Photo: User:Stilfehler · Public domainReported crime per resident in Daly City fell 34% from 2023 to 2025
Among its 5 neighbors with figures, 2 record less crime per resident. Daly City grades C for safety overall (#198 of 416 graded towns in California, and #101 of 325 U.S. cities over 100,000): more crime per resident than 71% of U.S. towns, on crimes its police reported from 2023 to 2025. Per 1,000 residents a year, 3.0 violent crimes and 17.6 incidents of property crime were recorded, against 4.9 and 21.4 in the rest of California.
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 Daly City
2 of the 5 graded towns next door report less crime
Of the 5 California towns on Daly City’s borders, 5 have a Safety Grade: Pacifica (B−), Brisbane (C+), South San Francisco (C), San Francisco (D), Colma (D−). Neighbors ↓
Among California towns, closer to the middle
California’s cities and towns report more crime than most states’, so Daly City’s place among its own towns differs from its national one: it reports less crime than 52% of the 416 California towns we grade, against 29% nationally. Safety Grade ↓
Homicides: below U.S. cities overall
Daly City’s police reported 0 homicides to the FBI in 2025. Over 2023–2025 that is 1.0 per 100,000 residents a year, below the rest of California (4.2) and below all U.S. cities and towns in the FBI’s tables (5.7). Violent crime ↓
Robberies: below the rest of California
96.4 robberies per 100,000 residents a year over 2023–2025 (72 reported in 2025), below the rest of California (123) and above all U.S. cities and towns in the FBI’s tables (79.4). Violent crime ↓
Against other big cities
Among the 325 U.S. cities over 100,000 we grade, Daly City reports less crime per resident than 69% (#101). Places like it ↓
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 Daly City’s 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; violent crime is the closer of the two to typical. Its violent rate (3.0) is below the FBI’s national estimate (3.6) but higher than in most individual towns: the national figure is weighted by people, and the grade counts towns.
Reported crime per resident, 2023 to 2025
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| Year | Daly City property | Rest of California property | Daly City violent | Rest of California violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 21.4 | 24.8 | 3.6 | 5.1 |
| 2023 | 21.1 | 25.0 | 3.5 | 5.4 |
| 2024 | 18.1 | 20.8 | 3.0 | 4.9 |
| 2025 | 13.7 | 18.5 | 2.5 | 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.
Homicides and robberies
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| Year | Daly City | Rest of California | U.S. cities (FBI tables) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 95.9 | 135 | 95.5 |
| 2023 | 123 | 142 | 90.6 |
| 2024 | 95.7 | 128 | 81.9 |
| 2025 | 71.6 | 102 | 66.0 |
Robberies per 100,000 residents
Daly City’s police reported 0 homicides, 72 robberies and 253 violent crimes in all to the FBI in 2025. By year, against the rest of California and all U.S. cities and towns in the FBI’s tables.
Crime in Daly City 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 3 violent crimes, in 2025. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.
1,626 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.
253 violent and 1,373 property, as reported to the FBI by Daly City’s police.
14 people died in crashes on Daly City’s roads in 2019–2023
Daly City had 14 fatal crashes in five years, in which 14 people died; 9 were pedestrians. Most of these deaths (8 of 14) were on an Interstate passing through, so they say more about through-traffic than about the town’s own streets.
That is 2.7 deaths per 100,000 residents a year, below the median for California towns of 100,000+ people (7.7, 76 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.
Daly City and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Daly City | C | 3.0 | 17.6 |
| San Francisco | D | 6.0 | 41.7 |
| South San Francisco | C | 3.3 | 16.6 |
| Pacifica | B− | 1.6 | 11.8 |
| Brisbane | C+ | 2.5 | 14.3 |
| Colma | D− | 14.7 | 559.2 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
California towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Daly City | C | 3.0 | 17.6 |
| Tracy | C+ | 2.6 | 15.2 |
| El Cajon | C− | 4.5 | 14.1 |
| Burbank | D | 3.7 | 29.0 |
| Merced | D | 7.7 | 26.2 |
| Inglewood | D | 7.1 | 35.2 |
The five graded California towns closest to Daly City’s population (101,261), 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 Daly City. 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 Daly City’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (100,564 in 2025); our figure for Daly City is 101,261 (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 Daly City
Is Daly City, CA safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Daly City reports more crime per resident than 71% of U.S. towns, a C Safety Grade and #198 of 416 in California. Its police reported 3.0 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 Daly City?
3.0 violent and 17.6 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 Daly City in 2025?
Daly City’s police reported 0 homicides to the FBI for 2025, 0.0 per 100,000 residents. Across U.S. cities and towns in the FBI’s tables the 2025 figure was 4.6.
Is Daly City safer than San Francisco?
San Francisco reports more crime per resident than Daly City: San Francisco grades D for safety and Daly City C. San Francisco’s police reported 6.0 violent and 41.7 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Daly City?
Daly City’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Daly City”. 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.