Photo: Etherealsmoke · CC BY-SA 4.0Fresno reports more crime per resident than 93% of U.S. towns
On crimes reported to the FBI by Fresno’s police in 2023–2025, it grades D for safety: #380 of 416 graded towns in California, and #250 of 325 U.S. cities over 100,000.
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 Fresno
1 of the 1 graded towns next door reports less crime
Of the 5 California towns on Fresno’s borders, 1 have a Safety Grade: Clovis (C). Calwa, Sunnyside, Tarpey Village and West Park are unincorporated communities (census-designated places) with no police department of their own. Neighbors ↓
Homicides: below U.S. cities overall
Fresno’s police reported 23 homicides to the FBI in 2025. Over 2023–2025 that is 5.6 per 100,000 residents a year, above the rest of California (4.1) and about the same as all U.S. cities and towns in the FBI’s tables (5.7). Violent crime ↓
Robberies: above the rest of California
163 robberies per 100,000 residents a year over 2023–2025 (860 reported in 2025), above the rest of California (122) and 2.1 times 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, Fresno reports less crime per resident than 23% (#250). 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 Fresno’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; property crime is the closer of the two to typical.
Homicides and robberies
Fresno’s police reported 23 homicides, 860 robberies and 3,945 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.
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| Year | Fresno | Rest of California | U.S. cities (FBI tables) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 11.2 | 5.5 | 7.7 |
| 2023 | 6.8 | 4.9 | 6.8 |
| 2024 | 5.9 | 4.2 | 5.7 |
| 2025 | 4.2 | 3.4 | 4.6 |
Homicides per 100,000 residents
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| Year | Fresno | Rest of California | U.S. cities (FBI tables) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 176 | 135 | 95.5 |
| 2023 | 166 | 141 | 90.6 |
| 2024 | 168 | 127 | 81.9 |
| 2025 | 156 | 101 | 66.0 |
Robberies per 100,000 residents
Reported crime is falling
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.
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| Year | Fresno property | Rest of California property | Fresno violent | Rest of California violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 34.5 | 24.6 | 8.7 | 5.0 |
| 2023 | 30.6 | 24.9 | 7.3 | 5.3 |
| 2024 | 32.7 | 20.6 | 7.4 | 4.8 |
| 2025 | 25.5 | 18.4 | 7.1 | 4.3 |
Crimes per 1,000 residents
For every 1,000 residents, about 26 property crimes reported
And about 7 violent crimes, in 2025. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.
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.
18,033 crimes reported in 2025
3,945 violent and 14,088 property, as reported to the FBI by Fresno’s police.
2025 offenses reported
Offenses reported to police, not convictions. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting. The last row is counted outside the property total.
129 of the 310 people who died in crashes on Fresno’s roads in 2019–2023 were pedestrians
Fresno had 294 fatal crashes in five years, in which 310 people died. 19 of those killed were cyclists.
That is 11.4 deaths per 100,000 residents a year, above the median for California towns of 100,000+ people (7.7, 76 towns).
Among the 39 U.S. cities of 500,000 or more, Fresno has the 21st lowest rate.
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.
Fresno and its neighbors
How reported crime compares across the town line. Tap a town to see its safety page.
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Calwa, Sunnyside, Tarpey Village and West Park are unincorporated communities (census-designated places) with no police department of their own.
California towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fresno | D | 7.3 | 29.6 |
| Bakersfield | D | 6.4 | 26.7 |
| Long Beach | D | 6.4 | 30.0 |
| Sacramento | D | 7.6 | 25.6 |
| San Francisco | D | 6.0 | 41.7 |
| Oakland | D− | 23.3 | 74.9 |
The five graded California towns closest to Fresno’s population (555,549), by grade.
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 Fresno. 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 Fresno’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (551,969 in 2025); our figure for Fresno is 555,549 (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 Fresno
Is Fresno, CA safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Fresno reports more crime per resident than 93% of U.S. towns, a D Safety Grade and #380 of 416 in California. Its police reported 7.3 violent crimes per 1,000 residents a year, against 4.8 in the rest of California and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
What is the crime rate in Fresno?
7.3 violent and 29.6 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025, as reported to the FBI. The rest of California reports 4.8 and 21.2; the FBI’s national estimate is 3.6 and 17.6.
Is crime going up or down in Fresno?
Reported crime per resident fell from 2023 to 2025, by more than ordinary year-to-year swings.
How many homicides were there in Fresno in 2025?
Fresno’s police reported 23 homicides to the FBI for 2025, 4.2 per 100,000 residents. Across U.S. cities and towns in the FBI’s tables the 2025 figure was 4.6.
Is Fresno safer than Clovis?
Clovis reports less crime per resident than Fresno: Clovis grades C for safety and Fresno D. Clovis’s police reported 2.5 violent and 16.1 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Fresno?
Fresno’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Fresno”. 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.