Rocklin crime drops again in 2025, marking fifth straight year of decline
The city of Rocklin saw declines in both violent and property crime in 2025, continuing a five-year drop in overall crime, according to the Rocklin Police Department’s annual report.
The department said violent crime — which includes reports of homicide, rape, robbery and aggravated assault — decreased by 27% compared to 2024. In 2025, there was one homicide, 24 rapes, three robberies and 62 aggravated assaults.
Property crime — which includes burglary, larceny, vehicle theft and arson — were down 9% year over year, according to the report. There were 46 reports of burglary, 529 reports of larceny, 37 reports of vehicle theft and 16 reports of arson in 2025.
Police Chief Rustin Banks said 2025 marked the fifth consecutive year of declining crime in Rocklin. He said he was proud of how the department’s strategy has taken hold.
“I think the strategy that we’ve been trying to carry out, which is implementing responsible technology in the city and just really pouring into our folks, is starting to play out,” he said.
He said a combination of license plate readers, traffic cameras and real-time crime center software has improved the department’s response to criminal activity.
Banks said the technology is important, but success also depends on staffing and training.
“We’ve been able to just really, in my opinion, just really step up in our hiring, in our promotions and in our training,” he said. “The team is doing a great job.”
The report said the department made 1,136 total arrests — 344 for felonies and 792 for misdemeanors.
The Rocklin communications center answered 69,950 calls in 2025, including 53,871 business calls, 27,737 enforcement calls, 16,079 911 calls, 1,726 fire calls and 4,687 medical calls.
Banks said he was thankful for the City Council and city manager: “They really have given us clear expectations on what they want for this community.”
He said those expectations prioritize public safety.
“They’ve given us clear expectations and the resources in order to carry those expectations out and so I’m just thankful for that,” Banks said.
The Rocklin Unified School District recorded 786 total calls, including 239 calls for service, 547 officer-initiated activities and 107 cases.
Sierra College reported 320 total calls, including 16 calls for service, 304 officer-initiated activities and 14 cases.
The professional standards unit reported nine uses of force in 2025, according to the department.
“Of the times force was used, bodily force was used 6 times, K9 was used 2 times and baton was used 1 time,” the report said.
Dallas, the department’s 2-year-old K-9, joined the team in 2025 and was deployed 41 times, resulting in 22 apprehensions.
Community service officers handled 2,323 calls for service and 1,282 officer-initiated activities, according to the report.
The community-oriented policing and problem-solving unit responded to 1,888 calls for service and assisted patrol on 936 calls. The unit made 376 arrests, issued 128 outreach referrals, conducted 76 camp clearings and completed 18 business inspections.
The department said that traffic collision totals remained steady.
“In 2025, traffic collision remained steady, including 490 collisions,” the report said. “This included 355 non-injury collisions and 135 injury collisions. Of the total, 106 collisions were classified as hit-and-runs.”
The crime scene investigation unit examined 599 latent fingerprints, according to the report.
“CSI personnel examined a total of 599 latent fingerprints, successfully processing 57 identifiable prints and achieving 10 confirmed matches,” the report said.
The property and evidence unit received 4,956 items and processed 3,005 of them, the report said.
The crime analysis unit handled 101 requests for information through the Rocklin Intelligence Center, according to the report.
“The analyst reviews daily calls for service, reports, bulletins and data to produce actionable intelligence,” the report said. ‘She also conducts in-depth statistical analysis, identifies emerging crime trends and criminal networks in assist in suspect identification.”
The records unit processed 4,187 reports, 5,816 supplements, 2,220 report requests and 837 subpoenas, according to the report.
