The Safest and Most Dangerous Places in Tulare County, CA
Tulare County is home to 478,700 residents and includes Visalia and Tulare · Updated November 2026
Is Tulare County, CA safe?
Crime in Tulare County is moderate, with an overall CrimeGrade™ of B+. Most US neighborhoods have little crime: 65% of Americans live in neighborhoods with less crime than Tulare County. Violent and property crime both grade B+ here. What matters most is the neighborhood: grades within Tulare County run from A+ to F, so check the map or the safest and least safe places below.
B+
Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 742 of 1,000Less safe than most US neighborhoodsi What this means
35% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than Tulare County as a whole, and 65% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Tulare County scores 742.
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 Tulare County, CA at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Tulare 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 Tulare County
Arsons run high for a B-graded county. Tulare County has 0.42 arsons a year per 1,000 residents; for the typical resident of a B-graded US county, the figure is 0.12.
The safest and most dangerous places in Tulare County
Low crime is the norm across Tulare County: 70% of residents live in areas graded A or B, and 7% in areas graded D or F. Grades across Tulare County run from A+ to F; 15% of residents live in areas with less crime than the typical US neighborhood.
70%23%
A or B 70%C 23%D or F 7%
Share of residents, by the overall CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
Cities and towns in Tulare 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 Earlimart, Pixley, and Tipton areas have the least crime and the Tulare area the most.
Is crime going up in Tulare County?
Since 2019, reported violent crime in Tulare County is up 33% and property crime is down 21%. Murders, rapes, robberies and aggravated assaults went from about 3.6 to 4.8 a year per 1,000 residents (US: 3.7); burglaries, thefts and vehicle thefts from about 23 to 18 (US: 18). In 2024 alone, property crime fell 11%.
Violent crime, change since 2019
Property crime, change since 2019
Tulare CountyUnited States
Source: crime reports to the FBI from the police departments across Tulare County. The charts follow crimes per resident.
Data table
Year
Violent, Tulare County
Violent, US
Property, Tulare County
Property, US
2016
-3%
+4%
+11%
+15%
2017
-2%
+4%
+11%
+12%
2018
-6%
+0%
+10%
+4%
2019
+0%
+0%
+0%
+0%
2020
-1%
+4%
-13%
-8%
2021
+31%
+6%
-17%
-10%
2022
+20%
+5%
-9%
-6%
2023
+45%
+2%
-12%
-7%
2024
+33%
-4%
-21%
-15%
Crime rates and types in Tulare County
CrimeGrade™ estimates Tulare County has about 44 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 19% 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.
Assault is the most common crime in Tulare County, about 36% 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.
How Tulare County compares with nearby counties
Of the 10 counties closest to Tulare County, 7 have less crime. Mono County and Mariposa County have the least.
Tulare County looks like a typical county on the traits that tend to go with crime.
Stores and restaurantsShops and restaurants draw crowds and parked cars. Places with many stores tend to report more theft.7.9 per 1,000 residentsUS: 10.5Lower than for 91% of Americans
JobsJobs draw daytime crowds. Places with many jobs tend to report more theft and robbery.36 for every 100 residentsUS: 45Lower than for 73% 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. 78% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.D+ (19 of 100)US: 21Higher than for 60% of Americans
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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 Tulare County: F (3 of 100).under 1 trip an hourUS: noneLower than for 71% of Americans
Empty homesSeasonal and vacation homes are left out. Places with many empty homes tend to report more burglary and arson.5.0% of homesUS: 7.1%Lower than for 68% of Americans
Residents in dense blocksBlocks of 10,000 or more people per square mile. Dense neighborhoods tend to report more robbery.27% of residentsUS: 24%Higher than for 67% 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 Tulare County
Crime costs Tulare County about $1,954 a year per household, counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, 62% more than the US figure of $1,205. The total is about $278 million a year.
Cost of crime per resident, per year
Counting the pain and suffering of victims, which comes almost entirely from violent crime, the full cost rises to about $923 million a year, or $1,928 per resident.
How the cost breaks down
Crime
Cost a year
Per resident
Murder
$56 million
$117
Rape
$16 million
$33
Robbery
$12 million
$26
Assault
$92 million
$192
Burglary
$11 million
$24
Theft
$29 million
$61
Vehicle theft
$31 million
$64
Arson
$4.8 million
$10
Vandalism
$25 million
$53
Total
$278 million
$580
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 Tulare 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.
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 Tulare County, CA average a SchoolGrade of D+: 30% of students test proficient, against 26% projected for schools like them. Overall, they exceed expectations. See schools in Tulare County on SchoolGrade
