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El Cerrito Crime Rate Report (California)

El Cerrito crime statistics report an overall downward trend in crime based on data from 26 years with violent crime decreasing and property crime decreasing. Based on this trend, the crime rate in El Cerrito for 2026 is expected to be lower than in 2025.

The city violent crime rate for El Cerrito in 2025 was higher than the national violent crime rate average by 28.87% and the city property crime rate in El Cerrito was higher than the national property crime rate average by 76.84%.

In 2025 the city violent crime rate in El Cerrito was lower than the violent crime rate in California by 2.43% and the city property crime rate in El Cerrito was higher than the property crime rate in California by 51.44%.

Property and Violent Crime
El Cerrito Property Crime vs. State and National Per Capita
El Cerrito Violent Crime vs. State and National Per Capita

El Cerrito Crime Statistics
Summary Report

2025 Crime (Actual Data)*Incidents
Aggravated Assault53
Arson11
Burglary60
Larceny and Theft590
Motor Vehicle Theft70
Murder and Manslaughter1
Rape5
Robbery53
Crime Rate (Total Incidents)868
Property Crime720
Violent Crime112
2026 Crime (Projected Data)*Incidents
Aggravated Assault51
Arson20
Burglary59
Larceny and Theft581
Motor Vehicle Theft123
Murder and Manslaughter1
Rape4
Robbery61
Crime Rate (Total Incidents)911
Property Crime763
Violent Crime116

Property and Violent Crime Totals

El Cerrito Property Crime

El Cerrito Violent Crime

Actual versus Projected Crime Totals

El Cerrito Crime 2025

El Cerrito Crime 2026

City versus State versus National Crime Comparison

El Cerrito Property Crime vs. State and National Comparison

El Cerrito Violent Crime vs. State and National Comparison
* The source of actual data on this El Cerrito, California crime rate report is the FBI Report of Offenses Known to Law Enforcement for the corresponding year or years. Arson numbers are reported inconsistently. Zero values may indicate the data was not available. The projected crime rate data displayed above was generated from the trends found in the years of actual reported crime data on file. In this case, the El Cerrito crime report data for 2026 was projected from 26 years of actual data. The last year of actual available crime data, as reported above, was 2025.

The FBI cautions the data users against comparing yearly statistical data solely on the basis of their population coverage. The comparisons made herein are thus, only meaningful upon further examination of all variables that affect crime in each reported city, state or other reported jurisdicition.



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