Photo: formulanone · CC BY-SA 2.0On property crime, Los Banos has a higher rate per resident than two in three U.S. towns
From 2023 to 2025, crimes Los Banos’ police reported put it at C+ for safety: #155 of 416 graded towns in California. Violence and property crime split as 2.2 violent crimes and 16.3 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 stands out about safety in Los Banos
Among California towns, closer to the middle
California’s cities and towns report more crime than most states’, so Los Banos’ place among its own towns differs from its national one: it reports less crime than 63% of the 416 California towns we grade, against 35% nationally. Safety Grade ↓
Written from the FBI data on this page. Figures are crimes reported to police, not convictions.
What’s behind Los Banos’ 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 (2.2) 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. Its property rate (16.3) is below the FBI’s national estimate (17.6) but higher than in most individual towns: the national figure is weighted by people, and the grade counts towns.
Violent crime, by year and by type
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| Year | Los Banos | Rest of California | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 4.0 | 5.1 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 2.1 | 5.4 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 2.1 | 4.9 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 2.5 | 4.3 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
Los Banos’ police reported 330 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 2.2 per 1,000 residents a year, against 4.9 in the rest of California and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
Crime in Los Banos 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.
Reported crime is steady
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| Year | Los Banos property | Rest of California property | Los Banos violent | Rest of California violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 23.6 | 24.8 | 4.0 | 5.1 |
| 2023 | 16.1 | 25.0 | 2.1 | 5.4 |
| 2024 | 18.3 | 20.8 | 2.1 | 4.9 |
| 2025 | 14.5 | 18.5 | 2.5 | 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.
841 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.
123 violent and 718 property, as reported to the FBI by Los Banos’ police.
13 people died in crashes on Los Banos’s roads in 2019–2023
Los Banos had 13 fatal crashes in five years, in which 13 people died; 5 were pedestrians and 1 was a cyclist.
That is 5.5 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.
Los Banos and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Los Banos | C+ | 2.2 | 16.3 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
California towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Los Banos | C+ | 2.2 | 16.3 |
| Poway | B+ | 1.3 | 5.9 |
| Aliso Viejo | B+ | 1.2 | 7.3 |
| Glendora | C | 2.0 | 18.5 |
| Covina | C | 3.3 | 16.9 |
| Rosemead | C− | 3.9 | 24.5 |
The five graded California towns closest to Los Banos’ population (49,614), 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 Los Banos. 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 Los Banos’ residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (49,457 in 2025); our figure for Los Banos is 49,614 (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 Los Banos
Is Los Banos, CA safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Los Banos reports more crime per resident than 65% of U.S. towns, a C+ Safety Grade and #155 of 416 in California. Its police reported 2.2 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 Los Banos?
2.2 violent and 16.3 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 Los Banos in 2025?
Los Banos’s police reported 1 homicides to the FBI for 2025, 2.0 per 100,000 residents. Across U.S. cities and towns in the FBI’s tables the 2025 figure was 4.6.
Who polices Los Banos?
Los Banos’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Los Banos”. 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.