The Safest and Most Dangerous Places in Del Norte County, CA
Del Norte County is home to 27,100 residents and includes Crescent City · Updated November 2026
Is Del Norte County, CA safe?
Yes. An overall CrimeGrade™ of A- means crime in Del Norte County is low. Most US neighborhoods have little crime too, so Del Norte County sits near the middle: 48% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime, and 52% in neighborhoods with less. Violent crime grades A and property crime B+. What matters most is the neighborhood: grades within Del Norte County run from A+ to D+, so check the map below.
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Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 828 of 1,000About as safe as the typical US neighborhoodi What this means
48% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than Del Norte County as a whole, and 52% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Del Norte County scores 828.
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 Del Norte County, CA at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Del Norte County, 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 Del Norte County
Robbery stands out among A-graded counties. For the typical resident of an A-graded US county, the figure is 0.19 robberies a year per 1,000 residents; Del Norte County has 0.84.
Thefts run high. Del Norte County has thefts at more than double the US rate: 31.6 a year per 1,000 residents, against 13.1 nationally.
The safest and least safe parts of Del Norte County
Low crime is the norm across Del Norte County: 86% of residents live in areas graded A or B, and 14% in areas graded D or F. Grades across Del Norte County run from A+ to D+; 43% of residents live in areas with less crime than the typical US neighborhood.
86%14%
A or B 86%D or F 14%
Share of residents, by the overall CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
Across the county, the north side has the least crime and the Crescent City area the most.
Crime rates and types in Del Norte County
CrimeGrade™ estimates Del Norte County has about 59 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 57% more than the US as a whole and 47% more 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.
The largest share of crime reported in Del Norte County is theft, about 54% 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.
How Del Norte County compares with nearby counties
Del Norte County has the most crime of its 10 nearest counties.
Nearest first, with each place's distance from Del Norte County. Beside each overall CrimeGrade™ is its safety score, from 0 to 1,000 (higher is safer).
Compared with counties of similar size and density, Del Norte County has more crime than 96% of them.
Two things set Del Norte County apart: it has 29 jobs for every 100 residents, against 45 for the US as a whole, and 41% of the land where people live lit at night, against 78% nationally. Places like that tend to report less theft and robbery, yet theft and robbery 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.8.0 per 1,000 residentsUS: 10.5Lower than for 90% of Americans
JobsJobs draw daytime crowds. Places with many jobs tend to report more theft and robbery.29 for every 100 residentsUS: 45Lower than for 89% of Americans
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. 91% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.D- (10 of 100)US: 21Lower than for 81% of Americans
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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.41% where people liveUS: 78%Lower than for 89% of Americans
Empty homesSeasonal and vacation homes are left out. Places with many empty homes tend to report more burglary and arson.10.0% of homesUS: 7.1%Higher than for 86% of Americans
Residents in dense blocksBlocks of 10,000 or more people per square mile. Dense neighborhoods tend to report more robbery.7% of residentsUS: 24%Lower than for 71% of Americans
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 Del Norte County
Counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, crime costs Del Norte County about $1,766 a year per household, 47% 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 $53 million a year, or $1,939 per resident.
How the cost breaks down
Crime
Cost a year
Per resident
Murder
$2.7 million
$99
Rape
$1.1 million
$42
Robbery
$710,000
$26
Assault
$4.1 million
$153
Burglary
$650,000
$24
Theft
$4.4 million
$162
Vehicle theft
$1.8 million
$68
Arson
$330,000
$12
Vandalism
$1.4 million
$53
Total
$17 million
$639
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 Del Norte County 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 Del Norte County, CA average a SchoolGrade of D-: 23% of students test proficient, against 31% projected for schools like them. Overall, they underperform expectations. See schools in Del Norte County on SchoolGrade
