Milpitas, CA Crime Statistics For 2023

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Updated: 2023-10-25

Crime Rate In Milpitas, CA Summary

Crime in Milpitas research summary. HomeSnacks has been using Saturday Night Science to report crime data in Milpitas 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 Milpitas:

  • There were 3,042 total crimes committed in Milpitas the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 3,910.5 total crimes per 100K people in Milpitas.
  • The overall crime rate in Milpitas is 68.25% above the national average.
  • Milpitas ranks #407 safest out of 462 cities in California.
  • Milpitas ranks #8,901 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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Milpitas Vs California And National Crime Rates

According to the most recent data from the FBI, the total crime rate in Milpitas is 3,910.5 per 100,000 people. That's 68.25% higher than the national rate of 2,324.2 per 100,000 people and 51.51% higher than the California total crime rate of 2,581.0 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
Milpitas
/ 100k People
California
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 3,042 3,910.5 2,581.0 2,324.2
Murder 2 2.6 5.6 6.3
Robbery 71 91.3 113.6 66.1
Aggravated Assault 111 142.7 288.7 268.2
Violent Crime 197 253.2 442.0 369.8
Burglary 353 453.8 369.7 269.8
Larceny 2,123 2,729.1 1,341.7 1,401.9
Car Theft 369 474.4 427.6 282.7
Property Crime 2,845 3,657.3 2,138.9 1,954.4

Milpitas 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 Milpitas

197
Violent Crimes
253.2
Violent Crimes / 100k People
-31.52%
Below The National Average
  • There were 197 violent crimes in Milpitas in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in Milpitas is 253.2 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 394.9 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in Milpitas each year. That compares to a 1 in 226.2 chance statewide.
  • That's -31.52% lower than the national rate of 369.8 per 100,000 people.
  • -42.71% lower than the California violent crime rate of 442.0 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In Milpitas

2,845
Property Crimes
3,657.3
Property Crimes / 100k People
87.13%
Above The National Average
  • There were 2,845 property crimes in Milpitas in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in Milpitas is 3,657.3 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 27.3 chance of being the victim of a property crime in Milpitas each year. That compares to a 1 in 0.0 chance nationally.
  • That's 87.13% higher than the national rate of 1,954.4 per 100,000 people.
  • And 70.99% higher than the California property crime rate of 2,138.9 per 100,000 people.

Crime In Cities Around Milpitas

City Population Count
Raw
Total Crime
/ 100k People
Property Crime
/ 100k People
Violent Crime
/ 100k People
San Jose, CA 956,814 30,409 3,178.2 2,650.8 527.4
Fremont, CA 223,430 6,885 3,081.5 2,872.5 209.0
Sunnyvale, CA 148,739 3,980 2,675.8 2,456.7 219.2
Santa Clara, CA 126,877 4,960 3,909.3 3,597.2 312.1
Burbank, CA 103,516 3,140 3,033.3 2,723.3 310.1
Pleasanton, CA 76,350 1,434 1,878.2 1,768.2 110.0
Dublin, CA 67,368 1,002 1,487.4 1,324.1 163.3
Cupertino, CA 56,950 824 1,446.9 1,331.0 115.9
Newark, CA 46,861 2,198 4,690.5 4,370.4 320.1
Menlo Park, CA 31,332 644 2,055.4 1,768.2 287.2

Milpitas SnackAbility

9
/10
Overall SnackAbility
Jobs
9/10
Housing
10
Affordability
4
Diversity
8.5
Safety
6
Amenities
10
Education
8
Commute
6
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