Patrick Rodgers Farm · Photo: Sanfranman59 · CC BY-SA 3.0Pleasant Hill reports more crime per resident than 91% of U.S. towns
On crimes reported to the FBI by Pleasant Hill’s police in 2023–2025, it grades D for safety: #365 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 Pleasant Hill
3 of the 3 graded towns next door report less crime
Of the 6 California towns on Pleasant Hill’s borders, 3 have a Safety Grade: Martinez (C+), Walnut Creek (C−), Concord (D). Reliez Valley, Pacheco and Contra Costa Centre are unincorporated communities (census-designated places) with no police department of their own. Neighbors ↓
A college town
Pleasant Hill is home to Diablo Valley College, with 10,850 students taking classes on campus (federal college data), and 8% of residents are enrolled in college (Census). Students who live in town count as residents, so they are part of the per-resident rate. How to read 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 Pleasant Hill’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. Its violent rate (2.5) 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.
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 | Pleasant Hill property | Rest of California property | Pleasant Hill violent | Rest of California violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 47.8 | 24.8 | 3.1 | 5.1 |
| 2023 | 50.9 | 24.9 | 3.1 | 5.4 |
| 2024 | 40.3 | 20.8 | 2.4 | 4.9 |
| 2025 | 34.4 | 18.5 | 2.1 | 4.3 |
Crimes per 1,000 residents
For every 1,000 residents, about 34 property crimes reported
And about 2 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.
Violent crime, by year and by type
Pleasant Hill’s police reported 254 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 2.5 per 1,000 residents a year, against 4.9 in the rest of California and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
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| Year | Pleasant Hill | Rest of California | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 3.1 | 5.1 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 3.1 | 5.4 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 2.4 | 4.9 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 2.1 | 4.3 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
1,244 crimes reported in 2025
71 violent and 1,173 property, as reported to the FBI by Pleasant Hill’s police.
2025 offenses reported
Offenses reported to police, not convictions. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting. The last row is counted outside the property total.
Five people died in crashes on Pleasant Hill’s roads in 2019–2023
Pleasant Hill had 5 fatal crashes in five years, in which five people died. Most of these deaths (3 of 5) 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 25,000–100,000 people: at their median rate (5.6 deaths per 100,000 residents a year), a town of Pleasant Hill’s size would see about 10 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Pleasant Hill’s own rate (2.9) 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.
Pleasant Hill and its neighbors
How reported crime compares across the town line. Tap a town to see its safety page.
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pleasant Hill | D | 2.5 | 41.8 |
| Concord | D | 4.7 | 29.3 |
| Reliez Valley | — | — | — |
| Walnut Creek | C− | 2.6 | 26.8 |
| Pacheco | — | — | — |
| Martinez | C+ | 2.5 | 12.5 |
| Contra Costa Centre | — | — | — |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Reliez Valley, Pacheco and Contra Costa Centre are unincorporated communities (census-designated places) with no police department of their own.
California towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pleasant Hill | D | 2.5 | 41.8 |
| Moorpark | B+ | 0.9 | 6.7 |
| Desert Hot Springs | C | 4.9 | 12.2 |
| Manhattan Beach | C | 1.7 | 25.0 |
| San Dimas | C | 2.7 | 21.3 |
| West Hollywood | D− | 8.6 | 55.0 |
The five graded California towns closest to Pleasant Hill’s population (34,017), 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 Pleasant Hill. 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 Pleasant Hill’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (34,065 in 2025); our figure for Pleasant Hill is 34,017 (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 Pleasant Hill
Is Pleasant Hill, CA safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Pleasant Hill reports more crime per resident than 91% of U.S. towns, a D Safety Grade and #365 of 416 in California. Its police reported 2.5 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 Pleasant Hill?
2.5 violent and 41.8 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025, as reported to the FBI. The rest of California reports 4.9 and 21.3; the FBI’s national estimate is 3.6 and 17.6.
Is crime going up or down in Pleasant Hill?
Reported crime per resident fell from 2023 to 2025, by more than ordinary year-to-year swings.
How many homicides were there in Pleasant Hill in 2025?
Pleasant Hill’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 Pleasant Hill safer than Concord?
Concord reports less crime per resident than Pleasant Hill: Concord grades D for safety and Pleasant Hill D. Concord’s police reported 4.7 violent and 29.3 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Pleasant Hill?
Pleasant Hill’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Pleasant Hill”. 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.