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Merced Crime Rate Report (California)

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

The city violent crime rate for Merced in 2025 was higher than the national violent crime rate average by 112.61% and the city property crime rate in Merced was higher than the national property crime rate average by 57.26%.

In 2025 the city violent crime rate in Merced was higher than the violent crime rate in California by 60.97% and the city property crime rate in Merced was higher than the property crime rate in California by 34.67%.

Property and Violent Crime
Merced Property Crime vs. State and National Per Capita
Merced Violent Crime vs. State and National Per Capita

Merced Crime Statistics
Summary Report

2025 Crime (Actual Data)*Incidents
Aggravated Assault489
Arson84
Burglary376
Larceny and Theft1,711
Motor Vehicle Theft290
Murder and Manslaughter6
Rape71
Robbery120
Crime Rate (Total Incidents)2,817
Property Crime2,377
Violent Crime686
2026 Crime (Projected Data)*Incidents
Aggravated Assault503
Arson94
Burglary376
Larceny and Theft1,622
Motor Vehicle Theft371
Murder and Manslaughter7
Rape98
Robbery148
Crime Rate (Total Incidents)2,809
Property Crime2,369
Violent Crime755

Property and Violent Crime Totals

Merced Property Crime

Merced Violent Crime

Actual versus Projected Crime Totals

Merced Crime 2025

Merced Crime 2026

City versus State versus National Crime Comparison

Merced Property Crime vs. State and National Comparison

Merced Violent Crime vs. State and National Comparison
* The source of actual data on this Merced, 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 Merced 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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