Photo: Ramkumar Menon · CC BY-SA 4.0More property crime is recorded per resident in Los Gatos than in 63% of U.S. towns
Behind the grade sit 1.3 violent crimes and 14.7 incidents of property crime per 1,000 people a year, where the comparison is 4.9 and 21.4 in the rest of California. Los Gatos grades B− for safety overall (#95 of 416 graded towns in California): close to the middle of U.S. towns, on crimes its police reported from 2023 to 2025. The rate the grade counts dropped 27% from 2023 to 2025.
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 Gatos
2 of the 4 graded towns next door report less crime
Of the 4 California towns on Los Gatos’ borders, 4 have a Safety Grade: Saratoga (A−), Monte Sereno (A−), Campbell (D), San Jose (D). Neighbors ↓
Among California towns, closer to the middle
California’s cities and towns report more crime than most states’, so Los Gatos’ place among its own towns differs from its national one: it reports less crime than 77% of the 416 California towns we grade, against 47% nationally. Safety Grade ↓
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 Los Gatos’ grade
Property crimes plus four times violent crimes reported to the FBI per resident, 2023–2025, on a national curve. Violent crime holds Los Gatos’ grade up; property crime pulls it down. Its property rate (14.7) 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.
Reported crime per resident, 2023 to 2025
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| Year | Los Gatos property | Rest of California property | Los Gatos violent | Rest of California violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 18.3 | 24.8 | 1.7 | 5.1 |
| 2023 | 17.1 | 25.0 | 1.4 | 5.4 |
| 2024 | 14.3 | 20.8 | 1.5 | 4.9 |
| 2025 | 12.6 | 18.5 | 0.9 | 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.
Violent crime, by year and by type
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| Year | Los Gatos | Rest of California | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 1.7 | 5.1 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 1.4 | 5.4 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 1.5 | 4.9 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 0.9 | 4.3 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
Los Gatos’ police reported 123 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 1.3 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 Gatos 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.
446 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.
31 violent and 415 property, as reported to the FBI by Los Gatos’ police.
Five people died in crashes on Los Gatos’s roads in 2019–2023
Los Gatos had 5 fatal crashes in five years, in which five people died; 2 were pedestrians.
That is about what is typical for California towns of 25,000–100,000 people: at their median rate (5.6 deaths per 100,000 residents a year), a town of Los Gatos’s size would see about 9 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Los Gatos’s own rate (3.1) 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.
Los Gatos and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Los Gatos | B− | 1.3 | 14.7 |
| Monte Sereno | A− | 0.7 | 7.3 |
| San Jose | D | 5.8 | 25.1 |
| Saratoga | A− | 0.7 | 5.6 |
| Campbell | D | 4.0 | 26.7 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
California towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Los Gatos | B− | 1.3 | 14.7 |
| Foster City | B+ | 0.6 | 8.3 |
| Dana Point | B | 1.6 | 9.0 |
| Goleta | C+ | 1.9 | 13.9 |
| Menlo Park | C+ | 2.2 | 16.9 |
| San Dimas | C | 2.7 | 21.3 |
The five graded California towns closest to Los Gatos’ population (32,576), 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 Gatos. 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 Gatos’ residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (32,840 in 2025); our figure for Los Gatos is 32,576 (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 Gatos
Is Los Gatos, CA safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Los Gatos reports more crime per resident than 53% of U.S. towns, a B− Safety Grade and #95 of 416 in California. Its police reported 1.3 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 Gatos?
1.3 violent and 14.7 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.
How many homicides were there in Los Gatos in 2025?
Los Gatos’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 Los Gatos safer than Monte Sereno?
Monte Sereno reports less crime per resident than Los Gatos: Monte Sereno grades A− for safety and Los Gatos B−. Monte Sereno’s police reported 0.7 violent and 7.3 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Los Gatos?
Los Gatos’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Los Gatos”. 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.