California typically gets a bad rap for being a state filled with criminal activity and high profiled crimes. However, overall, the state is actually on par with the National average crime rate. In fact, outside of a few cities, this state is safer than most think. A recent report by Safewise.com, took it a step further by compiling a list of the 50 safest cities in California. These cities had a dramatically lower crime rate than the national average for both violent crimes and property crimes.
The list was compiled from the 2013 FBI Crime Report data. Violent crimes and Property crimes were determined and then averaged out per 1,000 people based on the chance that a crime could happen to them. Additionally, cities had to have over 10,000 residents and reported their crime information to the FBI. Some cities were incomplete with reporting data and automatically removed from this list.
Roughly 84% of the cities on the list reported no murders. And for more staggering numbers, these 50 cities had a 70% less violent crime and a 60% less property crime rate than the national average.
After all was said and done, San Mateo County’s Hillsborough topped the list with no violent crimes reported and a property crime rate at 80% lower than the national average.
- Hillsborough
- Imperial
- Rancho Santa Margarita
- Aliso Viejo
- Saratoga
- Laguna Woods
- Clayton
- Moraga
- Foster City
- Danville
- Laguna Niguel
- San Ramon
- Yorba Linda
- Mission Viejo
- Palos Verdes Estates
- Lake Forest
- Fillmore
- Truckee
- Hercules
- Orinda
- Soledad
- Los Altos
- Moorpark
- Sierra Madra
- Lincoln
- Poway
- Thousand Oaks
- Windsor
- San Clemente
- Calabasas
- San Juan Capistrano
- Chino Hills
- Cupertino
- Avenal
- Rancho Palos Verdes
- Irvine
- Temple City
- Santa Clarita
- Simi Valley
- Canyon Lake
- Benicia
- Oakley
- La Canada Flintridge
- Mayrood
- Agoura Hills
- La Puente
- Murrieta
- Pacifica
- Dublin
- Goleta