Photo: David Balmer · CC BY 3.0No grade for Carmel Valley Village, but its recorded crime is here
Del Rey Oaks, 8 miles away, is the nearest town with a Safety Grade (C−). Carmel Valley Village has no police department of its own: it’s an unincorporated community (a census-designated place) in Monterey County. The Monterey County Sheriff’s Office reports to the FBI for the parts of the county without police of their own, so there are no figures for Carmel Valley Village alone, and no Safety Grade. A 10-mile radius takes in 2 places that are graded.
What stands out about safety in Carmel Valley Village
Policed by the county
Carmel Valley Village is a census-designated place, with no town government. Crimes there are reported to the FBI inside the Monterey County Sheriff’s Office’s totals for the county. County police ↓
Counts, not rates
The FBI doesn’t publish how many people the Monterey County Sheriff’s Office covers, so its totals can’t be turned into a per-resident rate or a grade for Carmel Valley Village. County police ↓
The nearest graded towns
The closest California towns with their own police figures are Del Rey Oaks (C−, 8 mi), Seaside (C, 10 mi), Monterey (C−, 11 mi). Nearby towns can differ a lot from Carmel Valley Village. Nearest ↓
Written from the FBI data on this page. Figures are crimes reported to police, not convictions.
What the Monterey County Sheriff’s Office reports
Reports to the FBI for the parts of Monterey County without police of their own, which include Carmel Valley Village.
Property crimes
Violent crimes
2025 offenses reported by the Monterey County Sheriff’s Office
Counts, not rates: the FBI doesn’t publish how many people each agency covers. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting, Tables 10–11.
Crimes reported to the FBI for the whole area the department covers, by year.
The nearest California towns with a Safety Grade
| Town | Grade | Distance | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Del Rey Oaks | C− | 8 mi | 2.8 | 22.7 |
| Seaside | C | 10 mi | 4.9 | 7.8 |
| Monterey | C− | 11 mi | 4.0 | 16.6 |
| Marina | C | 13 mi | 3.4 | 13.4 |
| Pacific Grove | B | 14 mi | 1.4 | 8.1 |
| Salinas | C− | 14 mi | 5.1 | 14.7 |
Straight-line distance from the center of Carmel Valley Village. Nearby towns can differ a lot from Carmel Valley Village.
Each town’s own police figures, per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Two people died in crashes on Carmel Valley Village’s roads in 2019–2023
Carmel Valley Village had 2 fatal crashes in five years, in which two people died; 1 was a pedestrian.
That is about what is typical for California towns of 2,500–5,000 people: at their median rate (7.0 deaths per 100,000 residents a year), a town of Carmel Valley Village’s size would see about 2 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Carmel Valley Village’s own rate (8.4) is context, not a ranking.
Deaths are counted where the crash happened, not where the people lived: a highway through town adds through-traffic deaths, and residents’ own risk on roads elsewhere isn’t here. Town rates sit below state and U.S. rates because a third of fatal crashes happen outside any town. Road safety is described here and is not part of the Safety Grade. Source: NHTSA Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), 2019–2023.
Carmel Valley Village and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
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Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
How reported crime compares across the town line. Tap a town to see its safety page.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- It’s reported crime. Only incidents reported to and recorded by police appear here. Many crimes are never reported to police.
- A county agency covers a wide area. Its totals mix many communities, so they say little about any one of them.
- Gaps are real gaps. A missing year means the department didn’t report a full year, not that nothing happened.
How the grade is calculated, for every town: How TownRatings grades safety →
Questions about safety in Carmel Valley Village
Is Carmel Valley Village, CA safe?
There is no Safety Grade for Carmel Valley Village. The nearest California towns with a grade are Del Rey Oaks (C−, 8 mi), Seaside (C, 10 mi), Monterey (C−, 11 mi).
Who polices Carmel Valley Village?
The Monterey County Sheriff’s Office. Carmel Valley Village is an unincorporated community, and the department reports to the FBI for the parts of Monterey County without police of their own.
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Neighbors looking out for each other in Carmel Valley Village.
Crime: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Crime Data Explorer: offenses known to law enforcement by city, and state and national rates. Counts are crimes reported to police, not convictions. The Safety Grade is our own summary of that data, not an official rating. Road deaths: NHTSA Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), 2019–2023. This isn’t an official statement of public safety. In an emergency, call 911.