Sacramento crimes down in all major categories, police in 2025 data report
Crime reported in the capital city dropped in all major categories in 2025 compared to 2024, Sacramento Police Department data released this week showed.
The sharpest declines were in car thefts and burglaries, while police also marked declines in aggravated assaults, robberies, rape and homicides, according to department data released Wednesday.
Police recorded 2,257 car thefts in 2025, a 17% drop from the previous year. Burglaries fell 12.5%, from nearly 2,400 cases in 2024.
Robberies declined to 889 incidents in 2025, down more than 12% from the more than 1,000 reported the year before, according to the agency’s data.
The department reported 42 homicides in 2025, slightly fewer than the 43 recorded in 2024. Reports of rape also edged down, from 115 cases in 2024 to 109 last year.
The Sacramento Bee, citing its analysis, tallied 36 criminal homicide deaths within the city limits in 2025, 20% fewer than the 45 in 2024. The total was revised after several victims died in 2025 from crimes committed in prior years.
The per capita rate for the year in the city of Sacramento, was 6.7 homicide deaths per 100,000 people, according to The Bee’s reporting, two percentage points higher than the total for all of Sacramento County, which was 4.3 homicides.
Police investigated 38 homicides in 2023 and 54 in 2022, according to data collected by The Bee.
On a per-capita basis, the other crime categories reported to police declined in the city, according to the agency’s figures:
- Motor vehicle theft fell to about 421 incidents per 100,000 residents in 2025, down from roughly 508 the year before.
- Larceny and theft declined to about 1,437 incidents per 100,000 residents, down from about 1,618 in 2024.
- Burglary dropped to roughly 386 incidents per 100,000 residents, down from about 441 the previous year.
- Aggravated assault fell to about 457 incidents per 100,000 residents, down from roughly 513 in 2024.
- Robbery declined to about 166 incidents per 100,000 residents, down from roughly 189 the year before.
- Rape was down to about 20 incidents per 100,000 residents in 2025, compared with roughly 22 in 2024.
Department officials in a statement accompanying the data’s release, credited innovations including a citywide public safety camera network, along with a “combination of proactive policing, and strong investigative work” for the reductions.
“We’re always looking for the next innovative option that will help us keep our city safer and in a more efficient way,” said Sacramento Police Officer Allison Smith, a department spokesperson. “Reduction in crime is multifaceted. It comes from the work that we do as a police department, but also how we continue to build trust and work with our community.”
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