The Safest and Most Dangerous Places in Mckinleyville, CA
Mckinleyville is an unincorporated community of 19,100 in Humboldt County, about 10 miles north of downtown Eureka · Updated November 2026
Is Mckinleyville, CA safe?
Yes, crime in Mckinleyville is low, with an overall CrimeGrade™ of A-. Because most US neighborhoods are safe as well, Mckinleyville sits near the middle: safer than the neighborhoods where 49% of Americans live. Violent and property crime both grade A- here. What matters most is the neighborhood: grades within Mckinleyville run from A+ to B-, so check the map below.
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Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 831 of 1,000About as safe as the typical US neighborhoodi What this means
49% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than Mckinleyville as a whole, and 51% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Mckinleyville scores 831.
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 Mckinleyville, CA at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Mckinleyville, 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 Mckinleyville
Thefts and burglaries both run low. In Mckinleyville, each runs at about half the US rate: 6.2 thefts and 1.2 burglaries a year per 1,000 residents, against 13.1 and 2.4 nationally.
The safest and least safe parts of Mckinleyville
Most of Mckinleyville grades well: 98% of residents live in areas graded A or B, and the rest in areas graded C. Grades across Mckinleyville run from A+ to B-; 49% of residents live in areas with less crime than the typical US neighborhood.
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A or B 98%C 2%
Share of residents, by the overall CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
Within Mckinleyville, the southeast side has the least crime and the southwest side the most.
Crime rates and types in Mckinleyville
CrimeGrade™ estimates Mckinleyville has about 26 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 30% less than the US as a whole and 34% 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.
Assault is the most common crime in Mckinleyville, about 44% 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.
How Mckinleyville compares with nearby cities
Of the 4 cities closest to Mckinleyville, 3 have less crime. Bayside and Blue Lake have the least.
Night lighting, jobs and walkability in Mckinleyville
Two things set Mckinleyville apart: it has 31% of the land where people live lit at night, against 78% nationally, and 18 jobs for every 100 residents, against 45 for the US as a whole. Places like that tend to report less theft and vandalism, and they run low here.
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.31% where people liveUS: 78%Lower than for 93% of US city residents
JobsJobs draw daytime crowds. Places with many jobs tend to report more theft and robbery.18 for every 100 residentsUS: 45Lower than for 90% 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. 90% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.D (12 of 100)US: 21Lower than for 67% of US city residents
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Stores and restaurantsShops and restaurants draw crowds and parked cars. Places with many stores tend to report more theft.5.5 per 1,000 residentsUS: 10.5Lower than for 90% 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.9% of residentsUS: 24%Lower than for 64% of US city residents
Parking lotsBig lots at stores, offices and apartment complexes. Places with more lot space tend to report more theft.2.0 spaces per residentUS: 2.0Higher than for 61% 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 Mckinleyville
Counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, crime costs Mckinleyville about $726 a year per household, 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 $14 million a year, or $736 per resident.
How the cost breaks down
Crime
Cost a year
Per resident
Murder
$370,000
$19
Rape
$320,000
$17
Robbery
$240,000
$13
Assault
$2.3 million
$123
Burglary
$210,000
$11
Theft
$610,000
$32
Vehicle theft
$1.0 million
$52
Arson
$54,000
$3
Vandalism
$390,000
$20
Total
$5.5 million
$290
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 Mckinleyville 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. Mckinleyville is the other kind of example: few people work in, shop in or visit it, so its crime per resident looks lower than its CrimeGrade™ suggests.
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 Mckinleyville, CA average a SchoolGrade of C: 34% of students test proficient, against 37% projected for schools like them. Overall, they underperform expectations. See schools in Mckinleyville on SchoolGrade
