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How safe is California? Statewide crime check

California-wide police-incident data, plus a per-address tool that pinpoints what's happened near any specific street. Use the lookup below to drill from the state down to a single block.

Incidents (snapshot)
6,471
Severe
769
12% of snapshot
Peak hour
12:00
Top category
property

Check a specific California address

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California is a state-level rollup on USACrimeMap. The figures below aggregate every city and county we currently cover inside California, drawn from each agency's open public-safety feed. The total grows as we onboard additional agencies, not necessarily because activity is increasing.

The active snapshot for California contains 6,471 reported incidents, 769 of which were classified by the source agency as severe (12% — typically violent, weapons or shooting reports). Reports peak around 12:00 local time. Reports filed overnight (22:00–05:59) make up 22% of the snapshot.

For a street-level reading, open one of the cities inside California and use the address lookup there. Statewide and county-wide figures are most useful for tracking aggregate trends over time, not for evaluating any individual location.

Important context: calls-for-service include reports that were later determined to be unfounded, duplicates, or non-criminal in nature. Some agencies blur exact addresses to the block. Reporting practices, definitions and lag vary substantially between agencies, so cross-jurisdiction comparisons should be made with care. The numbers and indicator here describe what was reported to law enforcement — they are not a measure of crime that actually occurred, court outcomes, conviction rates, or the quality, value or desirability of any neighborhood, property, person or business. Nothing on this page is a substitute for visiting in person, speaking with neighbors or consulting a qualified professional for any decision of consequence.

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Frequently asked questions

How are these California numbers calculated?
We count police incidents within the radius you pick, weighted by severity. The 0–100 score uses a logarithmic curve over the density of severe incidents in the last 30 days. It's heuristic — calibrated so quiet suburbs land in the A range, busy urban districts land in the C range, and very high-crime areas drop into D/F.
Where does the California data come from?
Open public-safety feeds published by the agencies that cover California. We never scrape, never use private brokers, and always link back to the source. See the sources page for the full list, refresh cadence and license per agency.
Is the safety check free?
Yes. There's no signup, no API key requirement and no Google involvement — address autofill is powered by Photon (OpenStreetMap). Nothing about the address you search is shared with a third party or stored on our side.
What does "severe" mean here?
We flag any incident whose offense type matches violent, weapons, shooting, stabbing, homicide or armed-robbery patterns as severe. California currently has 769 severe incidents on file out of 6,471 total in the active snapshot.
Why might my address show "not covered"?
We don't have an open feed for every US city yet. If your address falls outside the bounding box of any source we currently track, we'll say so explicitly rather than fake a number. We're adding cities continuously.
How does California compare with other states on USACrimeMap?
Comparisons across states aren't apples-to-apples — agencies publish different fields, different cadences and different categorizations. We list California's coverage as one big number, but for a fair comparison stick to the city level where reporting practices are more uniform.