Downtown Fremont is a neighborhood of 5,310 residents in Fremont, close to downtown · Updated November 2026
Is Downtown Fremont in Fremont safe?
With an overall CrimeGrade™ of B+, Downtown Fremont has moderate crime by national standards. Most US neighborhoods have less: 68% of Americans live in neighborhoods with less crime. Violent crime grades better than property crime here, A- against B-. Fremont as a whole grades B+. What matters most is the neighborhood: grades within Downtown Fremont run from B+ to C, so check the map below.
B+
Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 717 of 1,000Less safe than most US neighborhoodsi What this means
32% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than Downtown Fremont as a whole, and 68% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Downtown Fremont scores 717.
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 Downtown Fremont, Fremont, CA at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Downtown Fremont in Fremont, 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 Downtown Fremont
Car thefts run high. Downtown Fremont has car thefts at about triple the US rate: 8.4 a year per 1,000 residents, against 2.7 nationally.
Crime rates and types in Downtown Fremont
CrimeGrade™ estimates Downtown Fremont has about 43 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 15% more than the US as a whole and 37% more than Fremont 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.
Theft is the most common crime in Downtown Fremont, about 35% of everything reported, but vehicle theft costs more, because each one does 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 Fremont
The Fremont Police Department polices Downtown Fremont; these figures cover Fremont as a whole, 2022 to 2024.
In Fremont as a whole, 31% of burglaries hit homes, against 57% nationally. Thefts from cars happen most often in parking lots and garages: 33% of them, against 31% nationally.
Crime
Most often at
Busiest time
Burglary
Stores and businesses (44%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Car theft
Streets and sidewalks (29%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Theft from cars
Parking lots and garages (33%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Vandalism
Homes (29%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Robbery
Stores and businesses (48%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Aggravated assault
Homes (36%)
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 burglary.
How Downtown Fremont compares with nearby neighborhoods
Downtown Fremont has less crime than 7 of its 10 nearest neighborhoods.
Nearest first, with each place's distance from Downtown Fremont. Beside each overall CrimeGrade™ is its safety score, from 0 to 1,000 (higher is safer).
Compared with neighborhoods of similar size and density, Downtown Fremont is safer than 81% of them.
Jobs, parking lots and walkability in Downtown Fremont
One thing sets Downtown Fremont apart: it has 182 jobs for every 100 residents, against 45 for the US as a whole. Places like that tend to report more theft and robbery; here theft sits near the national middle.
JobsJobs draw daytime crowds. Places with many jobs tend to report more theft and robbery.182 for every 100 residentsUS: 45Higher than for 95% of residents of US city neighborhoods
Parking lotsBig lots at stores, offices and apartment complexes. Places with more lot space tend to report more theft.2.1 spaces per residentUS: 2.0Higher than for 86% 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- (32 of 100)US: 21Lower than for 53% of residents of US city neighborhoods
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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 Downtown Fremont: C- (30 of 100).19 trips an hourUS: noneHigher than for 70% 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 Downtown Fremont
Crime costs Downtown Fremont about $1,283 a year per household, counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, 6% 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 $7.1 million a year, or $1,343 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 Downtown Fremont 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 Downtown Fremont, Fremont, CA average a SchoolGrade of A: 52% of students test proficient, against 50% projected for schools like them. Overall, they meet expectations. See schools in Downtown Fremont on SchoolGrade
