Pleasant Hill, CA Crime Statistics For 2023

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Updated: 2023-10-25

Crime Rate In Pleasant Hill, CA Summary

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

  • There were 1,734 total crimes committed in Pleasant Hill the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 5,091.0 total crimes per 100K people in Pleasant Hill.
  • The overall crime rate in Pleasant Hill is 119.04% above the national average.
  • Pleasant Hill ranks #434 safest out of 462 cities in California.
  • Pleasant Hill ranks #9,430 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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Pleasant Hill Vs California And National Crime Rates

According to the most recent data from the FBI, the total crime rate in Pleasant Hill is 5,091.0 per 100,000 people. That's 119.04% higher than the national rate of 2,324.2 per 100,000 people and 97.25% higher than the California total crime rate of 2,581.0 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
Pleasant Hill
/ 100k People
California
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 1,734 5,091.0 2,581.0 2,324.2
Murder 0 0.0 5.6 6.3
Robbery 32 94.0 113.6 66.1
Aggravated Assault 69 202.6 288.7 268.2
Violent Crime 106 311.2 442.0 369.8
Burglary 177 519.7 369.7 269.8
Larceny 1,308 3,840.3 1,341.7 1,401.9
Car Theft 143 419.8 427.6 282.7
Property Crime 1,628 4,779.8 2,138.9 1,954.4

Pleasant Hill 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 Pleasant Hill

106
Violent Crimes
311.2
Violent Crimes / 100k People
-15.84%
Below The National Average
  • There were 106 violent crimes in Pleasant Hill in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in Pleasant Hill is 311.2 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 321.3 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in Pleasant Hill each year. That compares to a 1 in 226.2 chance statewide.
  • That's -15.84% lower than the national rate of 369.8 per 100,000 people.
  • -29.60% lower than the California violent crime rate of 442.0 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In Pleasant Hill

1,628
Property Crimes
4,779.8
Property Crimes / 100k People
144.57%
Above The National Average
  • There were 1,628 property crimes in Pleasant Hill in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in Pleasant Hill is 4,779.8 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 20.9 chance of being the victim of a property crime in Pleasant Hill each year. That compares to a 1 in 0.0 chance nationally.
  • That's 144.57% higher than the national rate of 1,954.4 per 100,000 people.
  • And 123.47% higher than the California property crime rate of 2,138.9 per 100,000 people.

Crime In Cities Around Pleasant Hill

City Population Count
Raw
Total Crime
/ 100k People
Property Crime
/ 100k People
Violent Crime
/ 100k People
Concord, CA 122,982 4,236 3,444.4 2,800.4 644.0
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
Walnut Creek, CA 70,849 2,154 3,040.3 2,911.8 128.4
Dublin, CA 67,368 1,002 1,487.4 1,324.1 163.3
Danville, CA 42,945 305 710.2 677.6 32.6
Martinez, CA 36,498 662 1,813.8 1,523.4 290.4
Hercules, CA 26,157 255 974.9 833.4 141.5
Lafayette, CA 25,031 341 1,362.3 1,262.4 99.9
Piedmont, CA 10,853 432 3,980.5 3,777.8 202.7

Pleasant Hill SnackAbility

9
/10
Overall SnackAbility
Jobs
9/10
Housing
10
Affordability
5
Diversity
9
Safety
5
Amenities
9.5
Education
9
Commute
4
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