CA DOJ Crime Data Rapid Response

Things left to do

  • Clearance rate call-outs
  • Update for new population data from DOJ (only possible after release)

Violent crime rate, 1990 - 2024

  • California’s violent crime rate changed -3.2% between 2023 and 2024.
  • The violent crime rate has changed +8.8% since 2020.
  • California’s violent crime rate is down +56.9% since its peak in 1992.

Violent crime has decreased while the number of police officers has stayed flat, 1990 - 2024

  • California’s violent crime rate changed -3.2% between 2023 and 2024.
  • The violent crime rate has changed +8.8% since 2020.
  • California’s violent crime rate is down +56.9% since its peak in 1992.

Property crime rate, 1990 - 2024

  • California’s property crime rate changed -8.4% between 2023 and 2024.
  • The property crime rate has changed -1.5% since 2020.

Retail theft rate, 1990 - 2024

  • California’s retail theft crime rate changed +4.9% between 2023 and 2024.

Juvenile arrests, 1990 - 2024

  • California’s juvenile arrest rate changed +2.8% between 2023 and 2024.
  • The juvenile arrest rate is down +91.4% since its peak in 1980.

Juvenile violent arrest rates by year, 1990 - 2024

  • California’s juvenile violent crime arrest rate changed -0.3% between 2023 and 2024.
  • The juvenile violent crime arrest rate is down +74.7% since its peak in 1990.

Juvenile arrests for violent felonies, 1990 - 2024

  • The number of juveniles arrested for violent felonies changed -0.5% between 2023 and 2024.

Arrest rates by race, 1990 - 2024