Sacramento County, CA Violent Crime Rates and Maps
Sacramento County is home to 1.59 million residents and includes Sacramento and Elk Grove · Updated November 2026
How common is violent crime in Sacramento County?
Sacramento County grades B for violent crime, with more of it than the neighborhoods where 77% of Americans live. Assaults make up 87% of it, and most of those are simple assaults, which involve no weapon and no serious injury.
B
Violent crime CrimeGrade™
Safety score 666 of 1,000More violent crime than most US neighborhoodsi What this means
23% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more violent crime than Sacramento County as a whole, and 77% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a violent crime safety score of 860, a CrimeGrade™ of A. Sacramento County scores 666.
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 Sacramento County, CA at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Sacramento County, 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 Sacramento County
Robbery at about double the US rate. Sacramento County has 1.2 robberies a year per 1,000 residents, against 0.62 nationally.
Where violent crime is lowest and highest in Sacramento County
Most of Sacramento County grades well for violent crime: 73% of residents live in areas graded A or B, and 13% in areas graded D or F. Violent crime grades across Sacramento County run from A+ to F.
73%14%13%
A or B 73%C 14%D or F 13%
Share of residents, by the violent crime CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
Cities and towns in Sacramento County with at least 1,000 residents. Ranked by violent crime CrimeGrade™; beside each grade is its safety score, from 0 to 1,000 (higher is safer), and the other numbers are residents.
Is violent crime going up in Sacramento County?
Reported violent crime in Sacramento County has risen 18% since 2019. Murders, rapes, robberies and aggravated assaults went from about 4.4 to 5.1 a year per 1,000 residents (US: 3.7). Violent crime changed little from 2023 to 2024.
Violent crime, change since 2019
Sacramento CountyUnited States
Source: crime reports to the FBI from the police departments across Sacramento County. The charts follow crimes per resident.
Data table
Year
Violent, Sacramento County
Violent, US
2016
+17%
+4%
2017
+11%
+4%
2018
+3%
+0%
2019
+0%
+0%
2020
+6%
+4%
2021
+33%
+6%
2022
+29%
+5%
2023
+23%
+2%
2024
+18%
-4%
Violent crime rates and types in Sacramento County
CrimeGrade™ estimates Sacramento County has about 13 reported violent crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 6% less than the US as a whole and close to 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 Sacramento County, about 87% 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.
Violent crime in Sacramento County and nearby counties
Of the 10 counties closest to Sacramento County, 9 have less violent crime. El Dorado County and Calaveras County have the least.
Nearest first, with each place's distance from Sacramento County. Beside each violent crime CrimeGrade™ is its safety score, from 0 to 1,000 (higher is safer).
Compared with counties of similar size and density, Sacramento County has more violent crime than 72% of them.
Among the traits that tend to go with violent crime, one sets Sacramento County apart: it has 43% of its residents in dense blocks, against 24% nationally. 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.43% of residentsUS: 24%Higher than for 82% of Americans
Transit serviceBuses and trains an hour at the evening rush. Places with busy transit tend to report more robbery. BestNeighborhood's Transit Grade for Sacramento County: D+ (23 of 100).4 trips an hourUS: noneHigher than for 66% of Americans
JobsJobs draw daytime crowds. Places with many jobs tend to report more robbery.45 for every 100 residentsUS: 45Higher than for 55% of Americans
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 Sacramento County
Counting the pain and suffering of victims, violent crime costs Sacramento County about $2.40 billion a year, or $1,503 per resident. The costs that reach a bill, such as medical care, lost work and the justice system, come to about $500 million, or $314 per resident.
Billed cost of violent crime per resident, per year
How the cost breaks down
Pain and suffering are about 79% of that full cost.
Crime
Cost a year
Per resident
Murder
$161 million
$101
Rape
$31 million
$19
Robbery
$61 million
$38
Assault
$248 million
$155
Total
$500 million
$314
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
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.
