On violent crime, Citrus Heights has a higher rate per resident than 83% of U.S. towns
In a usual year, 4.1 violent crimes and 20.2 incidents of property crime are logged per 1,000 inhabitants; in the rest of California, 4.9 and 21.4. By contrast, its Safety Grade is C−, on crimes Citrus Heights’ police reported from 2023 to 2025: #288 of 416 graded towns in California. The crimes the grade counts fell 9% per resident from 2023 to 2025.
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. “Rest of CA” is every other California city and town in the FBI’s tables; the U.S. figure is the FBI’s national estimate as published, averaged over the three years. The FBI publishes no national homicide or robbery rate in our data, so those compare with all U.S. cities and towns in its tables.
What stands out about safety in Citrus Heights
1 of the 1 graded towns next door reports less crime
Of the 6 California towns on Citrus Heights’ borders, 1 have a Safety Grade: Roseville (C+). Carmichael, Orangevale, Antelope, Fair Oaks and Foothill Farms are unincorporated communities (census-designated places) with no police department of their own. Neighbors ↓
Among California towns, closer to the middle
California’s cities and towns report more crime than most states’, so Citrus Heights’ place among its own towns differs from its national one: it reports less crime than 31% of the 416 California towns we grade, against 19% nationally. Safety Grade ↓
Reported crime is falling
Crime reported per resident fell from 2023 to 2025 by more than ordinary year-to-year swings, on the grade’s own score. Trend ↓
Written from the FBI data on this page. Figures are crimes reported to police, not convictions.
What’s behind Citrus Heights’ grade
Property crimes plus four times violent crimes reported to the FBI per resident, 2023–2025, on a national curve. Both violent and property crime are higher than in most U.S. towns; property crime is the closer of the two to typical.
Crime in Citrus Heights per 1,000 residents
Violent crime per 1,000 residents, 2025
Property crime per 1,000 residents, 2025
Crimes reported to police in 2025 per resident; one person can be the victim of more than one, and some reports involve visitors.
And about 4 violent crimes, in 2025. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.
Reported crime per resident, 2023 to 2025
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| Year | Citrus Heights property | Rest of California property | Citrus Heights violent | Rest of California violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 20.4 | 24.8 | 4.1 | 5.1 |
| 2023 | 20.6 | 25.0 | 4.2 | 5.4 |
| 2024 | 21.3 | 20.8 | 4.4 | 4.9 |
| 2025 | 18.9 | 18.5 | 3.7 | 4.3 |
Crimes per 1,000 residents
Reported crime per resident fell from 2023 to 2025, by more than ordinary year-to-year swings. Per 1,000 residents, 2022–2025, against the rest of California.
Violent crime, by year and by type
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| Year | Citrus Heights | Rest of California | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 4.1 | 5.1 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 4.2 | 5.4 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 4.4 | 4.9 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 3.7 | 4.3 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
Citrus Heights’ police reported 1,064 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 4.1 per 1,000 residents a year, against 4.9 in the rest of California and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
1,963 crimes reported in 2025
2025 offenses reported
Offenses reported to police, not convictions. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting. The last row is counted outside the property total.
325 violent and 1,638 property, as reported to the FBI by Citrus Heights’ police.
21 people died in crashes on Citrus Heights’s roads in 2019–2023
Citrus Heights had 19 fatal crashes in five years, in which 21 people died; 5 were pedestrians and 2 were cyclists. 7 died in crashes on an Interstate.
That is 4.8 deaths per 100,000 residents a year, about the same as the median for California towns of 25,000–100,000 people (5.6, 231 towns).
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.
Citrus Heights and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Citrus Heights | C− | 4.1 | 20.2 |
| Carmichael | — | — | — |
| Orangevale | — | — | — |
| Antelope | — | — | — |
| Fair Oaks | — | — | — |
| Roseville | C+ | 2.2 | 13.7 |
| Foothill Farms | — | — | — |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Carmichael, Orangevale, Antelope, Fair Oaks and Foothill Farms are unincorporated communities (census-designated places) with no police department of their own.
California towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Citrus Heights | C− | 4.1 | 20.2 |
| Lake Forest | B | 1.5 | 8.3 |
| San Ramon | B | 1.1 | 10.0 |
| Mountain View | C− | 2.5 | 26.6 |
| Whittier | C− | 4.4 | 22.1 |
| Santa Barbara | D | 6.3 | 17.5 |
The five graded California towns closest to Citrus Heights’ population (86,348), by grade.
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.
- One number for all of Citrus Heights. A citywide rate doesn’t show where incidents happen, and that can differ a lot from one part of the city to another.
- Visitors count too. Incidents involving people who work, shop or visit are counted against Citrus Heights’ residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (86,751 in 2025); our figure for Citrus Heights is 86,348 (2025 Census estimate).
- 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 Citrus Heights
Is Citrus Heights, CA safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Citrus Heights reports more crime per resident than 81% of U.S. towns, a C− Safety Grade and #288 of 416 in California. Its police reported 4.1 violent crimes per 1,000 residents a year, against 4.9 in the rest of California and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
What is the crime rate in Citrus Heights?
4.1 violent and 20.2 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025, as reported to the FBI. The rest of California reports 4.9 and 21.4; the FBI’s national estimate is 3.6 and 17.6.
How many homicides were there in Citrus Heights in 2025?
Citrus Heights’s police reported 2 homicides to the FBI for 2025, 2.3 per 100,000 residents. Across U.S. cities and towns in the FBI’s tables the 2025 figure was 4.6.
Is Citrus Heights safer than Roseville?
Roseville reports less crime per resident than Citrus Heights: Roseville grades C+ for safety and Citrus Heights C−. Roseville’s police reported 2.2 violent and 13.7 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Citrus Heights?
Citrus Heights’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Citrus Heights”. Its figures are the ones on this page.
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Crime: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Crime Data Explorer: offenses known to law enforcement by city, 2025, 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.