Crime in Pleasant Hill, California

Pleasant Hill's crime rate

There were 1,572 crimes reported in Pleasant Hill, California in 2019, the most recent year crime data is available. Adjusted for population, the city’s annual crime rate is 4,475 incidents for every 100,000 people.

How does Pleasant Hill compare?

Pleasant Hill has one of the highest overall crime rates of any U.S. city. For comparison, the national total crime rate is 2,489 incidents for every 100,000 people.

Pleasant Hill's overall crime rate is 61% higher than the overall crime rate in California. Statewide, there were 1,095,445 crimes reported in 2019, or 2,772 for every 100,000 people.

What types of crimes are being committed?

The FBI's crime rate includes seven crime categories: three property crimes -- larceny, burglary, and motor vehicle theft, and four violent crimes -- aggravated assault, robbery, rape, and murder.

Property crime

The vast majority of crimes in America are property crimes, accounting for 85% of total crimes in 2019. In Pleasant Hill, however, property crimes account for about 94% of all offenses.

Property crime is much more prevalent in Pleasant Hill than it is nationwide. There were 1,484 property crimes in Pleasant Hill in 2019, or 4,225 for every 100,000 residents. Meanwhile, the national property crime rate is 2,110 incidents per 100,000 people.

Larceny

Larceny is by far the most common type of property crime in the U.S. It is also the most commonly committed type of property crime in Pleasant Hill. There were 1,276 larcenies reported in Pleasant Hill in 2019, or 3,633 for every 100,000 people. Nationwide, the larceny rate is 1,550 per 100,000.

Burglary

There were 112 break-ins reported in Pleasant Hill in 2019, or 319 for every 100,000 residents. For reference, there were 341 reported burglaries for every 100,000 people nationwide in 2019.

Motor Vehicle Theft

Across the United States, the annual motor vehicle theft rate is 220 for every 100,000 people. In Pleasant Hill, meanwhile, there were 96 motor vehicle thefts in 2019, or 273 for every 100,000 people.

Violent crime

Violent crime accounts for a relatively small share of crimes nationwide. These offenses, which are generally more egregious than property crimes, account for about 15% of the nearly 8.2 million offenses reported across the U.S. in 2019. In Pleasant Hill, however, violent offenses account for a much smaller 6% share of all reported crime.

At 251 incidents for every 100,000 people, the violent crime rate in Pleasant Hill is below the national violent crime rate of 379 offenses per 100,000 people. Law enforcement in Pleasant Hill reported a total of 88 violent crimes in 2019.

Aggravated Assault

Aggravated assault is by far the most common type of violent crime reported in the U.S. In Pleasant Hill, however, robbery is the most commonly reported type of violent crime. There were 36 aggravated assaults reported in Pleasant Hill in 2019, or 103 for every 100,000 people. Nationwide, the rate is far higher, standing at 250 aggravated assaults per 100,000 people.

Robbery

Robbery is the second most common type of violent crime in America. There were 41 robberies reported in Pleasant Hill in 2019, a rate of 117 robberies for every 100,000 residents. For comparison, the national robbery rate was 82 per 100,000 in 2019.

Rape

There were 11 rapes reported in Pleasant Hill in 2019, or 31 for every 100,000 people. Nationwide, there were 139,815 rapes in 2019, a rate of 43 per 100,000 people.

Murder

While there were 16,425 murders nationwide in 2019, none were reported in Pleasant Hill.

Pleasant Hill compared to other cities in California

Pleasant Hill has a higher crime rate than the vast majority of all comparable cities in California. To be considered comparable, a city must have a complete 2019 FBI crime report and population of 5,000 or more.

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