Richmond is a city of 87,200 in Contra Costa County, about 11 miles north of downtown San Francisco · Updated November 2026
How common is violent crime in Richmond?
Richmond grades C- for violent crime, with more of it than the neighborhoods where 90% of Americans live. Assaults make up 83% of it, most of them aggravated assaults, which involve a weapon or a serious injury.
C-
Violent crime CrimeGrade™
Safety score 328 of 1,000More violent crime than nearly all US neighborhoodsi What this means
10% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more violent crime than Richmond as a whole, and 90% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a violent crime safety score of 860, a CrimeGrade™ of A. Richmond scores 328.
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 violent crime than most US neighborhoods.
How to read the map: each area's color compares its violent crime with the people who spend time there, on one national scale, from green for the least to red for the most. Each area gets its own color, so a busy downtown or nightlife strip can show red while the homes around it stay green. The interactive maps load faster on a solid connection. Compare high speed internet in Richmond, CA at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Richmond, 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 about violent crime in Richmond
Robbery stands out among cities graded C for violent crime. For the typical resident of a US city graded C for violent crime, the figure is 1.0 robberies a year per 1,000 residents; Richmond has 2.6.
Aggravated assaults run high. Richmond has aggravated assaults at about triple the US rate: 7.4 a year per 1,000 residents, against 2.6 nationally.
Where violent crime is lowest and highest in Richmond
Violent crime varies widely across Richmond: 28% of residents live in areas graded A or B, and 59% in areas graded D or F. Violent crime grades across Richmond run from A to F.
28%13%59%
A or B 28%C 13%D or F 59%
Share of residents, by the violent crime CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
1Point Richmond, southwestRobberies run at a small fraction of the rate in the rest of Richmond.B+704
2East Richmond, northeastAggravated assaults run at less than half the rate in the rest of Richmond.B-601
3Park Plaza, eastRobberies run about 40% higher here than in the rest of Richmond.C401
4Richmond Annex & Panhandle Annex, southeastAggravated assaults run about 20% lower here than in the rest of Richmond.C-344
5Cortez-Stege, Marina Bay & Coronado, southRobberies run about 40% lower here than in the rest of Richmond.C-327
6North and East, northRobberies run at more than double the rate in the rest of Richmond.D+300
7Iron Triangle & Atchison Woods, westAggravated assaults run about 70% higher here than in the rest of Richmond.D-124
8Belding Woods, Pullman & Metro Richmore Village, centralAggravated assaults run about 90% higher here than in the rest of Richmond.F0
Neighborhood areas of Richmond, ranked by violent crime 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 violent crime going up in Richmond?
Reported violent crime in Richmond has held about steady since 2019, within 3%. Murders, rapes, robberies and aggravated assaults went from about 9.4 to 9.1 a year per 1,000 residents (US: 3.7). In 2024 alone, violent crime fell 14%.
Violent crime, change since 2019
RichmondUnited States
Source: crime reports to the FBI from the police department that serves Richmond. The charts follow crimes per resident.
Data table
Year
Violent, Richmond
Violent, US
2016
-1%
+4%
2017
-2%
+4%
2018
+1%
+0%
2019
+0%
+0%
2020
-2%
+4%
2021
+9%
+6%
2022
-2%
+5%
2023
+13%
+2%
2024
-3%
-4%
Violent crime rates and types in Richmond
CrimeGrade™ estimates Richmond has about 17 reported violent crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 30% more than the US as a whole and 45% more than California.
All violent crime
Assaults
Robbery
Reported crimes a year, per 1,000 residents. Violent crime here includes simple assaults, which the FBI's violent crime rate leaves out.
Assault is the most common violent crime in Richmond, about 83% of the total.
Each CrimeGrade™ here compares a violent crime with the people who spend time in an area, not only the people who live there. 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 violent crime happens in Richmond
Richmond has its own police department, and these figures come from its reports, 2022 to 2024.
In Richmond, 53% of aggravated assaults happen at a home, against 53% nationally. Robberies happen most often on streets and sidewalks: 42% of them.
Crime
Most often at
Busiest time
Robbery
Streets and sidewalks (42%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Aggravated assault
Homes (53%)
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.
Violent crime in Richmond and nearby cities
Richmond has more violent crime than 8 of its 9 nearest cities. Albany and Hercules have the least violent crime nearby.
Among the traits that tend to go with violent crime, two set Richmond apart: it has 82% of its residents in dense blocks, against 24% nationally, and a Walk Grade of C+ (47 of 100) on BestNeighborhood, against 21 for the US as a whole. Places like that tend to report more robbery, and it runs high here.
Residents in dense blocksBlocks of 10,000 or more people per square mile. Dense neighborhoods tend to report more robbery.82% of residentsUS: 24%Higher than for 93% 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 assault.C+ (47 of 100)US: 21Higher than for 91% of US city residents
Transit serviceBuses and trains an hour at the evening rush. Places with busy transit tend to report more robbery. BestNeighborhood's Transit Grade for Richmond: C- (28 of 100).11 trips an hourUS: noneHigher than for 86% of US city residents
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JobsJobs draw daytime crowds. Places with many jobs tend to report more robbery.28 for every 100 residentsUS: 45Lower than for 74% 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 violent crime costs Richmond
Counting the pain and suffering of victims, violent crime costs Richmond about $233 million a year, or $2,676 per resident. The costs that reach a bill, such as medical care, lost work and the justice system, come to about $46 million, or $531 per resident.
Billed cost of violent crime per resident, per year
How the cost breaks down
Pain and suffering are about 80% of that full cost.
Crime
Cost a year
Per resident
Murder
$15 million
$174
Rape
$1.4 million
$16
Robbery
$6.9 million
$80
Assault
$23 million
$262
Total
$46 million
$531
How CrimeGrade™ works
The violent crime CrimeGrade™ covers murder, rape, robbery and assault, from A+ for the least crime to F for the most, on one scale for the whole country.
It weighs each violent crime against the people who spend time in an area, so a busy downtown is graded on its workers and visitors as well as its residents.
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
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.
