Photo: CityofSanCarlos · CC BY-SA 4.0San Carlos goes ungraded: its recorded crime
Without FBI crime figures of its own for 2023–2025, San Carlos has nothing to grade it on. For a graded neighbor, the nearest is Belmont (B−), 2 miles away. A 10-mile radius takes in 10 places that are graded.
The nearest California towns with a Safety Grade
| Town | Grade | Distance | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Belmont | B− | 2 mi | 1.7 | 12.8 |
| Redwood City | C− | 3 mi | 4.4 | 17.5 |
| Foster City | B+ | 5 mi | 0.6 | 8.3 |
| Atherton | B | 5 mi | 1.0 | 11.2 |
| San Mateo | C | 5 mi | 2.5 | 17.6 |
| Hillsborough | B+ | 6 mi | 1.0 | 6.3 |
Straight-line distance from the center of San Carlos. Nearby towns can differ a lot from San Carlos.
Each town’s own police figures, per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Two people died in crashes on San Carlos’s roads in 2019–2023
San Carlos had 2 fatal crashes in five years, in which two people died; 1 was a pedestrian.
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 San Carlos’s size would see about 8 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so San Carlos’s own rate (1.4) 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.
San Carlos and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Redwood City | C− | 4.4 | 17.5 |
| Belmont | B− | 1.7 | 12.8 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
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.
- A county agency covers a wide area. Its totals mix many communities, so they say little about any one of them.
- 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 San Carlos
Is San Carlos, CA safe?
There is no Safety Grade for San Carlos. San Carlos has no FBI crime figures of its own for 2023–2025, so there is nothing to grade it on. The nearest California towns with a grade are Belmont (B−, 2 mi), Redwood City (C−, 3 mi), Foster City (B+, 5 mi).
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Neighbors looking out for each other in San Carlos.
Crime: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Crime Data Explorer: offenses known to law enforcement by city, 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.