North Richmond is an unincorporated community of 3,730 in Contra Costa County, about 13 miles north of downtown San Francisco · Updated November 2026
Is North Richmond, CA safe?
North Richmond is among the higher-crime places in the US: an overall CrimeGrade™ of D-, with more crime than the neighborhoods where 92% of Americans live. Violent and property crime both grade D- here. What matters most is the neighborhood: grades within North Richmond run from A- to F, so check the map below.
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Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 109 of 1,000Less safe than nearly all US neighborhoodsi What this means
8% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than North Richmond as a whole, and 92% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. North Richmond scores 109.
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 North Richmond, CA at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in North Richmond, 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 North Richmond
Aggravated assaults run high for a D-graded city. North Richmond has 11.8 aggravated assaults a year per 1,000 residents; for the typical resident of a D-graded US city, the figure is 4.4.
Car thefts run high. North Richmond has car thefts at more than triple the US rate: 28.7 a year per 1,000 residents, against 2.7 nationally.
Crime rates and types in North Richmond
CrimeGrade™ estimates North Richmond has about 113 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, about triple the rate for the US as a whole and about triple the rate for 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.
The largest share of crime reported in North Richmond is assault, about 34% of the total. It also makes up 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 North Richmond compares with nearby cities
North Richmond has the most crime of its 10 nearest cities.
Parking lots, density and walkability in North Richmond
Two things set North Richmond apart: it has 5.8 parking-lot spaces per resident, against 2.0 nationally, and 85% of its residents in dense blocks, against 24% nationally. Places like that tend to report more theft, and it runs high here.
Parking lotsBig lots at stores, offices and apartment complexes. Places with more lot space tend to report more theft.5.8 spaces per residentUS: 2.0Higher than for 99% 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.85% of residentsUS: 24%Higher than for 94% 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.C+ (42 of 100)US: 21Higher than for 88% 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.4.8 per 1,000 residentsUS: 10.5Lower than for 92% of US city residents
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.100% where people liveUS: 78%Higher than for 92% 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.9.0% of homesUS: 7.1%Higher than for 79% 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 North Richmond
Counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, crime costs North Richmond about $5,623 a year per household, more than triple 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 $17 million a year, or $4,620 per resident.
How the cost breaks down
Crime
Cost a year
Per resident
Murder
$800,000
$215
Rape
$140,000
$38
Robbery
$250,000
$67
Assault
$2.0 million
$527
Burglary
$130,000
$36
Theft
$480,000
$129
Vehicle theft
$1.6 million
$441
Arson
$31,000
$8
Vandalism
$360,000
$98
Total
$5.8 million
$1,559
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 North Richmond 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 North Richmond, CA average a SchoolGrade of D+: 26% of students test proficient, against 21% projected for schools like them. Overall, they greatly exceed expectations. See schools in North Richmond on SchoolGrade
