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Salinas Crime Rate Report (California)

Salinas 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 Salinas for 2026 is expected to be lower than in 2025.

The city violent crime rate for Salinas in 2025 was higher than the national violent crime rate average by 56.29% and the city property crime rate in Salinas was lower than the national property crime rate average by 4.96%.

In 2025 the city violent crime rate in Salinas was higher than the violent crime rate in California by 18.33% and the city property crime rate in Salinas was lower than the property crime rate in California by 18.61%.

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

Salinas Crime Statistics
Summary Report

2025 Crime (Actual Data)*Incidents
Aggravated Assault493
Arson29
Burglary229
Larceny and Theft1,610
Motor Vehicle Theft497
Murder and Manslaughter7
Rape74
Robbery246
Crime Rate (Total Incidents)3,491
Property Crime2,336
Violent Crime820
2026 Crime (Projected Data)*Incidents
Aggravated Assault472
Arson30
Burglary157
Larceny and Theft1,487
Motor Vehicle Theft216
Murder and Manslaughter0
Rape75
Robbery195
Crime Rate (Total Incidents)3,015
Property Crime1,860
Violent Crime741

Property and Violent Crime Totals

Salinas Property Crime

Salinas Violent Crime

Actual versus Projected Crime Totals

Salinas Crime 2025

Salinas Crime 2026

City versus State versus National Crime Comparison

Salinas Property Crime vs. State and National Comparison

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