Ripon is a city of 19,000 in San Joaquin County, about 17 miles southeast of downtown Stockton · Updated November 2026
Is Ripon, CA safe?
Yes, crime in Ripon is low, with an overall CrimeGrade™ of A. Because most US neighborhoods are safe as well, Ripon sits near the middle: safer than the neighborhoods where 58% of Americans live. Violent and property crime both grade A here. Its neighborhoods are much alike, from A+ to A-; see the map below.
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Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 872 of 1,000About as safe as the typical US neighborhoodi What this means
58% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than Ripon as a whole, and 42% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Ripon scores 872.
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 Ripon, CA at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Ripon, 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 Ripon
Reported rape is the exception. Ripon grades A for violent crime, but reported rape grades B-, worse than in the neighborhoods where 85% of Americans live.
Theft runs low. Ripon has 7.0 thefts a year per 1,000 residents, about half the US rate of 13.1.
The safest and least safe parts of Ripon
Every part of Ripon where people live grades A or B on the national scale. Grades across Ripon run from A+ to A-; 93% 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.
Within Ripon, the northeast side has the least crime and the center the most.
Is crime going up in Ripon?
Reported property crime in Ripon has fallen 44% since 2019. Too few violent crimes are reported here each year for a reliable violent crime trend. Burglaries, thefts and vehicle thefts went from about 15 to 8.6 a year per 1,000 residents (US: 18). In 2024 alone, property crime fell 25%.
Property crime, change since 2019
RiponUnited States
Source: crime reports to the FBI from the police department that serves Ripon. The charts follow crimes per resident.
Data table
Year
Property, Ripon
Property, US
2016
+13%
+15%
2017
+19%
+12%
2018
-8%
+4%
2019
+0%
+0%
2020
-12%
-8%
2021
-8%
-10%
2022
-20%
-6%
2023
-25%
-7%
2024
-44%
-15%
Crime rates and types in Ripon
CrimeGrade™ estimates Ripon has about 22 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 40% less than the US as a whole and 44% 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 Ripon, about 35% 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.
Where and when crime happens in Ripon
Ripon has its own police department, and these figures come from its reports, 2022 to 2024.
Thefts from cars happen most often at homes: 28% of them, against 34% nationally.
Crime
Most often at
Busiest time
Theft from cars
Homes (28%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Vandalism
Other places (41%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Shares of the crimes reported to police, 2022 to 2024. Reports with no time recorded are left out of the times; they are over one in five for vandalism.
How Ripon compares with nearby cities
Ripon has the least crime of its 6 nearest cities.
One thing sets Ripon apart: it has 2.1% of its homes standing empty, against 7.1% 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.2.1% of homesUS: 7.1%Lower than for 95% of US city residents
Stores and restaurantsShops and restaurants draw crowds and parked cars. Places with many stores tend to report more theft.8.2 per 1,000 residentsUS: 10.5Lower than for 71% 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. 80% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.D+ (21 of 100)US: 21Higher than for 63% of US city residents
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Parking lotsBig lots at stores, offices and apartment complexes. Places with more lot space tend to report more theft.2.3 spaces per residentUS: 2.0Higher than for 70% of US city residents
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 Ripon: D- (8 of 100).under 1 trip an hourUS: noneLower than for 64% 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.89% where people liveUS: 78%Lower than for 62% of US city residents
BestNeighborhood, a sister site of CrimeGrade™, ranks the neighborhoods of Ripon on shops, parks, home prices, getting around and more.
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 Ripon
Crime costs Ripon about $786 a year per household, counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, 35% 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 $786 per resident.
How the cost breaks down
Crime
Cost a year
Per resident
Murder
$420,000
$22
Rape
$760,000
$40
Robbery
$260,000
$14
Assault
$1.7 million
$87
Burglary
$310,000
$16
Theft
$680,000
$36
Vehicle theft
$300,000
$16
Arson
$62,000
$3
Vandalism
$480,000
$25
Total
$4.9 million
$259
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 Ripon 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. Ripon 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 Ripon, CA average a SchoolGrade of B-: 38% of students test proficient, against 37% projected for schools like them. Overall, they meet expectations. See schools in Ripon on SchoolGrade
