American River Grange Hall No. 172 · Photo: Asilvero · CC BY-SA 3.0More violent crime is recorded per resident in Rancho Cordova than in 86% of U.S. towns
Graded on crimes Rancho Cordova’s police reported from 2023 to 2025, it scores C− for safety: #300 of 416 graded towns in California. Per resident, the graded crimes were down 21% from 2023 to 2025. For every 1,000 residents, 4.6 violent crimes and 19.7 incidents of property crime were logged a year; in the rest of California, the figures are 4.9 and 21.4.
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 Rancho Cordova
A job center
Rancho Cordova has 55,759 jobs based in town for 87,554 residents (Census LEHD), so some reports involve people who work or shop there rather than residents. 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 Rancho Cordova’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.
Reported crime per resident, 2023 to 2025
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| Year | Rancho Cordova property | Rest of California property | Rancho Cordova violent | Rest of California violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 22.3 | 24.8 | 4.7 | 5.1 |
| 2023 | 22.2 | 25.0 | 4.5 | 5.4 |
| 2024 | 21.1 | 20.8 | 4.3 | 4.9 |
| 2025 | 16.1 | 18.5 | 5.1 | 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.
Crime in Rancho Cordova 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 5 violent crimes, in 2025. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.
Violent crime, by year and by type
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| Year | Rancho Cordova | Rest of California | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 4.7 | 5.1 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 4.5 | 5.4 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 4.3 | 4.9 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 5.1 | 4.3 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
Rancho Cordova’s police reported 1,157 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 4.6 per 1,000 residents a year, against 4.9 in the rest of California and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
1,805 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.
432 violent and 1,373 property, as reported to the FBI by Rancho Cordova’s police.
33 people died in crashes on Rancho Cordova’s roads in 2019–2023
Rancho Cordova had 33 fatal crashes in five years, in which 33 people died; 9 were pedestrians and 4 were cyclists.
That is 8.1 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.
Rancho Cordova and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rancho Cordova | C− | 4.6 | 19.7 |
| Carmichael | — | — | — |
| Mather | — | — | — |
| Fair Oaks | — | — | — |
| La Riviera | — | — | — |
| Gold River | — | — | — |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Carmichael, Mather, Fair Oaks, La Riviera and Gold River are unincorporated communities (census-designated places) with no police department of their own.
California towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rancho Cordova | C− | 4.6 | 19.7 |
| Lake Forest | B | 1.5 | 8.3 |
| San Ramon | B | 1.1 | 10.0 |
| Citrus Heights | C− | 4.1 | 20.2 |
| Westminster | C− | 4.0 | 24.2 |
| Santa Barbara | D | 6.3 | 17.5 |
The five graded California towns closest to Rancho Cordova’s population (87,554), 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 Rancho Cordova. 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 Rancho Cordova’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (85,272 in 2025); our figure for Rancho Cordova is 87,554 (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 Rancho Cordova
Is Rancho Cordova, CA safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Rancho Cordova reports more crime per resident than 82% of U.S. towns, a C− Safety Grade and #300 of 416 in California. Its police reported 4.6 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 Rancho Cordova?
4.6 violent and 19.7 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 Rancho Cordova in 2025?
Rancho Cordova’s police reported 1 homicides to the FBI for 2025, 1.2 per 100,000 residents. Across U.S. cities and towns in the FBI’s tables the 2025 figure was 4.6.
Who polices Rancho Cordova?
Rancho Cordova’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Rancho Cordova”. 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.