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Watsonville Crime Rate Report (California)

Watsonville crime statistics report an overall downward trend in crime based on data from 25 years with violent crime decreasing and property crime decreasing. Based on this trend, the crime rate in Watsonville for 2026 is expected to be lower than in 2025.

The city violent crime rate for Watsonville in 2025 was higher than the national violent crime rate average by 27.39% and the city property crime rate in Watsonville was lower than the national property crime rate average by 36.04%.

In 2025 the city violent crime rate in Watsonville was lower than the violent crime rate in California by 3.55% and the city property crime rate in Watsonville was lower than the property crime rate in California by 45.23%.

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

Watsonville Crime Statistics
Summary Report

2025 Crime (Actual Data)*Incidents
Aggravated Assault144
Arson5
Burglary48
Larceny and Theft332
Motor Vehicle Theft121
Murder and Manslaughter1
Rape26
Robbery42
Crime Rate (Total Incidents)840
Property Crime501
Violent Crime213
2026 Crime (Projected Data)*Incidents
Aggravated Assault180
Arson5
Burglary51
Larceny and Theft245
Motor Vehicle Theft99
Murder and Manslaughter0
Rape30
Robbery26
Crime Rate (Total Incidents)733
Property Crime394
Violent Crime236

Property and Violent Crime Totals

Watsonville Property Crime

Watsonville Violent Crime

Actual versus Projected Crime Totals

Watsonville Crime 2025

Watsonville Crime 2026

City versus State versus National Crime Comparison

Watsonville Property Crime vs. State and National Comparison

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