The Safest and Most Dangerous Places in Yuba City, CA
Yuba City is a city of 82,000 in Sutter County and the main city of the Yuba City metro area, home to 183,400 · Updated November 2026
Is Yuba City, CA safe?
Crime in Yuba City is moderate, with an overall CrimeGrade™ of B+. Most US neighborhoods have little crime: 66% of Americans live in neighborhoods with less crime than Yuba City. Violent and property crime both grade B+ here. What matters most is the neighborhood: grades within Yuba City run from A+ to D, so check the map below.
B+
Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 730 of 1,000Less safe than most US neighborhoodsi What this means
34% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than Yuba City as a whole, and 66% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Yuba City scores 730.
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 Yuba City, CA at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Yuba City, 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 Yuba City
Reported rapes run high. Yuba City has reported rapes at about double the US rate: 0.71 a year per 1,000 residents, against 0.38 nationally.
The safest and least safe parts of Yuba City
Most of Yuba City grades well: 79% of residents live in areas graded A or B, and 6% in areas graded D or F. Grades across Yuba City run from A+ to D; 20% of residents live in areas with less crime than the typical US neighborhood.
79%15%
A or B 79%C 15%D or F 6%
Share of residents, by the overall CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
Within Yuba City, the southwest side has the least crime and the east side the most.
Crime rates and types in Yuba City
CrimeGrade™ estimates Yuba City 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 37% of crime reported in Yuba City. 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.
Where and when crime happens in Yuba City
Yuba City has its own police department, and these figures come from its reports, 2022 to 2024.
In Yuba City, 50% of burglaries hit homes, against 57% nationally. Thefts from cars happen most often in parking lots and garages: 39% of them, against 31% nationally.
Crime
Most often at
Busiest time
Burglary
Homes (50%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Car theft
Parking lots and garages (32%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Theft from cars
Parking lots and garages (39%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Vandalism
Homes (32%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Robbery
Stores and businesses (48%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Aggravated assault
Homes (42%)
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 Yuba City compares with nearby cities
Yuba City has more crime than 5 of its 8 nearest cities. Lomo and Sutter have the least crime nearby.
Two things set Yuba City apart: it has 3.3% of its homes standing empty, against 7.1% nationally, and 35% 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.3.3% of homesUS: 7.1%Lower than for 83% 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.35% of residentsUS: 24%Higher than for 73% 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. 70% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.D+ (24 of 100)US: 21Higher than for 70% of US city residents
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JobsJobs draw daytime crowds. Places with many jobs tend to report more theft and robbery.31 for every 100 residentsUS: 45Lower than for 68% of US city residents
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 61% of US city residents
Parking lotsBig lots at stores, offices and apartment complexes. Places with more lot space tend to report more theft.1.5 spaces per residentUS: 2.0Lower than for 57% 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 Yuba City
Counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, crime costs Yuba City about $1,398 a year per household, 16% 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 $128 million a year, or $1,557 per resident.
How the cost breaks down
Crime
Cost a year
Per resident
Murder
$7.3 million
$89
Rape
$3.5 million
$43
Robbery
$1.9 million
$23
Assault
$11 million
$139
Burglary
$1.3 million
$15
Theft
$5.6 million
$69
Vehicle theft
$3.4 million
$41
Arson
$440,000
$5
Vandalism
$2.8 million
$34
Total
$38 million
$458
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 Yuba City 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 Yuba City, CA average a SchoolGrade of C-: 31% of students test proficient, against 33% projected for schools like them. Overall, they don't meet expectations. See schools in Yuba City on SchoolGrade
