The Safest and Most Dangerous Places in Fort Bragg, CA
Fort Bragg is a city of 13,300 in Mendocino County, about 35 miles northwest of downtown Ukiah · Updated November 2026
Is Fort Bragg, CA safe?
Yes, by national standards: an overall CrimeGrade™ of A- means crime in Fort Bragg is low. Most US neighborhoods have even less, though: 61% of Americans live in neighborhoods with less crime. Property crime grades better than violent crime here, A- against B+. What matters most is the neighborhood: grades within Fort Bragg run from A+ to C+, so check the map below.
A-
Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 774 of 1,000Less safe than most US neighborhoodsi What this means
39% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than Fort Bragg as a whole, and 61% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Fort Bragg scores 774.
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 Fort Bragg, CA at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Fort Bragg, 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 Fort Bragg
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; Fort Bragg has 0.79.
The safest and least safe parts of Fort Bragg
Most of Fort Bragg grades well: 86% of residents live in areas graded A or B, and the rest in areas graded C. Grades across Fort Bragg run from A+ to C+; 45% of residents live in areas with less crime than the typical US neighborhood.
86%14%
A or B 86%C 14%
Share of residents, by the overall CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
Within Fort Bragg, the northeast side has the least crime and the center the most.
Is crime going up in Fort Bragg?
Since 2019, reported violent crime in Fort Bragg is up 53% and property crime is down 41%. Murders, rapes, robberies and aggravated assaults went from about 4.5 to 6.9 a year per 1,000 residents (US: 3.7); burglaries, thefts and vehicle thefts from about 44 to 26 (US: 18). Neither changed much from 2023 to 2024.
Violent crime, change since 2019
Property crime, change since 2019
Fort BraggUnited States
Source: crime reports to the FBI from the police department that serves Fort Bragg. The charts follow crimes per resident.
Data table
Year
Violent, Fort Bragg
Violent, US
Property, Fort Bragg
Property, US
2016
+33%
+4%
+3%
+15%
2017
+46%
+4%
+7%
+12%
2018
-3%
+0%
-2%
+4%
2019
+0%
+0%
+0%
+0%
2020
-30%
+4%
-8%
-8%
2021
+34%
+6%
-17%
-10%
2022
+75%
+5%
-25%
-6%
2023
+55%
+2%
-38%
-7%
2024
+53%
-4%
-41%
-15%
Crime rates and types in Fort Bragg
CrimeGrade™ estimates Fort Bragg has about 43 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 15% more than 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.
Assault is the most common crime in Fort Bragg, about 38% 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 Fort Bragg
Fort Bragg has its own police department, and these figures come from its reports, 2022 to 2024.
In Fort Bragg, 47% of burglaries hit homes, against 57% nationally. Thefts from cars happen most often in parking lots and garages: 30% of them, against 31% nationally.
Crime
Most often at
Busiest time
Burglary
Homes (47%)
Night (midnight to 6 am)
Car theft
Streets and sidewalks (37%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Theft from cars
Parking lots and garages (30%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Vandalism
Other places (30%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Aggravated assault
Homes (27%)
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.
How Fort Bragg compares with nearby cities
Fort Bragg has the most crime of its 3 nearest cities.
Shops, night lighting and walkability in Fort Bragg
Two things set Fort Bragg apart: it has 17.0 stores and restaurants for every 1,000 residents, against 10.5 nationally, and 47% of the land where people live lit at night, against 78% nationally. Places with many stores and restaurants tend to report more theft, yet theft runs lower here than that would suggest.
Stores and restaurantsShops and restaurants draw crowds and parked cars. Places with many stores tend to report more theft.17.0 per 1,000 residentsUS: 10.5Higher 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.47% where people liveUS: 78%Lower than for 88% 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. 67% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.C- (28 of 100)US: 21Higher than for 78% of US city residents
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Parking lotsBig lots at stores, offices and apartment complexes. Places with more lot space tend to report more theft.3.1 spaces per residentUS: 2.0Higher than for 86% of US city residents
JobsJobs draw daytime crowds. Places with many jobs tend to report more theft and robbery.33 for every 100 residentsUS: 45Lower than for 66% 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.7.3% of homesUS: 7.1%Higher than for 65% 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 Fort Bragg
Counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, crime costs Fort Bragg about $1,225 a year per household, about the same as 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 $22 million a year, or $1,652 per resident.
How the cost breaks down
Crime
Cost a year
Per resident
Murder
$930,000
$69
Rape
$420,000
$32
Robbery
$330,000
$25
Assault
$2.7 million
$206
Burglary
$350,000
$26
Theft
$750,000
$56
Vehicle theft
$610,000
$45
Arson
$130,000
$9
Vandalism
$770,000
$57
Total
$7.0 million
$526
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 Fort Bragg 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 Fort Bragg, CA average a SchoolGrade of C: 35% of students test proficient, against 34% projected for schools like them. Overall, they exceed expectations. See schools in Fort Bragg on SchoolGrade
