El Cerrito, CA Crime Statistics For 2023

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Updated: 2023-10-25

Crime Rate In El Cerrito, CA Summary

Crime in El Cerrito research summary. HomeSnacks has been using Saturday Night Science to report crime data in El Cerrito over the past eight years using the FBI crime explorer. Based on the most recently available data released October 17, 2023, we found the following about crime in El Cerrito:

  • There were 1,150 total crimes committed in El Cerrito the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 4,471.6 total crimes per 100K people in El Cerrito.
  • The overall crime rate in El Cerrito is 92.39% above the national average.
  • El Cerrito ranks #422 safest out of 462 cities in California.
  • El Cerrito ranks #9,210 safest out of 9,869 cities in the United States.

Because the crime rate is so low in America, we use "per 100,000 people" to make the number a bit easier to compare across locations visually. It's mathematically the same as doing per capita comparisons and isn't conveying that there are 100,000+ people in a location.

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El Cerrito Vs California And National Crime Rates

According to the most recent data from the FBI, the total crime rate in El Cerrito is 4,471.6 per 100,000 people. That's 92.39% higher than the national rate of 2,324.2 per 100,000 people and 73.25% higher than the California total crime rate of 2,581.0 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
El Cerrito
/ 100k People
California
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 1,150 4,471.6 2,581.0 2,324.2
Murder 1 3.9 5.6 6.3
Robbery 60 233.3 113.6 66.1
Aggravated Assault 49 190.5 288.7 268.2
Violent Crime 111 431.6 442.0 369.8
Burglary 104 404.4 369.7 269.8
Larceny 791 3,075.7 1,341.7 1,401.9
Car Theft 144 559.9 427.6 282.7
Property Crime 1,039 4,040.0 2,138.9 1,954.4

El Cerrito Crime Compared To California Averages

Each category of crime indexed to the worst per capita in California.
Data Source -- FBI UCR 2022.

Violent Crime Rates In El Cerrito

111
Violent Crimes
431.6
Violent Crimes / 100k People
16.71%
Above The National Average
  • There were 111 violent crimes in El Cerrito in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in El Cerrito is 431.6 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 231.7 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in El Cerrito each year. That compares to a 1 in 226.2 chance statewide.
  • That's 16.71% higher than the national rate of 369.8 per 100,000 people.
  • -2.36% lower than the California violent crime rate of 442.0 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In El Cerrito

1,039
Property Crimes
4,040.0
Property Crimes / 100k People
106.71%
Above The National Average
  • There were 1,039 property crimes in El Cerrito in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in El Cerrito is 4,040.0 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 24.8 chance of being the victim of a property crime in El Cerrito each year. That compares to a 1 in 0.0 chance nationally.
  • That's 106.71% higher than the national rate of 1,954.4 per 100,000 people.
  • And 88.88% higher than the California property crime rate of 2,138.9 per 100,000 people.

Crime In Cities Around El Cerrito

City Population Count
Raw
Total Crime
/ 100k People
Property Crime
/ 100k People
Violent Crime
/ 100k People
Richmond, CA 115,043 4,122 3,583.0 2,709.4 873.6
Berkeley, CA 114,872 7,150 6,224.3 5,643.7 580.6
Mountain View, CA 80,588 2,609 3,237.5 2,960.7 276.7
South San Francisco, CA 62,427 2,010 3,219.8 2,825.7 394.1
Danville, CA 42,945 305 710.2 677.6 32.6
San Pablo, CA 31,498 995 3,158.9 2,422.4 736.6
Lafayette, CA 25,031 341 1,362.3 1,262.4 99.9
Albany, CA 19,011 604 3,177.1 2,966.7 210.4
Piedmont, CA 10,853 432 3,980.5 3,777.8 202.7
Fairfax, CA 7,477 54 722.2 575.1 147.1

El Cerrito SnackAbility

8.5
/10
Overall SnackAbility
Jobs
8.5/10
Housing
10
Affordability
4
Diversity
10
Safety
4
Amenities
9.5
Education
9
Commute
4
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