Safest Cities in California

The Rest of the Top 50

21-30

Lake Forest

Sierra Madre

Foster City

Hillsborough

Oakley

Mission Viejo

Yorba Linda

Cudahy

Bear Valley

Los Altos

41-50

Laguna Niguel

Santa Paula

Gonzales

Canyon Lake

Windsor

Holtville

San Juan Capistrano

Woodlake

San Clemente

Firebaugh

Safe Cities with Populations over 50,000

Califonia Cities with Populations over 50K with Low Crime Rates

Statistically, smaller towns and cities typically fare better in comparisons of this nature.  While larger cities often have some of the safest neighborhoods in California, often times more urban areas may have much higher crime rates.

Because the larger cities have to struggle with many challenges that smaller towns and communities might not have to deal with, The Home Security Advisor recognizes some of the larger cities in California that have done an admirable job providing safe communities for their residents.

Process – The way in which the Top 50 were Chosen

To determine the most secure towns and cities throughout California, our staff members reviewed the most up-to-date  (2016) FBI Uniform Crime Report results with respect to towns and cities with Five thousand residents or higher, who recorded their crime data..

Our staff members considered both “Violent” (aggravated assault, murder, rape and robbery) and “Property Crimes” (burglary, arson, larceny-theft, motor vehicle theft). These figures were weighted in order to accurately indicate the seriousness of the criminal activity. Violent crimes have been factored by .60 and property crimes by .40.

This number would be then divided by the population in the community. For comparison purposes, we normalized the mathematical finding to reflect weighted criminal offenses per 100,000.

While it’s true no rating system is infallible, this provides a very good mathematical gauge of the overall safety and security in the community. If you’re considering transferring to California, these residential districts are amongst the top rated safest metropolitan areas within which one could take up residence.

Nevertheless, it is advisable to understand that not every town and city reports their records.

Additionally, certain areas inside any community may very well be much less hazardous compared to others. This is especially valid in more robust cities. Therefore, one needs to check into specific neighborhoods within the community and communicate with law enforcement to obtain a better overall impression of the security and safety on a local level.

To get more detailed information on keeping your family and home safer, we recommend you consider an overview of Strategies for Home Security…and consider a top rated professionally monitored home security system.