Wright Area is a neighborhood of 10,200 residents in Santa Rosa, about 3 miles southwest of downtown · Updated November 2026
Is Wright Area in Santa Rosa safe?
Yes, crime in Wright Area is low, with an overall CrimeGrade™ of A-. Because most US neighborhoods are safe as well, Wright Area sits near the middle: safer than the neighborhoods where 43% of Americans live. Violent and property crime both grade A- here. Santa Rosa as a whole grades A-. Its neighborhoods are much alike, from A to B+; see the map below.
A-
Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 799 of 1,000About as safe as the typical US neighborhoodi What this means
43% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than Wright Area as a whole, and 57% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Wright Area scores 799.
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 Wright Area, Santa Rosa, CA at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Wright Area in Santa Rosa, 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 Wright Area
Aggravated assault stands out among A-graded neighborhoods. For the typical resident of an A-graded US neighborhood, the figure is 1.2 aggravated assaults a year per 1,000 residents; Wright Area has 2.2.
Burglaries happen at stores and businesses far more often than nationally. In Santa Rosa as a whole, 49% of reported burglaries happen at stores and businesses, against 28% nationally.
How Wright Area compares within Santa Rosa
Every part of Wright Area where people live grades A or B on the national scale. Grades across Wright Area run from A to B+; 13% 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.
Wright Area has less crime than 2 of the 5 neighborhoods in Santa Rosa. It covers much of the Wright Area area.
Is crime going up in Santa Rosa?
Reported crime in Santa Rosa as a whole has fallen since 2019: violent crime is down 31% and property crime down 20%. Murders, rapes, robberies and aggravated assaults went from about 4.9 to 3.4 a year per 1,000 residents (US: 3.7); burglaries, thefts and vehicle thefts from about 16 to 13 (US: 18). In 2024 alone, property crime fell 12%.
Violent crime, change since 2019
Property crime, change since 2019
Santa RosaUnited States
Source: crime reports to the FBI from the police departments that serve Santa Rosa. The charts follow crimes per resident.
Data table
Year
Violent, Santa Rosa
Violent, US
Property, Santa Rosa
Property, US
2016
-26%
+4%
+1%
+15%
2017
-19%
+4%
+9%
+12%
2018
-5%
+0%
+8%
+4%
2019
+0%
+0%
+0%
+0%
2020
+5%
+4%
-3%
-8%
2021
-4%
+6%
-6%
-10%
2022
-24%
+5%
-8%
-6%
2023
-31%
+2%
-9%
-7%
2024
-31%
-4%
-20%
-15%
Crime rates and types in Wright Area
CrimeGrade™ estimates Wright Area has about 24 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 35% less than the US as a whole and close to Santa Rosa as a whole.
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 Wright Area, about 38% 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.
Where and when crime happens in Santa Rosa
The Santa Rosa Police Department polices Wright Area; these figures cover Santa Rosa as a whole, 2022 to 2024.
Thefts from cars happen most often at homes: 31% of them, against 34% nationally.
Crime
Most often at
Busiest time
Burglary
Stores and businesses (49%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Car theft
Streets and sidewalks (41%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Theft from cars
Homes (31%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Vandalism
Homes (32%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Robbery
Stores and businesses (38%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Aggravated assault
Homes (41%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Shares of the crimes reported to police, 2022 to 2024. Reports with no time recorded are left out of the times.
How Wright Area compares with nearby neighborhoods
Wright Area has less crime than 5 of its 10 nearest neighborhoods.
Empty homes, night lighting and walkability in Wright Area
Wright Area looks like a typical neighborhood on the traits that tend to go with crime.
Empty homesSeasonal and vacation homes are left out. Places with many empty homes tend to report more burglary, vandalism and arson.NoneUS: 7.1%Lower than for 99% of residents of US city neighborhoods
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.89% where people liveUS: 78%Lower than for 97% of residents of US city neighborhoods
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. 62% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.D+ (23 of 100)US: 21Lower than for 68% of residents of US city neighborhoods
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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 Wright Area: D (17 of 100).under 1 trip an hourUS: noneLower than for 91% of residents of US city neighborhoods
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 Wright Area
Counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, crime costs Wright Area about $1,027 a year per household, 15% 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 $10 million a year, or $989 per resident.
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 Wright Area 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 Wright Area, Santa Rosa, CA average a SchoolGrade of D-: 24% of students test proficient, against 20% projected for schools like them. Overall, they meet expectations. See schools in Wright Area on SchoolGrade
