Berwick Manor and Orchard · Photo: McGhiever · CC BY-SA 3.0Reported crime per resident in Del Rey Oaks fell 51% from 2023 to 2025
Overall, it grades C− for safety. Both towns next door with figures record less crime per resident. By contrast, the local count comes to 2.8 violent crimes and 22.7 incidents of property crime per 1,000 people each year, with 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 Del Rey Oaks
2 of the 2 graded towns next door report less crime
Of the 2 California towns on Del Rey Oaks’ borders, 2 have a Safety Grade: Seaside (C), Monterey (C−). Neighbors ↓
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 Del Rey Oaks’ 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 (2.8) 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 | Del Rey Oaks property | Rest of California property | Del Rey Oaks violent | Rest of California violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 51.7 | 24.8 | 2.6 | 5.1 |
| 2023 | 29.3 | 25.0 | 3.9 | 5.4 |
| 2024 | 25.4 | 20.8 | 2.0 | 4.9 |
| 2025 | 13.6 | 18.5 | 2.6 | 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.
Crime in Del Rey Oaks 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.
Violent crime, by year and by type
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| Year | Del Rey Oaks | Rest of California | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 2.6 | 5.1 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 3.9 | 5.4 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 2.0 | 4.9 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 2.6 | 4.3 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
Del Rey Oaks’ police reported 13 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 2.8 per 1,000 residents a year, against 4.9 in the rest of California and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
25 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.
4 violent and 21 property, as reported to the FBI by Del Rey Oaks’ police.
One person died in crashes on Del Rey Oaks’s roads in 2019–2023
Del Rey Oaks had 1 fatal crash in five years, in which one person died.
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 Del Rey Oaks’s size would see about 1 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Del Rey Oaks’s own rate (12.7) 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.
Del Rey Oaks and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Del Rey Oaks | C− | 2.8 | 22.7 |
| Monterey | C− | 4.0 | 16.6 |
| Seaside | C | 4.9 | 7.8 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
California towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Del Rey Oaks | C− | 2.8 | 22.7 |
| Rolling Hills | A | 0.8 | 2.0 |
| Hidden Hills | A | 0.8 | 3.8 |
| Dunsmuir | B− | 3.7 | 2.7 |
| Irwindale | D− | 22.5 | 160.8 |
| Colma | D− | 14.7 | 559.2 |
The five graded California towns closest to Del Rey Oaks’ population (1,536), 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 Del Rey Oaks. A town-wide rate doesn’t show where incidents happen, and that can differ a lot from one part of town to another.
- Visitors count too. Incidents involving people who work, shop or visit are counted against Del Rey Oaks’ residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (1,546 in 2025); our figure for Del Rey Oaks is 1,536 (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 Del Rey Oaks
Is Del Rey Oaks, CA safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Del Rey Oaks reports more crime per resident than 78% of U.S. towns, a C− Safety Grade. Its police reported 2.8 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 Del Rey Oaks?
2.8 violent and 22.7 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.
Is Del Rey Oaks safer than Monterey?
Monterey reports less crime per resident than Del Rey Oaks: Monterey grades C− for safety and Del Rey Oaks C−. Monterey’s police reported 4.0 violent and 16.6 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Del Rey Oaks?
Del Rey Oaks’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Del Rey Oaks”. 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.