 24%Higher than for 86% 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. 57% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.C (33 of 100)US: 21Higher than for 84% of US city residents
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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.8.5% of homesUS: 7.1%Higher than for 76% of US city residents
Parking lotsBig lots at stores, offices and apartment complexes. Places with more lot space tend to report more theft.1.2 spaces per residentUS: 2.0Lower than for 69% of US city residents
JobsJobs draw daytime crowds. Places with many jobs tend to report more theft and robbery.52 for every 100 residentsUS: 45Higher than for 66% of US city residents
BestNeighborhood, a sister site of CrimeGrade™, ranks the neighborhoods of Davis on shops, parks, home prices, getting around and more.
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 Davis
Counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, crime costs Davis about $939 a year per household, 22% 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 $42 million a year, or $782 per resident.
How the cost breaks down
Crime
Cost a year
Per resident
Murder
$1.7 million
$31
Rape
$1.1 million
$19
Robbery
$810,000
$15
Assault
$3.5 million
$65
Burglary
$810,000
$15
Theft
$4.3 million
$80
Vehicle theft
$1.7 million
$30
Arson
$480,000
$9
Vandalism
$2.9 million
$54
Total
$17 million
$318
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 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 Davis, CA average a SchoolGrade of B+: 44% of students test proficient, against 41% projected for schools like them. Overall, they exceed expectations. See schools in Davis on SchoolGrade
