Essex, CA Violent Crime Rates and Maps

Overall Crime Grade™

Violent Crime Grade	F
Property Crime Grade	F
Other Crime Grade	F

Which crimes are included?

$84,207

Cost of Crime™ for Essex, CA

In 2025, violent crime will cost $2,786 per household.

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On the map, green marks the parts of Essex with the least violent crime and red marks the most, weighted by the type and severity of each offense. Violent crime concentrates where people gather after dark, near nightlife, bars, and transit, more than on residential streets. The Interpreting the Crime Maps section below explains how to read those hot spots.

The F grade reflects how often assault, robbery, rape, and murder occur in Essex against the average US city, where the rate is much higher than the norm. Essex sits in the 1st percentile for violent-crime safety, ahead of 1% of cities and behind 99%. The grade covers only Essex's official city boundaries. See the table below for nearby cities.

The violent crime rate in Essex is 33.62 per 1,000 residents in a typical year. Residents generally consider the east part of the city the safest. Your chance of being a victim ranges from 1 in 27 in the west neighborhoods to 1 in 40 in the east.

Counting total incidents instead of per-capita rates, the southwest parts of Essex, CA report the most violent crime, about 1 cases per year. The southeast part reports the fewest, around 0 per year.

The Cost of Crime™ in Essex, CA

The tangible cost of violent crime in Essex is projected at $84,207 for 2025, about $1,203 per resident and $2,786 per household. That equals 3.5% of the median household income, and it counts only the bills that can be totaled: emergency care, lost wages, and the justice response. The larger cost, the harm to victims, comes later on this page. These tangible costs split into:

Criminal justice system costs (law enforcement, courts, and imprisonment): 43.8%
Direct costs to victims (damaged property, medical expenses, and lost wages): 43.9%
Lost economic contribution from offenders (time in prison or repeat offenses): 12.0%

How Much Does Violent Crime Cost in Essex Compared to Other Cities?

Essex, CA:	$1203
French Camp, CA:	$748
Plumas Lake, CA:	$105
California:	$264
USA:	$258

The tangible cost of violent crime is $1,203 per resident each year in Essex, which is $945 more than the national average and $939 more than California's state average. The comparison below uses cities similar to Essex:

In French Camp, CA, crime costs $748 per person, which is $455 less than in Essex.
In Plumas Lake, CA, crime costs $105 per person, which is $1,098 less than in Essex

2025 Projected Violent Crime Cost by Type

The table below breaks the violent-crime total into its four offenses for Essex, with the projected cost per resident.

Crime	Cost to Essex	Cost per Essex Resident
Murder	$15,356	$219
Rape/Sexual Assault	$1,713	$24
Robbery	$6,883	$98
Assault	$60,255	$861
Total Cost of Violent Crime	$84,207	$1,203

The Human Cost of Violent Crime in Essex, CA

Much of what violent crime costs never reaches a bill. Pain, trauma, and lost quality of life for victims and their families typically outweigh the medical and legal totals above. Research-based methods put a figure on that harm so it can be compared across places. By those methods, the human cost of violent crime in Essex totals $129,302 ($1,847 per resident). Added to the tangible costs, the full estimate reaches $213,509 ($3,050 per resident). This human toll is what sets violent crime apart from property crime in Essex, CA, where the loss is mostly replaceable property. All Cost of Crime figures come from scholarly research on the cost of crime. Read more about our methodology here.

Interpreting the Violent Crime Maps

Violent crime rates are measured per resident, so places packed with visitors after dark read high even when few people live there. Bars, clubs, event venues, and transit hubs draw the crowds where assaults and robberies cluster. How strongly this shows on the map depends on the commercial base; the city has few retail establishments. A red block full of bars and venues does not mean the homes around it are dangerous.

Transit stations show the same effect: large moving crowds, few residents, so per-capita violent crime reads high. Before judging a residential street, weigh both the per-capita rate and the total count of incidents, and note what draws crowds nearby.

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Essex Violent Crime Breakdown

The table below shows which offenses feed the Violent Crime Grade above, each as crimes per 1,000 Essex residents in a standard year.

Crime Type	Crime Rate
Assault	29.97
Robbery	3.126
Rape	0.4036
Murder	0.1167
Total Violent Crime	33.62 (F)

Individual Essex Crime Maps & Stats

Crime Maps and Rates for Nearby Cities

Compared to surrounding cities, the rate of violent crime in Essex is higher. The table below shows Crime Grades for cities close to Essex.

Nearby City	Overall Crime Grade	Violent Crime Grade	Property Crime Grade
Needles, CA	D-	F	D-
Golden Shores, AZ	D	F	D
Topock, AZ	F	F	F
Newberry Springs, CA	D	F	D-
Daggett, CA	F	F	F
Nebo Center, CA	D-	F	D-
Wikieup, AZ	D	D	C-
Barstow, CA	D-	D-	F
Lenwood, CA	F	D-	F
Hodge, CA	D-	D-	D-

Crime Maps and Rates for City with Similar Populations

Essex is higher versus other cities of the same size for violent crime. The table below compares crime in cities with comparable overall population in the city‘s boundaries.

Similar City	Overall Crime Grade	Violent Crime Grade	Property Crime Grade
Elk Mills, TN	D	D	D
Swan Lake, MS	D+	C+	C+
Swan Lake, MT	B-	B-	B-
Sweetwater, ID	D+	C-	C-
Fossum, MN	D	B+	B+
Teigen, MT	F	F	F
Emory, UT	C-	C+	C+
Elmo, VA	A-	B+	B+
Elmer, PA	A+	A+	A+
Elkol, WY	D-	B+	B+

Considering only the violent crime rate, Essex is less safe than the California state average and less safe than the national average.

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