Ross reports less violent crime than most U.S. towns, but more property crime
Overall, Ross grades B− for safety: close to the middle of U.S. towns, on crimes its police reported to the FBI in 2023–2025.
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 Ross
Ross reports less crime than every graded town next door
Of the 3 California towns on Ross’ borders, 1 have a Safety Grade: San Rafael (D). Kentfield is an unincorporated community (a census-designated place) with no police department of its own. San Anselmo has no FBI figures of its own for 2023–2025. Neighbors ↓
Written from the FBI data on this page. Figures are crimes reported to police, not convictions.
What’s behind Ross’ grade
Property crimes plus four times violent crimes reported to the FBI per resident, 2023–2025, on a national curve. Violent crime holds Ross’ grade up; property crime pulls it down. Its property rate (13.7) is below the FBI’s national estimate (17.6) but higher than in most individual towns: the national figure is weighted by people, and the grade counts towns.
Violent crime, by year and by type
Ross’ police reported 6 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 0.9 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 | Ross | Rest of California | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 0.0 | 5.1 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 1.3 | 5.4 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 0.9 | 4.9 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 0.4 | 4.3 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
For every 1,000 residents, about 11 property crimes reported
And fewer than 1 violent crime, 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.
Reported crime is steady
Reported crime per resident was steady from 2023 to 2025: the change is within ordinary year-to-year swings. Per 1,000 residents, 2022–2025, against the rest of California.
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| Year | Ross property | Rest of California property | Ross violent | Rest of California violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 6.9 | 24.8 | 0.0 | 5.1 |
| 2023 | 13.2 | 25.0 | 1.3 | 5.4 |
| 2024 | 17.2 | 20.8 | 0.9 | 4.9 |
| 2025 | 10.9 | 18.5 | 0.4 | 4.3 |
Crimes per 1,000 residents
26 crimes reported in 2025
1 violent and 25 property, as reported to the FBI by Ross’ police.
2025 offenses reported
Offenses reported to police, not convictions. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting. The last row is counted outside the property total.
No one died in a crash on Ross’s roads in 2019–2023
That is about what is typical for California towns of 2,500–5,000 people: at their median rate (7.0 deaths per 100,000 residents a year), a town of Ross’s size would see about 1 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Ross’s own rate (0.0) 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.
Ross and its neighbors
How reported crime compares across the town line. Tap a town to see its safety page.
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ross | B− | 0.9 | 13.7 |
| Kentfield | — | — | — |
| San Anselmo | — | — | — |
| San Rafael | D | 4.8 | 24.1 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Kentfield is an unincorporated community (a census-designated place) with no police department of its own. San Anselmo has no FBI figures of its own for 2023–2025.
California towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ross | B− | 0.9 | 13.7 |
| Belvedere | A | 0.3 | 5.5 |
| Stallion Springs | A− | 1.4 | 3.1 |
| Sutter Creek | B− | 2.8 | 8.5 |
| Weed | C− | 6.0 | 10.9 |
| Alturas | D | 9.1 | 7.2 |
The five graded California towns closest to Ross’ population (2,304), 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 Ross. 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 Ross’ residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (2,289 in 2025); our figure for Ross is 2,304 (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 Ross
Is Ross, CA safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Ross reports less crime per resident than 53% of U.S. towns, a B− Safety Grade. Its police reported 0.9 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 Ross?
0.9 violent and 13.7 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.
Is crime going up or down in Ross?
Reported crime per resident was steady from 2023 to 2025: the change is within ordinary year-to-year swings.
Is Ross safer than San Rafael?
San Rafael reports more crime per resident than Ross: San Rafael grades D for safety and Ross B−. San Rafael’s police reported 4.8 violent and 24.1 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Ross?
Ross’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Ross”. 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.