What is recorded in Shingle Springs, and why there is no grade
Widen the search to 25 miles and 11 graded towns turn up. Shingle Springs has no police department of its own: it’s an unincorporated community (a census-designated place) in El Dorado County. The El Dorado County Sheriff’s Office reports to the FBI for the parts of the county without police of their own, so there are no figures for Shingle Springs alone, and no Safety Grade. The closest graded town is Placerville, 9 miles away, at C−.
What stands out about safety in Shingle Springs
Policed by the county
Shingle Springs is a census-designated place, with no town government. Crimes there are reported to the FBI inside the El Dorado County Sheriff’s Office’s totals for the county. County police ↓
Counts, not rates
The FBI doesn’t publish how many people the El Dorado County Sheriff’s Office covers, so its totals can’t be turned into a per-resident rate or a grade for Shingle Springs. County police ↓
The nearest graded towns
The closest California towns with their own police figures are Placerville (C−, 9 mi), Folsom (C+, 11 mi), Rancho Cordova (C−, 17 mi). Nearby towns can differ a lot from Shingle Springs. Nearest ↓
Written from the FBI data on this page. Figures are crimes reported to police, not convictions.
What the El Dorado County Sheriff’s Office reports
Reports to the FBI for the parts of El Dorado County without police of their own, which include Shingle Springs.
Property crimes
Violent crimes
2025 offenses reported by the El Dorado County Sheriff’s Office
Counts, not rates: the FBI doesn’t publish how many people each agency covers. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting, Tables 10–11.
Crimes reported to the FBI for the whole area the department covers, by year.
The nearest California towns with a Safety Grade
| Town | Grade | Distance | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Placerville | C− | 9 mi | 5.9 | 13.7 |
| Folsom | C+ | 11 mi | 1.9 | 14.2 |
| Rancho Cordova | C− | 17 mi | 4.6 | 19.7 |
| Auburn | B− | 18 mi | 3.1 | 7.4 |
| Citrus Heights | C− | 19 mi | 4.1 | 20.2 |
| Rocklin | B | 20 mi | 1.4 | 9.2 |
Straight-line distance from the center of Shingle Springs. Nearby towns can differ a lot from Shingle Springs.
Each town’s own police figures, per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Two people died in crashes on Shingle Springs’s roads in 2019–2023
Shingle Springs had 2 fatal crashes in five years, in which two people died; 1 was a pedestrian.
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 Shingle Springs’s size would see about 1 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Shingle Springs’s own rate (10.5) 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.
Shingle Springs and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameron Park | — | — | — |
| Diamond Springs | — | — | — |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Cameron Park and Diamond Springs are unincorporated communities (census-designated places) with no police department of their own.
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 Shingle Springs
Is Shingle Springs, CA safe?
There is no Safety Grade for Shingle Springs. The nearest California towns with a grade are Placerville (C−, 9 mi), Folsom (C+, 11 mi), Rancho Cordova (C−, 17 mi).
Who polices Shingle Springs?
The El Dorado County Sheriff’s Office. Shingle Springs is an unincorporated community, and the department reports to the FBI for the parts of El Dorado County without police of their own.
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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.