The Safest and Most Dangerous Places in Foothill Farms, CA
Foothill Farms is an unincorporated community of 31,800 in Sacramento County, about 11 miles northeast of downtown Sacramento · Updated November 2026
Is Foothill Farms, CA safe?
Crime in Foothill Farms is high by national standards, with an overall CrimeGrade™ of C+. Most US neighborhoods have little crime: 83% of Americans live in neighborhoods with less crime than Foothill Farms. Violent crime grades B- and property crime D+. What matters most is the neighborhood: grades within Foothill Farms run from B to D-, so check the map below.
C+
Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 474 of 1,000Less safe than most US neighborhoodsi What this means
17% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than Foothill Farms as a whole, and 83% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Foothill Farms scores 474.
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 Foothill Farms, CA at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Foothill Farms, 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 Foothill Farms
Burglaries run high for a C-graded city. Foothill Farms has 4.6 burglaries a year per 1,000 residents; for the typical resident of a C-graded US city, the figure is 2.5.
Vehicle theft at more than double the US rate. Foothill Farms has 6.7 car thefts a year per 1,000 residents, against 2.7 nationally.
The safest and least safe parts of Foothill Farms
Areas graded C are home to 58% of residents in Foothill Farms; 31% live in areas graded A or B and 11% in areas graded D or F. Grades across Foothill Farms run from B to D-; every part of Foothill Farms has more crime than the typical US neighborhood.
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A or B 31%C 58%D or F 11%
Share of residents, by the overall CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
Within Foothill Farms, the northeast side has the least crime and the southwest side the most.
Crime rates and types in Foothill Farms
CrimeGrade™ estimates Foothill Farms has about 36 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, about the same as the US as a whole and close to 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 Foothill Farms is assault, about 28% 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 Foothill Farms compares with nearby cities
Foothill Farms has more crime than 8 of its 9 nearest cities. Elverta and Roseville have the least crime nearby.
Shops, parking lots and walkability in Foothill Farms
Two things set Foothill Farms apart: it has 3.7 stores and restaurants for every 1,000 residents, against 10.5 nationally, and 0.4 parking-lot spaces per resident, against 2.0 nationally. Places like that tend to report less theft, yet theft runs 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.3.7 per 1,000 residentsUS: 10.5Lower than for 96% of US city residents
Parking lotsBig lots at stores, offices and apartment complexes. Places with more lot space tend to report more theft.0.4 spaces per residentUS: 2.0Lower than for 93% 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. 65% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.D+ (24 of 100)US: 21Higher than for 72% of US city residents
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JobsJobs draw daytime crowds. Places with many jobs tend to report more theft and robbery.15 for every 100 residentsUS: 45Lower than for 92% 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 92% of US city residents
Empty homesSeasonal and vacation homes are left out. Places with many empty homes tend to report more burglary, vandalism and arson.3.1% of homesUS: 7.1%Lower than for 85% of US city residents
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 Foothill Farms
Counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, crime costs Foothill Farms about $1,448 a year per household, 20% 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 $51 million a year, or $1,612 per resident.
How the cost breaks down
Crime
Cost a year
Per resident
Murder
$2.6 million
$82
Rape
$540,000
$17
Robbery
$1.0 million
$33
Assault
$4.9 million
$155
Burglary
$1.3 million
$41
Theft
$1.3 million
$42
Vehicle theft
$3.3 million
$103
Arson
$84,000
$3
Vandalism
$1.1 million
$35
Total
$16 million
$511
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 Foothill Farms 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 Foothill Farms, CA average a SchoolGrade of D-: 25% of students test proficient, against 25% projected for schools like them. Overall, they don't meet expectations. See schools in Foothill Farms on SchoolGrade
