Safest Cities in California (2025)
The FBI-reporting cities in California with the highest Crime Index scores for 2025. Scores run 0–100 (higher = safer) and are built from FBI Crime Data Explorer reports.
Showing the 25 safest of 172 cities
Not the same cities shown on the most dangerous cities in California list. See the full ranked list →
- 1Yorba LindaA642per 100k0.0homicide
- 2LincolnA575per 100k0.0homicide
- 3Aliso ViejoA741per 100k0.0homicide
- 4Chino HillsA807per 100k1.3homicide
- 5Laguna NiguelA761per 100k0.0homicide
- 6SanteeA637per 100k0.0homicide
- 7EastvaleA1,330per 100k0.0homicide
- 8Mission ViejoA978per 100k2.2homicide
- 9RocklinA958per 100k1.3homicide
- 10San RamonA1,069per 100k1.2homicide
- 11IrvineB1,232per 100k0.0homicide
- 12Lake ForestB865per 100k0.0homicide
- 13Simi ValleyB903per 100k2.4homicide
- 14Thousand OaksB1,114per 100k1.6homicide
- 15CamarilloB1,257per 100k1.4homicide
- 16CupertinoB1,522per 100k0.0homicide
- 17MenifeeB964per 100k2.5homicide
- 18San ClementeB1,035per 100k0.0homicide
- 19MurrietaB1,046per 100k0.9homicide
- 20YucaipaB891per 100k3.7homicide
- 21BeaumontB1,043per 100k1.6homicide
- 22DublinB1,555per 100k0.0homicide
- 23Elk GroveB1,376per 100k4.3homicide
- 24FolsomB1,410per 100k1.1homicide
- 25PleasantonB1,499per 100k2.7homicide
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A high Crime Index score means lower reported crime relative to other US cities — it is not a guarantee of safety. Reported crime is not the same as actual crime. Research on the gap between crime that occurs and crime that gets reported to police — often called the "dark figure" of crime — estimates that roughly 40% of violent crime and about a third of property crime go unreported each year. Every index built on official statistics, including this one, necessarily undercounts real crime. That gap is exactly why homicide — the offense with the smallest dark figure — anchors the calculation instead of a more commonly reported but less reliable category like theft.
Scores on this page reflect FBI-reported data for 2025. See the full methodology →