The Safest and Most Dangerous Places in Napa County, CA
Napa County is home to 134,900 residents and includes Napa and American Canyon · Updated November 2026
Is Napa County, CA safe?
Yes, crime in Napa County is low, with an overall CrimeGrade™ of A. Because most US neighborhoods are safe as well, Napa County sits near the middle: safer than the neighborhoods where 57% of Americans live. Violent and property crime both grade A here. What matters most is the neighborhood: grades within Napa County run from A+ to B-, so check the map or the safest and least safe places below.
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Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 867 of 1,000About as safe as the typical US neighborhoodi What this means
57% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than Napa County as a whole, and 43% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Napa County scores 867.
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 Napa County, CA at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Napa County, 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 Napa County
Arson is the exception. Napa County grades A for property crime, but arson grades B+, worse than in the neighborhoods where 85% of Americans live.
The safest and most dangerous places in Napa County
Every part of Napa County where people live grades A or B on the national scale. Grades across Napa County run from A+ to B-; 40% of residents live in areas with less crime than the typical US neighborhood.
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A or B 100%
Share of residents, by the overall CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
Cities and towns in Napa County with at least 1,000 residents. Ranked by overall CrimeGrade™; beside each grade is its safety score, from 0 to 1,000 (higher is safer), and the other numbers are residents.
Across the county, the St. Helena, Calistoga, and Angwin areas have the least crime and the south side the most.
Is crime going up in Napa County?
Reported crime in Napa County has fallen since 2019: violent crime is down 42% and property crime down 20%. Murders, rapes, robberies and aggravated assaults went from about 5.5 to 3.2 a year per 1,000 residents (US: 3.7); burglaries, thefts and vehicle thefts from about 16 to 12 (US: 18). In 2024 alone, violent crime fell 13% and property crime fell 21%.
Violent crime, change since 2019
Property crime, change since 2019
Napa CountyUnited States
Source: crime reports to the FBI from the police departments across Napa County. The charts follow crimes per resident.
Data table
Year
Violent, Napa County
Violent, US
Property, Napa County
Property, US
2016
-22%
+4%
+14%
+15%
2017
-22%
+4%
+1%
+12%
2018
-10%
+0%
-6%
+4%
2019
+0%
+0%
+0%
+0%
2020
-28%
+4%
+7%
-8%
2021
-34%
+6%
-2%
-10%
2022
-38%
+5%
-4%
-6%
2023
-34%
+2%
+0%
-7%
2024
-42%
-4%
-20%
-15%
Crime rates and types in Napa County
CrimeGrade™ estimates Napa County has about 28 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 26% less than the US as a whole and 31% 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.
Theft makes up about 36% of crime reported in Napa County. 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.
Where and when crime happens in Napa County
These figures come from the reports of the police departments across Napa County, 2022 to 2024.
In Napa County, 37% of burglaries hit homes, against 57% nationally. Thefts from cars happen most often at homes: 35% of them, against 34% nationally.
Crime
Most often at
Busiest time
Burglary
Stores and businesses (42%)
Night (midnight to 6 am)
Car theft
Streets and sidewalks (39%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Theft from cars
Homes (35%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Vandalism
Homes (28%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Robbery
Stores and businesses (45%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Aggravated assault
Homes (43%)
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 Napa County compares with nearby counties
Napa County has the least crime of its 10 nearest counties.
Napa County looks like a typical county on the traits that tend to go with crime.
Stores and restaurantsShops and restaurants draw crowds and parked cars. Places with many stores tend to report more theft.12.0 per 1,000 residentsUS: 10.5Higher than for 85% of Americans
JobsJobs draw daytime crowds. Places with many jobs tend to report more theft and robbery.56 for every 100 residentsUS: 45Higher than for 83% of Americans
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. 67% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.C- (26 of 100)US: 21Higher than for 81% of Americans
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Residents in dense blocksBlocks of 10,000 or more people per square mile. Dense neighborhoods tend to report more robbery.32% of residentsUS: 24%Higher than for 73% of Americans
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.73% where people liveUS: 78%Lower than for 69% of Americans
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 Napa County: D (14 of 100).under 1 trip an hourUS: noneLower than for 67% of Americans
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 Napa County
Crime costs Napa County about $932 a year per household, counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, 23% less than the US figure of $1,205. The total is about $46 million a year.
Cost of crime per resident, per year
Counting the pain and suffering of victims, which comes almost entirely from violent crime, the full cost rises to about $152 million a year, or $1,128 per resident.
How the cost breaks down
Crime
Cost a year
Per resident
Murder
$8.0 million
$59
Rape
$3.0 million
$22
Robbery
$2.3 million
$17
Assault
$14 million
$107
Burglary
$2.7 million
$20
Theft
$6.8 million
$51
Vehicle theft
$3.9 million
$29
Arson
$800,000
$6
Vandalism
$4.3 million
$32
Total
$46 million
$344
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 Napa County 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 Napa County, CA average a SchoolGrade of C: 32% of students test proficient, against 40% projected for schools like them. Overall, they don't meet expectations. See schools in Napa County on SchoolGrade
