The Safest and Most Dangerous Places in Sausalito, CA
Sausalito is a city of 11,700 in Marin County, about 7 miles northwest of downtown San Francisco · Updated November 2026
Is Sausalito, CA safe?
Yes. An overall CrimeGrade™ of A means crime in Sausalito is low. Most US neighborhoods have little crime too, so Sausalito sits near the middle: 56% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime, and 44% in neighborhoods with less. Violent crime grades A and property crime A-. What matters most is the neighborhood: grades within Sausalito run from A+ to B+, so check the map below.
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Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 863 of 1,000About as safe as the typical US neighborhoodi What this means
56% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than Sausalito as a whole, and 44% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Sausalito scores 863.
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 Sausalito, CA at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Sausalito, 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 Sausalito
Simple assault runs low. Sausalito has 4.8 simple assaults a year per 1,000 residents, about half the US rate of 9.7.
The safest and least safe parts of Sausalito
Every part of Sausalito where people live grades A or B on the national scale. Grades across Sausalito run from A+ to B+; 56% 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 Sausalito, the southeast side has the least crime and the northwest side the most.
Is crime going up in Sausalito?
Reported property crime in Sausalito has fallen 52% 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 36 to 17 a year per 1,000 residents (US: 18). Property crime changed little from 2023 to 2024.
Property crime, change since 2019
SausalitoUnited States
Source: crime reports to the FBI from the police department that serves Sausalito. The charts follow crimes per resident.
Data table
Year
Property, Sausalito
Property, US
2016
-5%
+15%
2017
-11%
+12%
2018
-22%
+4%
2019
+0%
+0%
2020
-9%
-8%
2021
-16%
-10%
2022
-23%
-6%
2023
-50%
-7%
2024
-52%
-15%
Crime rates and types in Sausalito
CrimeGrade™ estimates Sausalito has about 28 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 25% less than the US as a whole and 29% 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 is the most common crime in Sausalito, about 40% of everything reported, but assault 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.
How Sausalito compares with nearby cities
Of the 9 cities closest to Sausalito, 8 have less crime. Corte Madera and Larkspur have the least.
Two things set Sausalito apart: it has 19.0 stores and restaurants for every 1,000 residents, against 10.5 nationally, and a Walk Grade of C+ (44 of 100) on BestNeighborhood, against 21 for the US as a whole. Places like that tend to report more theft; here theft sits near the national middle.
Stores and restaurantsShops and restaurants draw crowds and parked cars. Places with many stores tend to report more theft.19.0 per 1,000 residentsUS: 10.5Higher than for 96% 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+ (44 of 100)US: 21Higher than for 89% 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 Sausalito: C- (28 of 100).11 trips an hourUS: noneHigher than for 86% of US city residents
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Residents in dense blocksBlocks of 10,000 or more people per square mile. Dense neighborhoods tend to report more robbery and car theft.43% of residentsUS: 24%Higher than for 79% 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.80% where people liveUS: 78%Lower than for 71% of US city residents
JobsJobs draw daytime crowds. Places with many jobs tend to report more theft and robbery.52 for every 100 residentsUS: 45Higher than for 66% 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 Sausalito
Counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, crime costs Sausalito about $558 a year per household, 54% 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 $8.3 million a year, or $708 per resident.
How the cost breaks down
Crime
Cost a year
Per resident
Murder
$290,000
$25
Rape
$200,000
$17
Robbery
$190,000
$16
Assault
$890,000
$76
Burglary
$200,000
$17
Theft
$680,000
$58
Vehicle theft
$270,000
$23
Arson
$46,000
$4
Vandalism
$500,000
$43
Total
$3.3 million
$279
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 Sausalito 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 Sausalito, CA average a SchoolGrade of A+: 60% of students test proficient, against 57% projected for schools like them. Overall, they meet expectations. See schools in Sausalito on SchoolGrade
