Photo: Clotee Pridgen Alloc… · CC BY-SA 3.0Crime reported in Sand City, CA
Sand City’s police department covers under 1,000 people in the FBI’s count, so the page shows its counts, not rates, and there is no Safety Grade.
198 crimes reported in 2025
In a town this small, a few incidents move the numbers a lot, so we show counts rather than rates.
198 crimes reported in 2025
14 violent and 184 property, as reported to the FBI by Sand City’s police.
2025 offenses reported
Offenses reported to police, not convictions. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting. The last row is counted outside the property total.
The nearest California towns with a Safety Grade
Each town’s own police figures, per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
| Town | Grade | Distance | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seaside | C | 2 mi | 4.9 | 7.8 |
| Monterey | C− | 2 mi | 4.0 | 16.6 |
| Del Rey Oaks | C− | 2 mi | 2.8 | 22.7 |
| Pacific Grove | B | 4 mi | 1.4 | 8.1 |
| Marina | C | 5 mi | 3.4 | 13.4 |
| Salinas | C− | 13 mi | 5.1 | 14.7 |
Straight-line distance from the center of Sand City. Nearby towns can differ a lot from Sand City.
No one died in a crash on Sand City’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 Sand City’s size would see about 0 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Sand City’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.
Sand City and its neighbors
How reported crime compares across the town line. Tap a town to see its safety page.
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Seaside | C | 4.9 | 7.8 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
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 Sand City. 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 Sand City’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (329 in 2025); our figure for Sand City is 323 (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 Sand City
Is Sand City, CA safe?
There is no Safety Grade for Sand City. Sand City’s police department covers under 1,000 people in the FBI’s count, so the page shows its counts, not rates, and there is no Safety Grade. The nearest California towns with a grade are Seaside (C, 2 mi), Monterey (C−, 2 mi), Del Rey Oaks (C−, 2 mi).
Who polices Sand City?
Sand City’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Sand City”. 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.