Photo: Sanfranman59 · CC BY-SA 3.0Per resident, San Leandro records more crime than 95% of U.S. towns
It has more violent crime than 91% of U.S. towns, and more property crime than 97%. Add to that, the yearly rates were 5.8 violent crimes and 42.8 incidents of property crime per 1,000 residents, set against 4.8 and 21.3 in the rest of California. A Safety Grade of D follows from crimes San Leandro’s police reported over the years 2023 to 2025: #392 of 416 graded towns in California. The crimes the grade counts fell 48% 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 San Leandro
1 of the 2 graded towns next door reports less crime
Of the 5 California towns on San Leandro’s borders, 2 have a Safety Grade: Hayward (D), Oakland (D−). San Lorenzo, Ashland and Castro Valley are unincorporated communities (census-designated places) with no police department of their own. Neighbors ↓
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 Leandro’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 higher than in most U.S. towns; violent crime is the closer of the two to typical.
Reported crime per resident, 2023 to 2025
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| Year | San Leandro property | Rest of California property | San Leandro violent | Rest of California violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 49.2 | 24.7 | 5.8 | 5.1 |
| 2023 | 59.8 | 24.9 | 6.7 | 5.4 |
| 2024 | 39.2 | 20.8 | 5.5 | 4.9 |
| 2025 | 29.4 | 18.4 | 5.1 | 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 Leandro 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 5 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 Leandro | Rest of California | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 5.8 | 5.1 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 6.7 | 5.4 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 5.5 | 4.9 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 5.1 | 4.3 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
San Leandro’s police reported 1,467 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 5.8 per 1,000 residents a year, against 4.8 in the rest of California and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
2,948 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. 2025 figures come from FBI Crime Data Explorer, which publishes violent crime, homicides, robberies and property crime only.
433 violent and 2,515 property, as reported to the FBI by San Leandro’s police.
35 people died in crashes on San Leandro’s roads in 2019–2023
San Leandro had 34 fatal crashes in five years, in which 35 people died; 9 were pedestrians. Most of these deaths (20 of 35) were on an Interstate passing through, so they say more about through-traffic than about the town’s own streets.
That is 8.0 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 Leandro and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| San Leandro | D | 5.8 | 42.8 |
| Oakland | D− | 23.3 | 74.9 |
| San Lorenzo | — | — | — |
| Ashland | — | — | — |
| Castro Valley | — | — | — |
| Hayward | D | 5.3 | 34.0 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. San Lorenzo, Ashland and Castro Valley are unincorporated communities (census-designated places) with no police department of their own.
California towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| San Leandro | D | 5.8 | 42.8 |
| San Ramon | B | 1.1 | 10.0 |
| Lake Forest | B | 1.5 | 8.3 |
| Mountain View | C− | 2.5 | 26.6 |
| Citrus Heights | C− | 4.1 | 20.2 |
| Whittier | C− | 4.4 | 22.1 |
The five graded California towns closest to San Leandro’s population (85,353), 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 Leandro. 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 San Leandro’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (85,567 in 2025); our figure for San Leandro is 85,353 (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 Leandro
Is San Leandro, CA safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, San Leandro reports more crime per resident than 95% of U.S. towns, a D Safety Grade and #392 of 416 in California. Its police reported 5.8 violent crimes per 1,000 residents a year, against 4.8 in the rest of California and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
What is the crime rate in San Leandro?
5.8 violent and 42.8 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025, as reported to the FBI. The rest of California reports 4.8 and 21.3; the FBI’s national estimate is 3.6 and 17.6.
How many homicides were there in San Leandro in 2025?
San Leandro’s police reported 3 homicides to the FBI for 2025, 3.5 per 100,000 residents. Across U.S. cities and towns in the FBI’s tables the 2025 figure was 4.6.
Is San Leandro safer than Oakland?
Oakland reports more crime per resident than San Leandro: Oakland grades D− for safety and San Leandro D. Oakland’s police reported 23.3 violent and 74.9 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices San Leandro?
San Leandro’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “San Leandro Police Department”. 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.