The Safest and Most Dangerous Places in Siskiyou County, CA
Siskiyou County is home to 43,500 residents and includes Yreka and Mount Shasta · Updated November 2026
Is Siskiyou County, CA safe?
Yes. Crime is low across most of the US, and lower still in Siskiyou County: an overall CrimeGrade™ of A+, safer than the neighborhoods where 85% of Americans live. Violent and property crime both grade A+ here. What matters most is the neighborhood: grades within Siskiyou County run from A+ to B-, so check the map or the safest and least safe places below.
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Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 950 of 1,000Safer than most US neighborhoodsi What this means
85% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than Siskiyou County as a whole, and 15% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Siskiyou County scores 950.
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 Siskiyou County, CA at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Siskiyou County, 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 Siskiyou County
One weak spot: arson. It grades B- in Siskiyou County, worse than in the neighborhoods where 91% of Americans live, against A+ for property crime as a whole.
The safest and most dangerous places in Siskiyou County
Every part of Siskiyou County where people live grades A or B on the national scale. Grades across Siskiyou County run from A+ to B-; 63% 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.
Cities and towns in Siskiyou County with at least 1,000 residents. Ranked by overall CrimeGrade™; beside each grade is its safety score, from 0 to 1,000 (higher is safer), and the other numbers are residents.
Across the county, the northwest side has the least crime and the Mount Shasta and Weed areas the most.
Is crime going up in Siskiyou County?
Since 2019, reported violent crime in Siskiyou County is up 23% and property crime is down 45%. Murders, rapes, robberies and aggravated assaults went from about 4.3 to 5.3 a year per 1,000 residents (US: 3.7); burglaries, thefts and vehicle thefts from about 15 to 8.2 (US: 18). In 2024 alone, violent crime fell 22% and property crime fell 29%.
Violent crime, change since 2019
Property crime, change since 2019
Siskiyou CountyUnited States
Source: crime reports to the FBI from the police departments across Siskiyou County. The charts follow crimes per resident.
Data table
Year
Violent, Siskiyou County
Violent, US
Property, Siskiyou County
Property, US
2016
-14%
+4%
+35%
+15%
2017
-2%
+4%
+26%
+12%
2018
-0%
+0%
+3%
+4%
2019
+0%
+0%
+0%
+0%
2020
+20%
+4%
+2%
-8%
2021
+53%
+6%
-8%
-10%
2022
+77%
+5%
+17%
-6%
2023
+57%
+2%
-22%
-7%
2024
+23%
-4%
-45%
-15%
Crime rates and types in Siskiyou County
CrimeGrade™ estimates Siskiyou County has about 42 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 14% more than the US as a whole and close to 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 makes up about 35% of crime reported in Siskiyou County. Assault is less common but 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 Siskiyou County compares with nearby counties
Siskiyou County has less crime than 8 of its 10 nearest counties; only Trinity County and Modoc County have less.
Nearest first, with each place's distance from Siskiyou County. Beside each overall CrimeGrade™ is its safety score, from 0 to 1,000 (higher is safer).
Compared with counties of similar size and density, Siskiyou County is safer than 64% of them.
Night lighting, shops and walkability in Siskiyou County
Two things set Siskiyou County apart: it has 24% of the land where people live lit at night, against 78% nationally, and 2% of its residents in dense blocks, against 24% nationally. Places like that tend to report less theft and vandalism, and they run low here.
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.24% where people liveUS: 78%Lower than for 96% of Americans
Stores and restaurantsShops and restaurants draw crowds and parked cars. Places with many stores tend to report more theft.13.1 per 1,000 residentsUS: 10.5Higher than for 91% of Americans
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. 83% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.D (13 of 100)US: 21Lower than for 67% of Americans
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Residents in dense blocksBlocks of 10,000 or more people per square mile. Dense neighborhoods tend to report more robbery.2% of residentsUS: 24%Lower than for 89% of Americans
JobsJobs draw daytime crowds. Places with many jobs tend to report more theft and robbery.30 for every 100 residentsUS: 45Lower than for 86% of Americans
Empty homesSeasonal and vacation homes are left out. Places with many empty homes tend to report more burglary and arson.8.4% of homesUS: 7.1%Higher than for 77% of Americans
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 Siskiyou County
Counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, crime costs Siskiyou County about $1,445 a year per household, 20% more 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 $100 million a year, or $2,296 per resident.
How the cost breaks down
Crime
Cost a year
Per resident
Murder
$6.0 million
$137
Rape
$1.9 million
$44
Robbery
$890,000
$20
Assault
$8.1 million
$186
Burglary
$1.6 million
$36
Theft
$3.3 million
$76
Vehicle theft
$2.3 million
$52
Arson
$2.6 million
$60
Vandalism
$1.2 million
$27
Total
$28 million
$638
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 Siskiyou County 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. Siskiyou County is a good example: many people work in, shop in or visit it, so its crime per resident looks worse 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 Siskiyou County, CA average a SchoolGrade of D+: 29% of students test proficient, against 33% projected for schools like them. Overall, they don't meet expectations. See schools in Siskiyou County on SchoolGrade
