Piedmont, CA Crime Statistics For 2023

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Updated: 2023-10-25

Crime Rate In Piedmont, CA Summary

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

  • There were 432 total crimes committed in Piedmont the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 3,980.5 total crimes per 100K people in Piedmont.
  • The overall crime rate in Piedmont is 71.26% above the national average.
  • Piedmont ranks #409 safest out of 462 cities in California.
  • Piedmont ranks #8,946 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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Piedmont Vs California And National Crime Rates

According to the most recent data from the FBI, the total crime rate in Piedmont is 3,980.5 per 100,000 people. That's 71.26% higher than the national rate of 2,324.2 per 100,000 people and 54.22% higher than the California total crime rate of 2,581.0 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
Piedmont
/ 100k People
California
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 432 3,980.5 2,581.0 2,324.2
Murder 0 0.0 5.6 6.3
Robbery 5 46.1 113.6 66.1
Aggravated Assault 12 110.6 288.7 268.2
Violent Crime 22 202.7 442.0 369.8
Burglary 39 359.3 369.7 269.8
Larceny 322 2,966.9 1,341.7 1,401.9
Car Theft 49 451.5 427.6 282.7
Property Crime 410 3,777.8 2,138.9 1,954.4

Piedmont 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 Piedmont

22
Violent Crimes
202.7
Violent Crimes / 100k People
-45.18%
Below The National Average
  • There were 22 violent crimes in Piedmont in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in Piedmont is 202.7 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 493.3 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in Piedmont each year. That compares to a 1 in 226.2 chance statewide.
  • That's -45.18% lower than the national rate of 369.8 per 100,000 people.
  • -54.14% lower than the California violent crime rate of 442.0 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In Piedmont

410
Property Crimes
3,777.8
Property Crimes / 100k People
93.29%
Above The National Average
  • There were 410 property crimes in Piedmont in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in Piedmont is 3,777.8 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 26.5 chance of being the victim of a property crime in Piedmont each year. That compares to a 1 in 0.0 chance nationally.
  • That's 93.29% higher than the national rate of 1,954.4 per 100,000 people.
  • And 76.62% higher than the California property crime rate of 2,138.9 per 100,000 people.

Crime In Cities Around Piedmont

City Population Count
Raw
Total Crime
/ 100k People
Property Crime
/ 100k People
Violent Crime
/ 100k People
Oakland, CA 428,374 34,253 7,996.1 6,474.9 1,521.1
Berkeley, CA 114,872 7,150 6,224.3 5,643.7 580.6
San Mateo, CA 99,184 2,632 2,653.7 2,349.2 304.5
San Ramon, CA 87,226 864 990.5 925.2 65.3
Mountain View, CA 80,588 2,609 3,237.5 2,960.7 276.7
Alameda, CA 74,441 3,432 4,610.4 4,298.7 311.7
Dublin, CA 67,368 1,002 1,487.4 1,324.1 163.3
South San Francisco, CA 62,427 2,010 3,219.8 2,825.7 394.1
San Bruno, CA 40,817 1,172 2,871.4 2,582.3 289.1
El Cerrito, CA 25,718 1,150 4,471.6 4,040.0 431.6

Piedmont SnackAbility

9.5
/10
Overall SnackAbility
Jobs
8.5/10
Housing
10
Affordability
6
Diversity
8.5
Safety
6
Amenities
9
Education
10
Commute
6
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