The Safest and Most Dangerous Places in West Sacramento, CA
West Sacramento is a city of 55,000 in Yolo County, about 3 miles southwest of downtown Sacramento · Updated November 2026
Is West Sacramento, CA safe?
Mostly, yes. Crime in West Sacramento is low, with an overall CrimeGrade™ of A-, but most US neighborhoods are safer still: West Sacramento has more crime than the neighborhoods where 61% of Americans live. Property crime grades better than violent crime here, A- against B+. What matters most is the neighborhood: grades within West Sacramento run from A+ to C+, so check the map or the safest and least safe neighborhoods below.
A-
Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 773 of 1,000Less safe than most US neighborhoodsi What this means
39% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than West Sacramento as a whole, and 61% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. West Sacramento scores 773.
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 West Sacramento, CA at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in West Sacramento, 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 West Sacramento
Robbery stands out among A-graded cities. For the typical resident of an A-graded US city, the figure is 0.13 robberies a year per 1,000 residents; West Sacramento has 0.90.
Car thefts run high in Broderick. In this part of northeast West Sacramento, they run at about triple the rate in the rest of West Sacramento.
The safest and most dangerous neighborhoods in West Sacramento
Low crime is the norm across West Sacramento: 91% of residents live in areas graded A or B, and the rest in areas graded C. Grades across West Sacramento run from A+ to C+; 46% of residents live in areas with less crime than the typical US neighborhood.
91%
A or B 91%C 9%
Share of residents, by the overall CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
1Northwest Village & SouthWest Village, southwestBurglaries run at less than half the rate in the rest of West Sacramento.A913
2Northeast Village, southSimple assaults run at about half the rate in the rest of West Sacramento.A882
3Old West Sacramento, centralBurglaries run about 40% higher here than in the rest of West Sacramento.B+723
4Broderick, northeastRobberies run at about double the rate in the rest of West Sacramento.B626
5Bryte, northThefts run at more than double the rate in the rest of West Sacramento.B624
Neighborhood areas of West Sacramento, 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 West Sacramento?
Reported crime in West Sacramento has fallen since 2019: violent crime is down 25% and property crime down 54%. Murders, rapes, robberies and aggravated assaults went from about 3.9 to 3.0 a year per 1,000 residents (US: 3.7); burglaries, thefts and vehicle thefts from about 30 to 14 (US: 18). In 2024 alone, violent crime rose 29%.
Violent crime, change since 2019
Property crime, change since 2019
West SacramentoUnited States
Source: crime reports to the FBI from the police department that serves West Sacramento. The charts follow crimes per resident.
Data table
Year
Violent, West Sacramento
Violent, US
Property, West Sacramento
Property, US
2016
+11%
+4%
-23%
+15%
2017
-6%
+4%
-29%
+12%
2018
+6%
+0%
-12%
+4%
2019
+0%
+0%
+0%
+0%
2020
-1%
+4%
-6%
-8%
2021
-1%
+6%
-26%
-10%
2022
-14%
+5%
-37%
-6%
2023
-42%
+2%
-57%
-7%
2024
-25%
-4%
-54%
-15%
Crime rates and types in West Sacramento
CrimeGrade™ estimates West Sacramento has about 30 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 18% less than the US as a whole and 23% 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 West Sacramento is assault, about 37% 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 West Sacramento Police Department's 2024 counts of simple assault and arson fell far below their usual levels, 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 West Sacramento
West Sacramento has its own police department, and these figures come from its reports, 2022 to 2024.
In West Sacramento, 18% of burglaries hit homes, against 57% nationally. Thefts from cars happen most often in parking lots and garages: 44% of them, against 31% nationally.
Crime
Most often at
Busiest time
Burglary
Stores and businesses (60%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Car theft
Streets and sidewalks (87%)
Morning (6 am to noon)
Theft from cars
Parking lots and garages (44%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Vandalism
Homes (27%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Robbery
Stores and businesses (41%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
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 West Sacramento compares with nearby cities
West Sacramento has less crime than 7 of its 9 nearest cities; only El Macero and Rio Linda have less.
Nearest first, with each place's distance from West Sacramento. Beside each overall CrimeGrade™ is its safety score, from 0 to 1,000 (higher is safer).
Compared with cities of similar size and density, West Sacramento has more crime than 65% of them.
Parking lots, jobs and walkability in West Sacramento
Two things set West Sacramento apart: it has 3.7 parking-lot spaces per resident, against 2.0 nationally, and 67 jobs for every 100 residents, against 45 for the US as a whole. Places like that tend to report more theft, yet theft runs lower here than that would suggest.
Parking lotsBig lots at stores, offices and apartment complexes. Places with more lot space tend to report more theft.3.7 spaces per residentUS: 2.0Higher than for 92% of US city residents
JobsJobs draw daytime crowds. Places with many jobs tend to report more theft and robbery.67 for every 100 residentsUS: 45Higher 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. 76% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.D+ (22 of 100)US: 21Higher than for 67% 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.41% of residentsUS: 24%Higher than for 76% of US city residents
Empty homesSeasonal and vacation homes are left out. Places with many empty homes tend to report more burglary, vandalism and arson.6.9% of homesUS: 7.1%Higher than for 62% of US city residents
Stores and restaurantsShops and restaurants draw crowds and parked cars. Places with many stores tend to report more theft.9.1 per 1,000 residentsUS: 10.5Lower than for 62% 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 West Sacramento
Counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, crime costs West Sacramento about $1,132 a year per household, 6% 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 $72 million a year, or $1,307 per resident.
How the cost breaks down
Crime
Cost a year
Per resident
Murder
$5.0 million
$90
Rape
$910,000
$17
Robbery
$1.5 million
$28
Assault
$6.8 million
$123
Burglary
$1.2 million
$21
Theft
$2.5 million
$46
Vehicle theft
$2.4 million
$44
Arson
$630,000
$11
Vandalism
$1.3 million
$23
Total
$22 million
$404
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 West Sacramento 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 West Sacramento, CA average a SchoolGrade of C: 35% of students test proficient, against 37% projected for schools like them. Overall, they don't meet expectations. See schools in West Sacramento on SchoolGrade
