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National City Crime Rate Report (California)

National City crime statistics report an overall downward trend in crime based on data from 27 years with violent crime decreasing and property crime decreasing. Based on this trend, the crime rate in National City for 2026 is expected to be lower than in 2025.

The city violent crime rate for National City in 2025 was higher than the national violent crime rate average by 94.51% and the city property crime rate in National City was higher than the national property crime rate average by 9.33%.

In 2025 the city violent crime rate in National City was higher than the violent crime rate in California by 47.27% and the city property crime rate in National City was lower than the property crime rate in California by 6.38%.

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

National City Crime Statistics
Summary Report

2025 Crime (Actual Data)*Incidents
Aggravated Assault254
Arson16
Burglary73
Larceny and Theft657
Motor Vehicle Theft239
Murder and Manslaughter3
Rape15
Robbery96
Crime Rate (Total Incidents)1,524
Property Crime969
Violent Crime368
2026 Crime (Projected Data)*Incidents
Aggravated Assault277
Arson14
Burglary112
Larceny and Theft662
Motor Vehicle Theft271
Murder and Manslaughter4
Rape18
Robbery106
Crime Rate (Total Incidents)1,600
Property Crime1,045
Violent Crime404

Property and Violent Crime Totals

National City Property Crime

National City Violent Crime

Actual versus Projected Crime Totals

National City Crime 2025

National City Crime 2026

City versus State versus National Crime Comparison

National City Property Crime vs. State and National Comparison

National City Violent Crime vs. State and National Comparison
* The source of actual data on this National City, 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 National City crime report data for 2026 was projected from 27 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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