Lodi is a city of 75,800 in San Joaquin County, about 12 miles north of downtown Stockton · Updated November 2026
Is Lodi, CA safe?
With an overall CrimeGrade™ of B-, Lodi has moderate crime by national standards. Most US neighborhoods have less: 76% of Americans live in neighborhoods with less crime. Violent crime grades B and property crime C+. What matters most is the neighborhood: grades within Lodi run from A+ to F, so check the map below.
B-
Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 611 of 1,000Less safe than most US neighborhoodsi What this means
24% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than Lodi as a whole, and 76% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Lodi scores 611.
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 Lodi, CA at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Lodi, 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 Lodi
Thefts run high for a B-graded city. Lodi has 36.7 thefts a year per 1,000 residents; for the typical resident of a B-graded US city, the figure is 15.4.
Robberies run high. Lodi has robberies at more than double the US rate: 1.4 a year per 1,000 residents, against 0.62 nationally.
The safest and least safe parts of Lodi
In Lodi, 48% of residents live in areas graded A or B, 33% in areas graded C and 19% in areas graded D or F. Grades across Lodi run from A+ to F; 7% of residents live in areas with less crime than the typical US neighborhood.
48%33%19%
A or B 48%C 33%D or F 19%
Share of residents, by the overall CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
Within Lodi, the northwest side has the least crime and the center the most.
Crime rates and types in Lodi
CrimeGrade™ estimates Lodi has about 75 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, about double the rate for the US as a whole and 90% more 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 makes up about 49% of crime reported in Lodi. Assault is less common but 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.
How Lodi compares with nearby cities
Of the 10 cities closest to Lodi, 7 have less crime. Acampo and Collierville have the least.
Two things set Lodi apart: it has a Walk Grade of C- (32 of 100) on BestNeighborhood, against 21 for the US as a whole, and 41% of its residents in dense blocks, against 24% nationally. Even so, 56% of residents in Lodi live in car-dependent areas, where most errands take a car. Places like that tend to report more theft and assault, and they run high here.
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: 21Higher than for 82% of US city residents
Residents in dense blocksBlocks of 10,000 or more people per square mile. Dense neighborhoods tend to report more robbery and car theft.41% of residentsUS: 24%Higher than for 77% of US city residents
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 Lodi: D (17 of 100).under 1 trip an hourUS: noneLower than for 59% of US city residents
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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.91% where people liveUS: 78%Lower than for 59% of US city residents
Parking lotsBig lots at stores, offices and apartment complexes. Places with more lot space tend to report more theft.1.8 spaces per residentUS: 2.0Higher than for 54% 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.5.6% of homesUS: 7.1%Lower than for 52% of US city residents
BestNeighborhood, a sister site of CrimeGrade™, ranks the neighborhoods of Lodi 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 Lodi
Counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, crime costs Lodi about $2,133 a year per household, 77% 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 $148 million a year, or $1,954 per resident.
How the cost breaks down
Crime
Cost a year
Per resident
Murder
$5.1 million
$67
Rape
$1.4 million
$18
Robbery
$3.3 million
$44
Assault
$20 million
$261
Burglary
$2.6 million
$34
Theft
$14 million
$188
Vehicle theft
$4.5 million
$59
Arson
$340,000
$4
Vandalism
$4.7 million
$63
Total
$56 million
$738
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 Lodi 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 Lodi, CA average a SchoolGrade of D+: 29% of students test proficient, against 34% projected for schools like them. Overall, they don't meet expectations. See schools in Lodi on SchoolGrade
