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United States / California / San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara Metro Area / Santa Clara County / Santa Clara / Zip Codes
Santa Clara, CA has a significantly lower rate of violent crime than the US average, with only 9 reported incidents compared to an average of 22.7 across the country. The rate of property crime in Santa Clara is also lower than the national average, with 38.8 incidents compared to 35.4 for the US as a whole. This suggests that Santa Clara is relatively safe when it comes to violent and property crimes, making it an attractive place to live or visit.

Crime is ranked on a scale of 1 (low crime) to 100 (high crime)

Santa Clara violent crime is 9.0. (The US average is 22.7)
Santa Clara property crime is 38.8. (The US average is 35.4)
NOTE: Click on the links below to see charts for each crime category.
 Violent Crimes  - Murder  Rape  Robbery  Assault
 Property Crimes  - Burglary  Larceny  Auto Theft
Santa Clara, CA Crime History
*Closest City
Year Violent Murder Rape Robbery Assault Property Burglary Larceny Auto
2000285.605.932.3247.52767502.71990.4273.9
2001270.5019.243.2208.12942.6402.82313.4226.4
2002293.13.817.958.42132748.7392.92061.8294
2003245.86.824.346.6168.12920.34082180332.2
2004231.41.935.850.4143.33159.6448.32352359.2
2005181.54.817.246.8112.73266.7528.22359.3379.2
2006169.32.81555.595.93153.7559.52146.7447.6
2007211.12.729.266.7112.43134.7505.42211.7417.7
2008208.63.618.1751122731.4406.51961.8363.1
2009151.25.41856.771.12725.3385.21963.9376.2
2010161.21.86.254.998.326714261957.2287.8
2011150.21.711.956.979.82489347.11868.7273.3
2012185.208.451.1125.72769.8489.31904.3376.2
2013010.845.886.62516383.71805.2327.1
2014133.8021.573.538.82698.3476.41888.3333.6
2015126.30.816.257.551.82896.5471.82102.6322.1
20161242.313.345.263.22195.4282.41590.7322.2
2017167.81.627.464.374.52836.8319.92203.3313.6
2018161.60.825.657.577.72907.2333.42222.5351.3
2019163.1026.755.780.83619.6276.73059.3283.6

   Crime in Nearby Cities
City Violent
per 100k		 Property
per 100k		 Pop. Miles Data
Year
Sunnyvale, CA167.22,182.6129,31142019
Cupertino, CA91.11,686.660,94852019
Campbell, CA208.43,178.239,05252019
Mountain View, CA195.02,911.481,52572019
Saratoga, CA52.2782.630,88672019
   Crime in Similar Size Cities
City Violent
per 100k		 Property
per 100k		 Pop. Miles Data
Year
Sunnyvale, CA167.22,182.6129,31142019
Fremont, CA166.11,877.6235,881102019
Hayward, CA341.63,023.7130,760202019
San Mateo, CA250.92,091.192,619232019
Daly City, CA215.31,733.7107,640362019

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Larry · 
Santa Clara CA is a wonderful place.
Over 3 years ago

Santa Clara, CA and the city government are great. The city has been for the most part very good to me. I grew up in Santa Clara and now that I have been away for two  More

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Alan · Santa Clara, CA
A fair and balanced review of Santa Clara
Over 7 years ago

I have lived in Santa Clara California most of my life so I consider myself to be an expert. The climate is wonderful. The price of housing is way above the national  More

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William · Santa Clara, CA
Best of Santa Clara
Over 9 years ago

Good Central Park and activities; City-owned power company provides lower cost power; home to many high-tech companies; city is  More

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