| | San Jose, CA | New York, NY | United States |
| | 25 | 28.2 | 22.7 |
| | 36.5 | 24.9 | 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 San Jose, California | Crime Index |
| Burbank CDP (Santa Clara County), CA | |
| Monte Sereno, CA | 10.9 |
| Los Altos Hills, CA | 11.9 |
| Los Altos, CA | 14.6 |
| Saratoga, CA | 15.0 |
| Loyola, CA | 15.1 |
| Cupertino, CA | 17.2 |
| Morgan Hill, CA | 18.3 |
| Sunnyvale, CA | 18.6 |
| Lexington Hills, CA | 18.8 |
Reviews for San Jose 
90 Reviews
I've lived in west San Jose/Cambrian, between Los Gatos and Almaden SJ since 1997. This side of town somehow avoided the erosion of the American dream. Houses are More
I lived in San Jose for 40 years. That’s during the most exciting time when the Silicon Valley was booming with real technology and San Jose was ranked as the safest big More
I've lived in San Jose, CA for 25 years. This city is being over run with crime and gangs. The cost of living is very high. Granted, you are so close to mountains, More
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I'm from the South and the perception I had was that New York was a filthy slum full of sketchy people and crime. I visited it, and it's actually on the other end of the More
New York City is crazy Great there are to many things to do and see in NYC for anyone to ever complain about the city other than most Of the population with stacked on More
filthy. deplorable. weak character. the people of new york aren't classy, they're not even decent. rude, obnoxious, arrogant, and smug, and to make it all worse there's More
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