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Santa Maria Crime Rate Report (California)

Santa Maria crime statistics report an overall upward trend in crime based on data from 23 years with violent crime increasing and property crime increasing. Based on this trend, the crime rate in Santa Maria for 2026 is expected to be higher than in 2025.

The city violent crime rate for Santa Maria in 2025 was higher than the national violent crime rate average by 89.3% and the city property crime rate in Santa Maria was higher than the national property crime rate average by 14.05%.

In 2025 the city violent crime rate in Santa Maria was higher than the violent crime rate in California by 43.32% and the city property crime rate in Santa Maria was lower than the property crime rate in California by 2.33%.

Property and Violent Crime
Santa Maria Property Crime vs. State and National Per Capita
Santa Maria Violent Crime vs. State and National Per Capita

Santa Maria Crime Statistics
Summary Report

2025 Crime (Actual Data)*Incidents
Aggravated Assault486
Arson61
Burglary304
Larceny and Theft1,265
Motor Vehicle Theft387
Murder and Manslaughter5
Rape68
Robbery134
Crime Rate (Total Incidents)2,272
Property Crime1,956
Violent Crime693
2026 Crime (Projected Data)*Incidents
Aggravated Assault527
Arson60
Burglary276
Larceny and Theft1,236
Motor Vehicle Theft636
Murder and Manslaughter5
Rape79
Robbery182
Crime Rate (Total Incidents)2,465
Property Crime2,149
Violent Crime793

Property and Violent Crime Totals

Santa Maria Property Crime

Santa Maria Violent Crime

Actual versus Projected Crime Totals

Santa Maria Crime 2025

Santa Maria Crime 2026

City versus State versus National Crime Comparison

Santa Maria Property Crime vs. State and National Comparison

Santa Maria Violent Crime vs. State and National Comparison
* The source of actual data on this Santa Maria, 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 Santa Maria crime report data for 2026 was projected from 23 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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