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Watsonville Crime Rate Report (California)

Watsonville 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 Watsonville for 2025 is expected to be lower than in 2019.

The city violent crime rate for Watsonville in 2019 was higher than the national violent crime rate average by 59.32% and the city property crime rate in Watsonville was lower than the national property crime rate average by 15.19%.

In 2019 the city violent crime rate in Watsonville was higher than the violent crime rate in California by 37.01% and the city property crime rate in Watsonville was lower than the property crime rate in California by 23.24%.

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

2019 Crime (Actual Data)*Incidents
Aggravated Assault237
Arson8
Burglary148
Larceny and Theft589
Motor Vehicle Theft234
Murder and Manslaughter1
Rape37
Robbery53
Crime Rate (Total Incidents)1,310
Property Crime971
Violent Crime328
2025 Crime (Projected Data)*Incidents
Aggravated Assault207
Arson9
Burglary103
Larceny and Theft629
Motor Vehicle Theft491
Murder and Manslaughter0
Rape49
Robbery22
Crime Rate (Total Incidents)1,556
Property Crime1,217
Violent Crime278

Property and Violent Crime Totals

Watsonville Property Crime

Watsonville Violent Crime

Actual versus Projected Crime Totals

Watsonville Crime 2019

Watsonville Crime 2025

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 and crime data available from previous years of actual reported data. In this case, the Watsonville crime report data for 2025 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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