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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 21 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 2019.

The city violent crime rate for El Cerrito in 2019 was higher than the national violent crime rate average by 54.93% and the city property crime rate in El Cerrito was higher than the national property crime rate average by 138.28%.

In 2019 the city violent crime rate in El Cerrito was higher than the violent crime rate in California by 33.24% and the city property crime rate in El Cerrito was higher than the property crime rate in California by 115.67%.

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

2019 Crime (Actual Data)*Incidents
Aggravated Assault56
Arson7
Burglary166
Larceny and Theft1,054
Motor Vehicle Theft80
Murder and Manslaughter1
Rape4
Robbery91
Crime Rate (Total Incidents)1,448
Property Crime1,300
Violent Crime152
2026 Crime (Projected Data)*Incidents
Aggravated Assault72
Arson11
Burglary84
Larceny and Theft1,529
Motor Vehicle Theft39
Murder and Manslaughter2
Rape5
Robbery116
Crime Rate (Total Incidents)1,799
Property Crime1,651
Violent Crime195

Property and Violent Crime Totals

El Cerrito Property Crime

El Cerrito Violent Crime

Actual versus Projected Crime Totals

El Cerrito Crime 2019

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 and crime data available from previous years of actual reported data. In this case, the El Cerrito crime report data for 2026 was projected from 21 years of actual data. The last year of actual available crime data, as reported above, was 2019.

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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