Photo: Westpacificmovement · CC BY-SA 4.0Montclair reports more crime per resident than 95% of U.S. towns
On crimes reported to the FBI by Montclair’s police in 2023–2025, it grades D for safety: #392 of 416 graded towns in 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 Montclair
1 of the 1 graded towns next door reports less crime
Of the 1 California towns on Montclair’s borders, 1 have a Safety Grade: Upland (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 Montclair’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; violent crime is the closer of the two to typical.
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.
Show as a table
| Year | Montclair property | Rest of California property | Montclair violent | Rest of California violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 41.1 | 24.8 | 6.3 | 5.1 |
| 2023 | 42.8 | 24.9 | 7.7 | 5.4 |
| 2024 | 36.5 | 20.8 | 6.4 | 4.9 |
| 2025 | 34.2 | 18.5 | 6.6 | 4.3 |
Crimes per 1,000 residents
Violent crime, by year and by type
Montclair’s police reported 778 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 6.9 per 1,000 residents a year, against 4.8 in the rest of California and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
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| Year | Montclair | Rest of California | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 6.3 | 5.1 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 7.7 | 5.4 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 6.4 | 4.9 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 6.6 | 4.3 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
For every 1,000 residents, about 34 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.
1,533 crimes reported in 2025
248 violent and 1,285 property, as reported to the FBI by Montclair’s police.
2025 offenses reported
Offenses reported to police, not convictions. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting. The last row is counted outside the property total.
30 people died in crashes on Montclair’s roads in 2019–2023
Montclair had 26 fatal crashes in five years, in which 30 people died; 10 were pedestrians and 1 was a cyclist. 5 died in crashes on an Interstate.
That is 15.9 deaths per 100,000 residents a year, above 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.
Montclair 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.
California towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Montclair | D | 6.9 | 37.8 |
| Wildomar | B− | 1.4 | 11.2 |
| Pacifica | B− | 1.6 | 11.8 |
| San Gabriel | C | 2.0 | 19.6 |
| Bell Gardens | C | 3.8 | 13.5 |
| Monrovia | C | 2.4 | 21.9 |
The five graded California towns closest to Montclair’s population (37,563), 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 Montclair. 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 Montclair’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (37,576 in 2025); our figure for Montclair is 37,563 (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 Montclair
Is Montclair, CA safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Montclair reports more crime per resident than 95% of U.S. towns, a D Safety Grade and #392 of 416 in California. Its police reported 6.9 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 Montclair?
6.9 violent and 37.8 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025, as reported to the FBI. The rest of California reports 4.8 and 21.3; the FBI’s national estimate is 3.6 and 17.6.
Is crime going up or down in Montclair?
Reported crime per resident fell from 2023 to 2025, by more than ordinary year-to-year swings.
How many homicides were there in Montclair in 2025?
Montclair’s police reported 2 homicides to the FBI for 2025, 5.3 per 100,000 residents. Across U.S. cities and towns in the FBI’s tables the 2025 figure was 4.6.
Is Montclair safer than Upland?
Upland reports less crime per resident than Montclair: Upland grades C for safety and Montclair D. Upland’s police reported 3.5 violent and 17.8 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Montclair?
Montclair’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Montclair”. 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.