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Palo Alto Crime Rate Report (California)

Palo Alto crime statistics report an overall downward trend in crime based on data from 21 years with violent crime decreasing and property crime decreasing. Based on this trend, the crime rate in Palo Alto for 2024 is expected to be lower than in 2019.

The city violent crime rate for Palo Alto in 2019 was lower than the national violent crime rate average by 66.14% and the city property crime rate in Palo Alto was higher than the national property crime rate average by 40.4%.

In 2019 the city violent crime rate in Palo Alto was lower than the violent crime rate in California by 70.88% and the city property crime rate in Palo Alto was higher than the property crime rate in California by 27.08%.

Property and Violent Crime
Palo Alto Property Crime vs. State and National Per Capita
Palo Alto Violent Crime vs. State and National Per Capita

Palo Alto Crime Statistics
Summary Report

2019 Crime (Actual Data)*Incidents
Aggravated Assault29
Arson8
Burglary179
Larceny and Theft1,722
Motor Vehicle Theft82
Murder and Manslaughter1
Rape10
Robbery46
Crime Rate (Total Incidents)2,077
Property Crime1,983
Violent Crime86
2024 Crime (Projected Data)*Incidents
Aggravated Assault44
Arson0
Burglary158
Larceny and Theft1,808
Motor Vehicle Theft114
Murder and Manslaughter1
Rape14
Robbery41
Crime Rate (Total Incidents)2,168
Property Crime2,074
Violent Crime100

Property and Violent Crime Totals

Palo Alto Property Crime

Palo Alto Violent Crime

Actual versus Projected Crime Totals

Palo Alto Crime 2019

Palo Alto Crime 2024

City versus State versus National Crime Comparison

Palo Alto Property Crime vs. State and National Comparison

Palo Alto Violent Crime vs. State and National Comparison
* The source of actual data on this Palo Alto, 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 and crime data available from previous years of actual reported data. In this case, the Palo Alto crime report data for 2024 was projected from 21 years of actual data. The last year of actual available crime data, as reported above, was 2019.

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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