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Safety in Rocklin · FBI data, 2023–2025

Reported crime per resident in Rocklin fell 20% from 2023 to 2025

Overall, Rocklin grades B for safety (#53 of 416 graded towns in California): less crime per resident than 60% of U.S. towns, on crimes its police reported to the FBI in 2023–2025.

Violent crime
1.4
per 1,000 a year · Well below rest of CA (4.9)
U.S. (FBI national estimate) 3.6
Property crime
9.2
per 1,000 a year · Well below rest of CA (21.4)
U.S. (FBI national estimate) 17.6
Crimes reported
2,383
313 violent · 2,070 property
2023–2025
Trend
▼ Falling
2023 to 2025
beyond ordinary swings

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 · In brief

What stands out about safety in Rocklin

1 of the 2 graded towns next door reports less crime

Of the 4 California towns on Rocklin’s borders, 2 have a Safety Grade: Lincoln (A−), Roseville (C+). Loomis has no FBI figures of its own for 2023–2025. Granite Bay is an unincorporated community (a census-designated place) with no police department of its own. Neighbors ↓

Among California towns, higher

California’s cities and towns report more crime than most states’, so Rocklin’s place among its own towns differs from its national one: it reports less crime than 87% of the 416 California towns we grade, against 60% nationally. Safety Grade ↓

A college town

Rocklin is home to Sierra College, with 10,681 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.

Safety Grade

What’s behind Rocklin’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 lower than in most U.S. towns; property crime is the stronger of the two.

Where Rocklin sits
B Violent 1.4B Property 9.2
All U.S. towns we grade (7,426)Less crime than 60%
More reported crimeLess reported crime
California towns we grade (416)Less crime than 87% · #53 of 416
Places of 25,000–100,000 people (1,371)Less crime than 74%
A firm grade. Built on 2,383 reported crimes over three years; ordinary year-to-year swings wouldn’t change the letter.

How TownRatings grades safety →

Violent crime

Violent crime, by year and by type

Rocklin’s police reported 313 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 1.4 per 1,000 residents a year, against 4.9 in the rest of California and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.

Trend

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
YearRocklin propertyRest of California propertyRocklin violentRest of California violent
202212.724.81.25.1
202310.425.01.35.4
20249.020.91.64.9
20258.218.51.24.3

Crimes per 1,000 residents

1,000 neighbors · one year

For every 1,000 residents, about 8 property crimes reported

And about 1 violent crime, in 2025. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.

Property crime (8.2)Violent crime (1.2)Everyone else

Violent crime per 1,000 residents, 2025

Rocklin1.2
Rest of CA4.3
U.S. (FBI)3.3

Property crime per 1,000 residents, 2025

Rocklin8.2
Rest of CA18.5
U.S. (FBI)15.5

Crimes reported to police in 2025 per resident; one person can be the victim of more than one, and some reports involve visitors.

What gets reported

712 crimes reported in 2025

92 violent and 620 property, as reported to the FBI by Rocklin’s police.

2025 offenses reported

Larceny / theft537
Burglary46
Vehicle theft37
Aggravated assault64
Robbery3
Rape24
Homicide1
Arson16
92
violent crimes
620
property crimes

Offenses reported to police, not convictions. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting. The last row is counted outside the property total.

On the roads

Six people died in crashes on Rocklin’s roads in 2019–2023

Rocklin had 6 fatal crashes in five years, in which six people died; 4 were pedestrians.

That is fewer than 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 Rocklin’s size would see about 21 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Rocklin’s own rate (1.6) is context, not a ranking.

6
people died in crashes, 2019–2023
4
pedestrians among them
0
cyclists among them
1.6
per 100,000 a year · California towns of 25,000–100,000: 5.6

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.

Next door

Rocklin and its neighbors

How reported crime compares across the town line. Tap a town to see its safety page.

A rangeB rangeC rangeD rangeNot graded
TownGradeViolentProperty
RocklinB1.49.2
Loomis———
RosevilleC+2.213.7
LincolnA−1.15.7
Granite Bay———

Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Loomis has no FBI figures of its own for 2023–2025. Granite Bay is an unincorporated community (a census-designated place) with no police department of its own.

California towns of a similar size

TownGradeViolentProperty
RocklinB1.49.2
NapaC2.914.3
TustinC2.220.8
PittsburgC−4.819.1
LakewoodC−3.922.8
AlamedaD3.446.8

The five graded California towns closest to Rocklin’s population (76,821), by grade.

How to read these numbers

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 Rocklin. 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 Rocklin’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
  • Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (75,993 in 2025); our figure for Rocklin is 76,821 (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 Rocklin

Is Rocklin, CA safe?

On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Rocklin reports less crime per resident than 60% of U.S. towns, a B Safety Grade and #53 of 416 in California. Its police reported 1.4 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 Rocklin?

1.4 violent and 9.2 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.

Is crime going up or down in Rocklin?

Reported crime per resident fell from 2023 to 2025, by more than ordinary year-to-year swings.

How many homicides were there in Rocklin in 2025?

Rocklin’s police reported 1 homicides to the FBI for 2025, 1.3 per 100,000 residents. Across U.S. cities and towns in the FBI’s tables the 2025 figure was 4.6.

Is Rocklin safer than Roseville?

Roseville reports more crime per resident than Rocklin: Roseville grades C+ for safety and Rocklin B. Roseville’s police reported 2.2 violent and 13.7 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.

Who polices Rocklin?

Rocklin’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Rocklin”. 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.