Delta King · Photo: J.smith · CC BY-SA 3.0Rio Vista records less property crime per head than three in four U.S. towns
Overall, it grades B for safety (#58 of 416 graded towns in California). On top of that, in a usual year, 2.5 violent crimes and 5.5 incidents of property crime are logged per 1,000 inhabitants; in the rest of California, 4.9 and 21.4. The crimes the grade counts fell 32% per resident 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 Rio Vista
Among California towns, higher
California’s cities and towns report more crime than most states’, so Rio Vista’s place among its own towns differs from its national one: it reports less crime than 86% of the 416 California towns we grade, against 58% 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 Rio Vista’s grade
Property crimes plus four times violent crimes reported to the FBI per resident, 2023–2025, on a national curve. Property crime holds Rio Vista’s grade up; violent crime pulls it down. 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 per resident, 2023 to 2025
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| Year | Rio Vista property | Rest of California property | Rio Vista violent | Rest of California violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 8.7 | 24.8 | 3.5 | 5.1 |
| 2023 | 7.2 | 25.0 | 3.2 | 5.4 |
| 2024 | 3.8 | 20.8 | 2.5 | 4.9 |
| 2025 | 5.4 | 18.5 | 1.6 | 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 | Rio Vista | Rest of California | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 3.5 | 5.1 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 3.2 | 5.4 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 2.5 | 4.9 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 1.6 | 4.3 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
Rio Vista’s police reported 76 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.
Crime in Rio Vista 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 2 violent crimes, in 2025. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.
73 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.
17 violent and 56 property, as reported to the FBI by Rio Vista’s police.
Three people died in crashes on Rio Vista’s roads in 2019–2023
Rio Vista had 2 fatal crashes in five years, in which three people died.
That is about what is typical for California towns of 5,000–25,000 people: at their median rate (5.6 deaths per 100,000 residents a year), a town of Rio Vista’s size would see about 3 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Rio Vista’s own rate (5.9) 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.
Rio Vista and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rio Vista | B | 2.5 | 5.5 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
California towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rio Vista | B | 2.5 | 5.5 |
| Sierra Madre | B | 2.2 | 6.8 |
| Sonoma | B | 1.5 | 10.3 |
| Morro Bay | B− | 2.6 | 9.1 |
| Placerville | C− | 5.9 | 13.7 |
| Piedmont | C− | 1.4 | 31.9 |
The five graded California towns closest to Rio Vista’s population (10,523), 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 Rio Vista. 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 Rio Vista’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (10,309 in 2025); our figure for Rio Vista is 10,523 (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 Rio Vista
Is Rio Vista, CA safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Rio Vista reports less crime per resident than 58% of U.S. towns, a B Safety Grade and #58 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 Rio Vista?
2.5 violent and 5.5 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.
Who polices Rio Vista?
Rio Vista’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Rio Vista”. 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.