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San Luis Obispo Crime Rate Report (California)

San Luis Obispo 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 San Luis Obispo for 2026 is expected to be lower than in 2025.

The city violent crime rate for San Luis Obispo in 2025 was higher than the national violent crime rate average by 6.01% and the city property crime rate in San Luis Obispo was higher than the national property crime rate average by 33.45%.

In 2025 the city violent crime rate in San Luis Obispo was lower than the violent crime rate in California by 19.74% and the city property crime rate in San Luis Obispo was higher than the property crime rate in California by 14.28%.

Property and Violent Crime
San Luis Obispo Property Crime vs. State and National Per Capita
San Luis Obispo Violent Crime vs. State and National Per Capita

San Luis Obispo Crime Statistics
Summary Report

2025 Crime (Actual Data)*Incidents
Aggravated Assault120
Arson3
Burglary111
Larceny and Theft847
Motor Vehicle Theft74
Murder and Manslaughter0
Rape31
Robbery24
Crime Rate (Total Incidents)1,147
Property Crime1,032
Violent Crime175
2026 Crime (Projected Data)*Incidents
Aggravated Assault156
Arson0
Burglary160
Larceny and Theft886
Motor Vehicle Theft85
Murder and Manslaughter0
Rape32
Robbery42
Crime Rate (Total Incidents)1,246
Property Crime1,131
Violent Crime229

Property and Violent Crime Totals

San Luis Obispo Property Crime

San Luis Obispo Violent Crime

Actual versus Projected Crime Totals

San Luis Obispo Crime 2025

San Luis Obispo Crime 2026

City versus State versus National Crime Comparison

San Luis Obispo Property Crime vs. State and National Comparison

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