The Safest and Most Dangerous Places in Rio Linda, CA
Rio Linda is an unincorporated community of 16,400 in Sacramento County, about 8 miles north of downtown Sacramento · Updated November 2026
Is Rio Linda, CA safe?
Yes. An overall CrimeGrade™ of A- means crime in Rio Linda is low. Most US neighborhoods have little crime too, so Rio Linda sits near the middle: 44% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime, and 56% in neighborhoods with less. Violent and property crime both grade A- here. What matters most is the neighborhood: grades within Rio Linda run from A+ to B+, so check the map below.
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Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 807 of 1,000About as safe as the typical US neighborhoodi What this means
44% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than Rio Linda as a whole, and 56% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Rio Linda scores 807.
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 Rio Linda, CA at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Rio Linda, 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 Rio Linda
One weak spot: burglary. It grades B in Rio Linda, worse than in the neighborhoods where 84% of Americans live, against A- for property crime as a whole.
Thefts and simple assaults both run low. In Rio Linda, each runs at about half the US rate: 5.9 thefts and 4.4 simple assaults a year per 1,000 residents, against 13.1 and 9.7 nationally.
The safest and least safe parts of Rio Linda
Every part of Rio Linda where people live grades A or B on the national scale. Grades across Rio Linda run from A+ to B+; 17% of residents live in areas with less crime than the typical US neighborhood.
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Share of residents, by the overall CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
Within Rio Linda, the northwest side has the least crime and the center the most.
Crime rates and types in Rio Linda
CrimeGrade™ estimates Rio Linda has about 23 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 39% less than the US as a whole and 43% 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.
The largest share of crime reported in Rio Linda is assault, about 30% 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 Rio Linda compares with nearby cities
Rio Linda has less crime than 6 of its 8 nearest cities; only Pleasant Grove and Elverta have less.
Two things set Rio Linda apart: it has 1.3% of its homes standing empty, against 7.1% nationally, and 4.5 stores and restaurants for every 1,000 residents, against 10.5 nationally. Places like that tend to report less burglary, vandalism and arson, yet burglary runs higher here than that would suggest.
Empty homesSeasonal and vacation homes are left out. Places with many empty homes tend to report more burglary, vandalism and arson.1.3% of homesUS: 7.1%Lower than for 98% of US city residents
Stores and restaurantsShops and restaurants draw crowds and parked cars. Places with many stores tend to report more theft.4.5 per 1,000 residentsUS: 10.5Lower 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. 94% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.D- (12 of 100)US: 21Lower than for 69% of US city residents
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JobsJobs draw daytime crowds. Places with many jobs tend to report more theft and robbery.15 for every 100 residentsUS: 45Lower than for 93% 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.11% of residentsUS: 24%Lower than for 57% of US city residents
Parking lotsBig lots at stores, offices and apartment complexes. Places with more lot space tend to report more theft.1.9 spaces per residentUS: 2.0Higher than for 57% 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 Rio Linda
Crime costs Rio Linda about $962 a year per household, counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, 20% 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 $15 million a year, or $929 per resident.
How the cost breaks down
Crime
Cost a year
Per resident
Murder
$650,000
$40
Rape
$250,000
$15
Robbery
$200,000
$12
Assault
$1.6 million
$100
Burglary
$480,000
$30
Theft
$500,000
$30
Vehicle theft
$780,000
$47
Arson
$34,000
$2
Vandalism
$340,000
$21
Total
$4.9 million
$297
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 Rio Linda 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. Rio Linda 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 Rio Linda, CA average a SchoolGrade of C-: 30% of students test proficient, against 28% projected for schools like them. Overall, they meet expectations. See schools in Rio Linda on SchoolGrade
