The Safest and Most Dangerous Places in Rohnert Park, CA
Rohnert Park is a city of 45,200 in Sonoma County, about 6 miles south of downtown Santa Rosa · Updated November 2026
Is Rohnert Park, CA safe?
Crime in Rohnert Park is moderate, with an overall CrimeGrade™ of B+. Most US neighborhoods have little crime: 68% of Americans live in neighborhoods with less crime than Rohnert Park. Property crime grades better than violent crime here, B+ against B. What matters most is the neighborhood: grades within Rohnert Park run from A+ to C+, so check the map below.
B+
Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 716 of 1,000Less safe than most US neighborhoodsi What this means
32% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than Rohnert Park as a whole, and 68% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Rohnert Park scores 716.
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 Rohnert Park, CA at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Rohnert Park, 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 Rohnert Park
Aggravated assaults and reported rapes both run high. In Rohnert Park, each runs at about double the US rate: 5.7 aggravated assaults and 0.73 reported rapes a year per 1,000 residents, against 2.6 and 0.38 nationally.
The safest and least safe parts of Rohnert Park
Low crime is the norm across Rohnert Park: 97% of residents live in areas graded A or B, and the rest in areas graded C. Grades across Rohnert Park run from A+ to C+; 5% of residents live in areas with less crime than the typical US neighborhood.
97%
A or B 97%C 3%
Share of residents, by the overall CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
Within Rohnert Park, the northeast side has the least crime and the southwest side the most.
Crime rates and types in Rohnert Park
CrimeGrade™ estimates Rohnert Park has about 30 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 19% less than the US as a whole and 25% 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 Rohnert Park is assault, about 40% 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.
The Rohnert Park Police Department's 2024 count of aggravated assault fell far below its usual level, a sign of a reporting break, so CrimeGrade™ used the department's earlier years instead.
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 Rohnert Park
Rohnert Park has its own police department, and these figures come from its reports, 2022 to 2024.
In Rohnert Park, 39% of burglaries hit homes, against 57% nationally. Thefts from cars happen most often in parking lots and garages: 46% of them, against 31% nationally.
Crime
Most often at
Busiest time
Burglary
Stores and businesses (40%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Car theft
Parking lots and garages (43%)
Morning (6 am to noon)
Theft from cars
Parking lots and garages (46%)
Morning (6 am to noon)
Vandalism
Homes (27%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Robbery
Stores and businesses (42%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Aggravated assault
Homes (38%)
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 Rohnert Park compares with nearby cities
Rohnert Park has the most crime of its 9 nearest cities.
Empty homes, density and walkability in Rohnert Park
Two things set Rohnert Park apart: it has 3.1% of its homes standing empty, against 7.1% nationally, and 53% of its residents in dense blocks, against 24% nationally. Places with few empty homes tend to report less burglary, vandalism and arson, yet burglary and vandalism run 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.3.1% of homesUS: 7.1%Lower than for 85% 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.53% of residentsUS: 24%Higher than for 85% 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. 65% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.C- (27 of 100)US: 21Higher than for 77% 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.8.1 per 1,000 residentsUS: 10.5Lower than for 72% of US city residents
JobsJobs draw daytime crowds. Places with many jobs tend to report more theft and robbery.31 for every 100 residentsUS: 45Lower than for 69% of US city residents
Parking lotsBig lots at stores, offices and apartment complexes. Places with more lot space tend to report more theft.1.4 spaces per residentUS: 2.0Lower than for 64% 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 Rohnert Park
Crime costs Rohnert Park about $1,208 a year per household, counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, about the same as 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 $73 million a year, or $1,606 per resident.
How the cost breaks down
Crime
Cost a year
Per resident
Murder
$1.7 million
$37
Rape
$2.0 million
$44
Robbery
$650,000
$14
Assault
$9.4 million
$208
Burglary
$910,000
$20
Theft
$2.2 million
$48
Vehicle theft
$1.2 million
$27
Arson
$180,000
$4
Vandalism
$1.0 million
$23
Total
$19 million
$426
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 Rohnert Park 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. Rohnert Park 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 Rohnert Park, CA average a SchoolGrade of C-: 32% of students test proficient, against 32% projected for schools like them. Overall, they meet expectations. See schools in Rohnert Park on SchoolGrade
