The Safest and Most Dangerous Places in Turlock, CA
Turlock is a city of 81,800 in Stanislaus County, about 12 miles southeast of downtown Modesto · Updated November 2026
Is Turlock, CA safe?
With an overall CrimeGrade™ of B+, Turlock has moderate crime by national standards. Most US neighborhoods have less: 66% of Americans live in neighborhoods with less crime. Violent and property crime both grade B+ here. What matters most is the neighborhood: grades within Turlock run from A+ to D+, so check the map or the safest and least safe neighborhoods below.
B+
Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 731 of 1,000Less safe than most US neighborhoodsi What this means
34% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than Turlock as a whole, and 66% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Turlock scores 731.
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 Turlock, CA at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Turlock, 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 Turlock
Car thefts run high in Downtown Turlock. In this part of central Turlock, they run at about triple the rate in the rest of Turlock.
Robbery stands out among B-graded cities. For the typical resident of a B-graded US city, the figure is 0.63 robberies a year per 1,000 residents; Turlock has 1.2.
The safest and most dangerous neighborhoods in Turlock
Low crime is the norm across Turlock: 81% of residents live in areas graded A or B, and 3% in areas graded D or F. Grades across Turlock run from A+ to D+; 15% of residents live in areas with less crime than the typical US neighborhood.
81%16%
A or B 81%C 16%D or F 3%
Share of residents, by the overall CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
1Villagio & Summerfield, northeastCar thefts run at about half the rate in the rest of Turlock.A854
2Olive Grove Manor, eastThefts run about 40% lower here than in the rest of Turlock.A-792
3Linwood Estates & Bothun, southeastThefts run about 30% lower here than in the rest of Turlock.A-791
4Rose Walk, Majestic Estates & Bandera, northwestRobberies run about 30% lower here than in the rest of Turlock.B+762
5Monte Vista Gardens, Ferreira Ranch Estates & Northern Sunrise Estates, northCar thefts run about 40% higher here than in the rest of Turlock.B+759
6Countryside West, westThefts run about 30% higher here than in the rest of Turlock.B662
7Downtown Turlock, centralAggravated assaults run at more than double the rate in the rest of Turlock.C441
Neighborhood areas of Turlock, ranked by overall CrimeGrade™; beside each grade is its safety score, from 0 to 1,000 (higher is safer). Each one combines several of the smaller areas on the map.
Is crime going up in Turlock?
Reported crime in Turlock has fallen since 2019: violent crime is down 19% and property crime down 42%. Murders, rapes, robberies and aggravated assaults went from about 5.9 to 4.7 a year per 1,000 residents (US: 3.7); burglaries, thefts and vehicle thefts from about 32 to 19 (US: 18). In 2024 alone, property crime fell 19%.
Violent crime, change since 2019
Property crime, change since 2019
TurlockUnited States
Source: crime reports to the FBI from the police department that serves Turlock. The charts follow crimes per resident.
Data table
Year
Violent, Turlock
Violent, US
Property, Turlock
Property, US
2016
-8%
+4%
+9%
+15%
2017
+5%
+4%
-1%
+12%
2018
-1%
+0%
-4%
+4%
2019
+0%
+0%
+0%
+0%
2020
-4%
+4%
-11%
-8%
2021
+6%
+6%
-17%
-10%
2022
-0%
+5%
-9%
-6%
2023
-24%
+2%
-29%
-7%
2024
-20%
-4%
-42%
-15%
Crime rates and types in Turlock
CrimeGrade™ estimates Turlock has about 36 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, about the same as 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 Turlock. 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.
The Turlock Police Department's 2024 count of arson 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 Turlock
Turlock has its own police department, and these figures come from its reports, 2022 to 2024.
In Turlock, 47% of burglaries hit homes, against 57% nationally. Thefts from cars happen most often in parking lots and garages: 36% of them, against 31% nationally.
Crime
Most often at
Busiest time
Burglary
Homes (47%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Car theft
Streets and sidewalks (37%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Theft from cars
Parking lots and garages (36%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Vandalism
Homes (34%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Robbery
Stores and businesses (51%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Aggravated assault
Homes (47%)
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 Turlock compares with nearby cities
Turlock has more crime than 7 of its 8 nearest cities. Denair and Hughson have the least crime nearby.
Two things set Turlock apart: it has 3.8% of its homes standing empty, against 7.1% nationally, and 34% of its residents in dense blocks, against 24% nationally. Places with few empty homes tend to report less burglary, vandalism and arson, yet burglary, vandalism and arson 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.3.8% of homesUS: 7.1%Lower than for 76% 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. 66% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.D+ (24 of 100)US: 21Higher than for 72% 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.34% of residentsUS: 24%Higher than for 72% of US city residents
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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 Turlock: D- (11 of 100).4 trips an hourUS: noneHigher than for 66% of US city residents
JobsJobs draw daytime crowds. Places with many jobs tend to report more theft and robbery.39 for every 100 residentsUS: 45Lower than for 56% of US city residents
Stores and restaurantsShops and restaurants draw crowds and parked cars. Places with many stores tend to report more theft.10.1 per 1,000 residentsUS: 10.5Lower than for 52% of US city residents
BestNeighborhood, a sister site of CrimeGrade™, ranks the neighborhoods of Turlock 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 Turlock
Crime costs Turlock about $1,408 a year per household, counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, 17% 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 $117 million a year, or $1,425 per resident.
How the cost breaks down
Crime
Cost a year
Per resident
Murder
$5.9 million
$72
Rape
$2.3 million
$28
Robbery
$3.1 million
$38
Assault
$12 million
$143
Burglary
$1.5 million
$18
Theft
$5.2 million
$64
Vehicle theft
$4.2 million
$51
Arson
$710,000
$9
Vandalism
$2.7 million
$33
Total
$37 million
$456
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 Turlock 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 Turlock, CA average a SchoolGrade of D+: 28% of students test proficient, against 31% projected for schools like them. Overall, they don't meet expectations. See schools in Turlock on SchoolGrade
