McLane is a neighborhood of 66,100 residents in Fresno, about 4 miles northeast of downtown · Updated November 2026
Is McLane in Fresno safe?
Crime in McLane is high by national standards, with an overall CrimeGrade™ of C. Most US neighborhoods have little crime: 86% of Americans live in neighborhoods with less crime than McLane. Violent crime grades C and property crime D+. Fresno as a whole grades C+. What matters most is the neighborhood: grades within McLane run from A- to F, so check the map below.
C
Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 392 of 1,000Less safe than most US neighborhoodsi What this means
14% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than McLane as a whole, and 86% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. McLane scores 392.
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 McLane, Fresno, CA at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in McLane in Fresno, 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 McLane
Car thefts and aggravated assaults both run high. In McLane, each runs at more than double the US rate: 7.5 car thefts and 5.8 aggravated assaults a year per 1,000 residents, against 2.7 and 2.6 nationally.
How McLane compares within Fresno
Safety changes a lot from one part of McLane to the next: 26% of residents live in areas graded A or B, while 68% live in areas graded D or F. Grades across McLane run from A- to F; 5% of residents live in areas with less crime than the typical US neighborhood.
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A or B 26%C 6%D or F 68%
Share of residents, by the overall CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
McLane has less crime than 4 of the 11 neighborhoods in Fresno. It covers much of the McLane area.
Crime rates and types in McLane
CrimeGrade™ estimates McLane has about 66 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 76% more than the US as a whole and close to Fresno 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.
Theft is the most common crime in McLane, about 32% of everything reported, but assault 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.
Where and when crime happens in Fresno
The Fresno Police Department polices McLane; these figures cover Fresno as a whole, 2022 to 2024.
In Fresno as a whole, 38% of burglaries hit homes, against 57% nationally. Thefts from cars happen most often at homes: 36% of them, against 34% nationally.
Crime
Most often at
Busiest time
Burglary
Homes (38%)
Night (midnight to 6 am)
Car theft
Homes (42%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Theft from cars
Homes (36%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Vandalism
Homes (44%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Robbery
Stores and businesses (32%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Aggravated assault
Homes (54%)
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 McLane compares with nearby neighborhoods
McLane has more crime than 6 of its 10 nearest neighborhoods. Harlan Ranch and Southeast Growth Area have the least crime nearby.
Parking lots, tree cover and walkability in McLane
Two things set McLane apart: it has tree cover over 4% of the land where people live, against 21% nationally, and 0.2 bars and nightlife spots for every 1,000 residents, against 0.6 nationally. Places with little tree cover tend to report more robbery, and it runs high here.
Parking lotsBig lots at stores, offices and apartment complexes. Places with more lot space tend to report more theft.1.4 spaces per residentUS: 2.0Higher than for 73% of residents of US city neighborhoods
Tree coverThe share of land under tree canopy where people live. Leafy neighborhoods tend to report less robbery.4% where people liveUS: 21%Lower than for 72% 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. 74% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.D+ (24 of 100)US: 21Lower than for 66% of residents of US city neighborhoods
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Bars and nightlifeBars, lounges, clubs and casinos. Places with more bars tend to report more assault and robbery.0.2 per 1,000 residentsUS: 0.6Lower than for 72% 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 McLane
Counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, crime costs McLane about $2,774 a year per household, more than double 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 $171 million a year, or $2,592 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 McLane 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 McLane, Fresno, CA average a SchoolGrade of C-: 33% of students test proficient, against 27% projected for schools like them. Overall, they exceed expectations. See schools in McLane on SchoolGrade
