Photo: LokiBoone · CC BY-SA 4.0Dunsmuir reports less property crime than most U.S. towns, but more violent crime
Its letter overall is B−: close to the middle of U.S. towns, from crimes its police reported through 2023 to 2025. Violence and property crime split as 3.7 violent crimes and 2.7 incidents of property crime per 1,000 residents a year, beside 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’s behind Dunsmuir’s grade
Property crimes plus four times violent crimes reported to the FBI per resident, 2023–2025, on a national curve. Property crime holds Dunsmuir’s grade up; violent crime pulls it down.
Crime in Dunsmuir 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 1 violent crime, 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 | Dunsmuir | Rest of California | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 10.5 | 5.1 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 2.4 | 5.4 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 7.4 | 4.9 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 1.3 | 4.3 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
Dunsmuir’s police reported 18 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 3.7 per 1,000 residents a year, against 4.9 in the rest of California and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
Reported crime is steady
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| Year | Dunsmuir property | Rest of California property | Dunsmuir violent | Rest of California violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 14.0 | 24.8 | 10.5 | 5.1 |
| 2023 | 2.4 | 25.0 | 2.4 | 5.4 |
| 2024 | 4.3 | 20.8 | 7.4 | 4.9 |
| 2025 | 1.3 | 18.5 | 1.3 | 4.3 |
Crimes per 1,000 residents
Reported crime per resident was steady from 2023 to 2025: the change is within ordinary year-to-year swings. Per 1,000 residents, 2022–2025, against the rest of California.
4 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.
2 violent and 2 property, as reported to the FBI by Dunsmuir’s police.
Two people died in crashes on Dunsmuir’s roads in 2019–2023
Dunsmuir had 2 fatal crashes in five years, in which two people died. Most of these deaths (2 of 2) were on an Interstate passing through, so they say more about through-traffic than about the town’s own streets.
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 Dunsmuir’s size would see about 0 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Dunsmuir’s own rate (28.4) 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.
Dunsmuir and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dunsmuir | B− | 3.7 | 2.7 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
California towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dunsmuir | B− | 3.7 | 2.7 |
| Rolling Hills | A | 0.8 | 2.0 |
| Hidden Hills | A | 0.8 | 3.8 |
| Del Rey Oaks | C− | 2.8 | 22.7 |
| Irwindale | D− | 22.5 | 160.8 |
| Colma | D− | 14.7 | 559.2 |
The five graded California towns closest to Dunsmuir’s population (1,587), 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 Dunsmuir. 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 Dunsmuir’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (1,597 in 2025); our figure for Dunsmuir is 1,587 (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 Dunsmuir
Is Dunsmuir, CA safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Dunsmuir reports less crime per resident than 53% of U.S. towns, a B− Safety Grade. Its police reported 3.7 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 Dunsmuir?
3.7 violent and 2.7 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.
Who polices Dunsmuir?
Dunsmuir’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Dunsmuir”. 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.