| | Petaluma, CA | Boston, MA | United States |
| | 25 | 37.3 | 22.7 |
| | 28.4 | 35.8 | 35.4 |
The Crime Indices range from 1 (low crime) to 100 (high crime). Our crime rates are based on FBI data.
YOU SHOULD KNOW
Violent crime is composed of four offenses: murder and nonnegligent manslaughter, forcible rape, robbery, and aggravated assault.
Property crime includes the offenses of burglary, larceny-theft, motor vehicle theft, and arson. The object of the theft-type offenses is the taking of money or property, but there is no force or threat of force against the victims.
| Cities with the Least Crime Near Petaluma, California | Crime Index |
| Petaluma Center, CA | |
| Sonoma State University, CA | |
| Cloverdale, CA | 18.8 |
| Kenwood, CA | 21.5 |
| Healdsburg, CA | 22.2 |
| Sonoma, CA | 22.5 |
| Windsor, CA | 22.5 |
| Sebastopol, CA | 22.7 |
| Cotati, CA | 23.0 |
| Occidental, CA | 24.0 |
Reviews for Petaluma 
16 Reviews
I agree with the low star reviews. Been here for 25 years, raised a family and seen everything turn to the left and worse. Weather is glorious, love the old Victorians More
We’ve lived here for 3 years and we love it. It has taken some time to grow on us. We moved from SF where we had lived over 15 years, we were not used to one year leases More
I’ve lived here a couple of years (after living in others parts of the Bay Area for 15+ years) and I love it! Great neighborhoods, friendly folks, good schools with More
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health care in the country, plenty of jobs, gorgeous architecture, cool neighborhoods, lots of great restaurants, and always something to do. The beautiful coast, the More
I've lived in/near Boston my whole life almost. It has many pros such as a big city feel, extremely safe, reliable train transportation, great food.
However any pro More
I moved to MA from the country of Georgia in eastern Europe. Then traveled quite a bit in the U.S. Boston definitely has its own flavor. Suburbs offer okay schools, More
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