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San Jose Crime Rate Report (California)

San Jose crime statistics report an overall upward trend in crime based on data from 25 years with violent crime increasing and property crime increasing. Based on this trend, the crime rate in San Jose for 2026 is expected to be higher than in 2025.

The city violent crime rate for San Jose in 2025 was higher than the national violent crime rate average by 53.65% and the city property crime rate in San Jose was higher than the national property crime rate average by 54.55%.

In 2025 the city violent crime rate in San Jose was higher than the violent crime rate in California by 16.33% and the city property crime rate in San Jose was higher than the property crime rate in California by 32.35%.

Property and Violent Crime
San Jose Property Crime vs. State and National Per Capita
San Jose Violent Crime vs. State and National Per Capita

San Jose Crime Statistics
Summary Report

2025 Crime (Actual Data)*Incidents
Aggravated Assault3,325
Arson175
Burglary3,349
Larceny and Theft15,087
Motor Vehicle Theft5,153
Murder and Manslaughter24
Rape560
Robbery1,097
Crime Rate (Total Incidents)28,677
Property Crime23,589
Violent Crime5,006
2026 Crime (Projected Data)*Incidents
Aggravated Assault3,627
Arson192
Burglary3,428
Larceny and Theft15,408
Motor Vehicle Theft5,514
Murder and Manslaughter27
Rape806
Robbery1,284
Crime Rate (Total Incidents)29,438
Property Crime24,350
Violent Crime5,745

Property and Violent Crime Totals

San Jose Property Crime

San Jose Violent Crime

Actual versus Projected Crime Totals

San Jose Crime 2025

San Jose Crime 2026

City versus State versus National Crime Comparison

San Jose Property Crime vs. State and National Comparison

San Jose Violent Crime vs. State and National Comparison
* The source of actual data on this San Jose, 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 San Jose crime report data for 2026 was projected from 25 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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