Golf Course Terrace is a neighborhood of 4,960 residents in Sacramento, about 5 miles south of downtown · Updated November 2026
Is Golf Course Terrace in Sacramento safe?
Crime in Golf Course Terrace is high by national standards, with an overall CrimeGrade™ of C. Most US neighborhoods have little crime: 84% of Americans live in neighborhoods with less crime than Golf Course Terrace. Property crime grades better than violent crime here, B- against C-. Sacramento as a whole grades B-. What matters most is the neighborhood: grades within Golf Course Terrace run from C+ to D+, so check the map below.
C
Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 445 of 1,000Less safe than most US neighborhoodsi What this means
16% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than Golf Course Terrace as a whole, and 84% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Golf Course Terrace scores 445.
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 Golf Course Terrace, Sacramento, CA at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Golf Course Terrace in Sacramento, 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 Golf Course Terrace
Theft is a strength. Golf Course Terrace grades B- for property crime, but theft grades A-, better than in the neighborhoods where 51% of Americans live.
Vehicle theft at about double the US rate. Golf Course Terrace has 5.8 car thefts a year per 1,000 residents, against 2.7 nationally.
Crime rates and types in Golf Course Terrace
CrimeGrade™ estimates Golf Course Terrace has about 42 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 13% more than the US as a whole and 19% less than Sacramento 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.
Assault is the most common crime in Golf Course Terrace, about 43% of everything reported.
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 Sacramento
The Sacramento Police Department polices Golf Course Terrace; these figures cover Sacramento as a whole, 2022 to 2024.
In Sacramento as a whole, 38% of burglaries hit homes, against 57% nationally. Thefts from cars happen most often in parking lots and garages: 42% of them, against 31% nationally.
Crime
Most often at
Busiest time
Burglary
Stores and businesses (52%)
Night (midnight to 6 am)
Car theft
Streets and sidewalks (46%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Theft from cars
Parking lots and garages (42%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Vandalism
Homes (34%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Robbery
Stores and businesses (46%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Aggravated assault
Homes (40%)
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 Golf Course Terrace compares with nearby neighborhoods
Golf Course Terrace has less crime than 7 of its 10 nearest neighborhoods.
Nearest first, with each place's distance from Golf Course Terrace. Beside each overall CrimeGrade™ is its safety score, from 0 to 1,000 (higher is safer).
Compared with neighborhoods of similar size and density, Golf Course Terrace has more crime than 65% of them.
Transit, walkability and density in Golf Course Terrace
Golf Course Terrace looks like a typical neighborhood on the traits that tend to go with crime.
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 Golf Course Terrace: D+ (23 of 100).3 trips an hourUS: noneLower than for 77% 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. 79% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.D+ (19 of 100)US: 21Lower than for 74% of residents of US city neighborhoods
Residents in dense blocksBlocks of 10,000 or more people per square mile. Dense neighborhoods tend to report more robbery and car theft.27% of residentsUS: 24%Lower than for 73% of residents of US city neighborhoods
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Empty homesSeasonal and vacation homes are left out. Places with many empty homes tend to report more burglary, vandalism and arson.4.8% of homesUS: 7.1%Lower than for 67% 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 Golf Course Terrace
Crime costs Golf Course Terrace about $2,045 a year per household, counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, 70% 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 $15 million a year, or $2,931 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 Golf Course Terrace 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
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 Golf Course Terrace, Sacramento, CA average a SchoolGrade of D: 27% of students test proficient, against 34% projected for schools like them. Overall, they underperform expectations. See schools in Golf Course Terrace on SchoolGrade
