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Sunnyvale Crime Rate Report (California)

Sunnyvale crime statistics report an overall upward trend in crime based on data from 26 years with violent crime increasing and property crime increasing. Based on this trend, the crime rate in Sunnyvale for 2026 is expected to be higher than in 2025.

The city violent crime rate for Sunnyvale in 2025 was lower than the national violent crime rate average by 43.11% and the city property crime rate in Sunnyvale was higher than the national property crime rate average by 20%.

In 2025 the city violent crime rate in Sunnyvale was lower than the violent crime rate in California by 56.92% and the city property crime rate in Sunnyvale was higher than the property crime rate in California but only by 2.76%.

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

Sunnyvale Crime Statistics
Summary Report

2025 Crime (Actual Data)*Incidents
Aggravated Assault190
Arson26
Burglary420
Larceny and Theft2,144
Motor Vehicle Theft331
Murder and Manslaughter1
Rape36
Robbery66
Crime Rate (Total Incidents)3,095
Property Crime2,895
Violent Crime293
2026 Crime (Projected Data)*Incidents
Aggravated Assault252
Arson33
Burglary470
Larceny and Theft2,425
Motor Vehicle Theft420
Murder and Manslaughter1
Rape46
Robbery88
Crime Rate (Total Incidents)3,516
Property Crime3,316
Violent Crime386

Property and Violent Crime Totals

Sunnyvale Property Crime

Sunnyvale Violent Crime

Actual versus Projected Crime Totals

Sunnyvale Crime 2025

Sunnyvale Crime 2026

City versus State versus National Crime Comparison

Sunnyvale Property Crime vs. State and National Comparison

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