The Safest and Most Dangerous Places in Folsom, CA
Folsom is a city of 83,800 in Sacramento County, about 20 miles east of downtown Sacramento · Updated November 2026
Is Folsom, CA safe?
Yes, crime in Folsom is low, with an overall CrimeGrade™ of A. Because most US neighborhoods are safe as well, Folsom sits near the middle: safer than the neighborhoods where 54% of Americans live. Violent crime grades A and property crime A-. Its neighborhoods are much alike, from A to B+; see the map below.
A
Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 856 of 1,000About as safe as the typical US neighborhoodi What this means
54% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than Folsom as a whole, and 46% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Folsom scores 856.
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 Folsom, CA at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Folsom, 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 Folsom
Car thefts are uncommon. Folsom has car thefts at a small fraction of the US rate: 0.79 a year per 1,000 residents, against 2.7 nationally.
The safest and least safe parts of Folsom
Every part of Folsom where people live grades A or B on the national scale. Grades across Folsom run from A to B+; 83% 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.
Within Folsom, the south side has the least crime and the west side the most.
Is crime going up in Folsom?
Since 2019, reported violent crime in Folsom is up 76% and property crime is down 23%. Murders, rapes, robberies and aggravated assaults went from about 1.0 to 1.8 a year per 1,000 residents (US: 3.7); burglaries, thefts and vehicle thefts from about 18 to 14 (US: 18). In 2024 alone, violent crime fell 29%.
Violent crime, change since 2019
Property crime, change since 2019
FolsomUnited States
Source: crime reports to the FBI from the police department that serves Folsom. The charts follow crimes per resident.
Data table
Year
Violent, Folsom
Violent, US
Property, Folsom
Property, US
2016
-3%
+4%
-3%
+15%
2017
-20%
+4%
-15%
+12%
2018
+6%
+0%
-14%
+4%
2019
+0%
+0%
+0%
+0%
2020
+1%
+4%
-19%
-8%
2021
+32%
+6%
-25%
-10%
2022
+37%
+5%
-21%
-6%
2023
+147%
+2%
-15%
-7%
2024
+76%
-4%
-23%
-15%
Crime rates and types in Folsom
CrimeGrade™ estimates Folsom has about 23 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 39% less than the US as a whole and 43% 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 Folsom, about 57% 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 Folsom
Folsom has its own police department, and these figures come from its reports, 2022 to 2024.
In Folsom, 42% of burglaries hit homes, against 57% nationally. Thefts from cars happen most often in parking lots and garages: 50% of them, against 31% nationally.
Crime
Most often at
Busiest time
Burglary
Homes (42%)
Night (midnight to 6 am)
Car theft
Parking lots and garages (38%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Theft from cars
Parking lots and garages (50%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Vandalism
Other places (28%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Robbery
Stores and businesses (44%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Aggravated assault
Homes (44%)
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, car theft, vandalism.
How Folsom compares with nearby cities
Folsom has less crime than 5 of its 10 nearest cities.
Empty homes, night lighting and walkability in Folsom
One thing sets Folsom apart: it has 2.9% of its homes standing empty, against 7.1% nationally. Places like that tend to report less burglary, vandalism and arson, yet arson runs higher here than that would suggest.
Empty homesSeasonal and vacation homes are left out. Places with many empty homes tend to report more burglary, vandalism and arson.2.9% of homesUS: 7.1%Lower than for 88% of US city residents
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.100% where people liveUS: 78%Higher than for 75% 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. 83% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.D (17 of 100)US: 21Lower than for 54% of US city residents
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JobsJobs draw daytime crowds. Places with many jobs tend to report more theft and robbery.56 for every 100 residentsUS: 45Higher than for 71% of US city residents
Stores and restaurantsShops and restaurants draw crowds and parked cars. Places with many stores tend to report more theft.12.1 per 1,000 residentsUS: 10.5Higher than for 71% of US city residents
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 65% of US city residents
BestNeighborhood, a sister site of CrimeGrade™, ranks the neighborhoods of Folsom 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 Folsom
Crime costs Folsom about $720 a year per household, counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, 40% 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 $64 million a year, or $768 per resident.
How the cost breaks down
Crime
Cost a year
Per resident
Murder
$3.7 million
$44
Rape
$1.6 million
$19
Robbery
$910,000
$11
Assault
$4.9 million
$58
Burglary
$910,000
$11
Theft
$5.5 million
$66
Vehicle theft
$1.0 million
$12
Arson
$270,000
$3
Vandalism
$1.5 million
$18
Total
$20 million
$242
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 Folsom 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 Folsom, CA average a SchoolGrade of A: 56% of students test proficient, against 53% projected for schools like them. Overall, they meet expectations. See schools in Folsom on SchoolGrade
