Photo: YonderStone · CC BY-SA 4.0Property crime per resident is higher in San Dimas than in 80% of U.S. towns
3 of the 4 towns next door with figures record less crime per resident. Per resident, the graded crimes were down 31% from 2023 to 2025. It grades C for safety on crimes San Dimas’ police reported from 2023 to 2025: #232 of 416 graded towns in California. Violence and property crime split as 2.7 violent crimes and 21.3 incidents of property crime per 1,000 residents a year, beside 4.9 and 21.4 in the rest of California.
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 San Dimas
3 of the 4 graded towns next door report less crime
Of the 5 California towns on San Dimas’ borders, 4 have a Safety Grade: Glendora (C), La Verne (C), Covina (C), Pomona (D). Charter Oak is an unincorporated community (a census-designated place) with no police department of its own. Neighbors ↓
Among California towns, closer to the middle
California’s cities and towns report more crime than most states’, so San Dimas’ place among its own towns differs from its national one: it reports less crime than 44% of the 416 California towns we grade, against 25% 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 San Dimas’ 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; violent crime is the closer of the two to typical. Its violent rate (2.7) 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 | San Dimas property | Rest of California property | San Dimas violent | Rest of California violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 23.3 | 24.8 | 2.8 | 5.1 |
| 2023 | 24.1 | 25.0 | 3.3 | 5.4 |
| 2024 | 22.8 | 20.8 | 2.8 | 4.9 |
| 2025 | 16.9 | 18.5 | 1.9 | 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 San Dimas 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.
Violent crime, by year and by type
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| Year | San Dimas | Rest of California | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 2.8 | 5.1 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 3.3 | 5.4 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 2.8 | 4.9 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 1.9 | 4.3 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
San Dimas’ police reported 262 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 2.7 per 1,000 residents a year, against 4.9 in the rest of California and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
618 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.
63 violent and 555 property, as reported to the FBI by San Dimas’ police.
14 people died in crashes on San Dimas’s roads in 2019–2023
San Dimas had 14 fatal crashes in five years, in which 14 people died; 2 were pedestrians. 4 died in crashes on an Interstate.
That is 8.3 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.
San Dimas and its neighbors
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Charter Oak is an unincorporated community (a census-designated place) with no police department of its own.
California towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| San Dimas | C | 2.7 | 21.3 |
| Foster City | B+ | 0.6 | 8.3 |
| Los Gatos | B− | 1.3 | 14.7 |
| Goleta | C+ | 1.9 | 13.9 |
| Menlo Park | C+ | 2.2 | 16.9 |
| Manhattan Beach | C | 1.7 | 25.0 |
The five graded California towns closest to San Dimas’ population (32,978), 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 San Dimas. 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 San Dimas’ residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (32,846 in 2025); our figure for San Dimas is 32,978 (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 San Dimas
Is San Dimas, CA safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, San Dimas reports more crime per resident than 75% of U.S. towns, a C Safety Grade and #232 of 416 in California. Its police reported 2.7 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 San Dimas?
2.7 violent and 21.3 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 San Dimas in 2025?
San Dimas’s police reported 0 homicides to the FBI for 2025, 0.0 per 100,000 residents. Across U.S. cities and towns in the FBI’s tables the 2025 figure was 4.6.
Is San Dimas safer than La Verne?
La Verne reports less crime per resident than San Dimas: La Verne grades C for safety and San Dimas C. La Verne’s police reported 1.9 violent and 22.3 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices San Dimas?
San Dimas’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “San Dimas”. 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.