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San Mateo Crime Rate Report (California)

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

The city violent crime rate for San Mateo in 2025 was lower than the national violent crime rate average by 49.31% and the city property crime rate in San Mateo was lower than the national property crime rate average by 2.93%.

In 2025 the city violent crime rate in San Mateo was lower than the violent crime rate in California by 61.62% and the city property crime rate in San Mateo was lower than the property crime rate in California by 16.87%.

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

San Mateo Crime Statistics
Summary Report

2025 Crime (Actual Data)*Incidents
Aggravated Assault100
Arson8
Burglary80
Larceny and Theft1,323
Motor Vehicle Theft122
Murder and Manslaughter0
Rape31
Robbery39
Crime Rate (Total Incidents)1,803
Property Crime1,525
Violent Crime170
2026 Crime (Projected Data)*Incidents
Aggravated Assault143
Arson6
Burglary61
Larceny and Theft1,541
Motor Vehicle Theft229
Murder and Manslaughter3
Rape37
Robbery71
Crime Rate (Total Incidents)2,109
Property Crime1,831
Violent Crime254

Property and Violent Crime Totals

San Mateo Property Crime

San Mateo Violent Crime

Actual versus Projected Crime Totals

San Mateo Crime 2025

San Mateo Crime 2026

City versus State versus National Crime Comparison

San Mateo Property Crime vs. State and National Comparison

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