Mendota, CA Crime Statistics For 2023

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Updated: 2023-10-25

Crime Rate In Mendota, CA Summary

Crime in Mendota research summary. HomeSnacks has been using Saturday Night Science to report crime data in Mendota over the past eight years using the FBI crime explorer. Based on the most recently available data released October 17, 2023, we found the following about crime in Mendota:

  • There were 249 total crimes committed in Mendota the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 1,942.4 total crimes per 100K people in Mendota.
  • The overall crime rate in Mendota is -16.43% below the national average.
  • Mendota ranks #174 safest out of 462 cities in California.
  • Mendota ranks #6,419 safest out of 9,869 cities in the United States.

Because the crime rate is so low in America, we use "per 100,000 people" to make the number a bit easier to compare across locations visually. It's mathematically the same as doing per capita comparisons and isn't conveying that there are 100,000+ people in a location.

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Mendota Vs California And National Crime Rates

According to the most recent data from the FBI, the total crime rate in Mendota is 1,942.4 per 100,000 people. That's -16.43% lower than the national rate of 2,324.2 per 100,000 people and -24.74% lower than the California total crime rate of 2,581.0 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
Mendota
/ 100k People
California
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 249 1,942.4 2,581.0 2,324.2
Murder 0 0.0 5.6 6.3
Robbery 3 23.4 113.6 66.1
Aggravated Assault 69 538.3 288.7 268.2
Violent Crime 78 608.5 442.0 369.8
Burglary 31 241.8 369.7 269.8
Larceny 64 499.3 1,341.7 1,401.9
Car Theft 76 592.9 427.6 282.7
Property Crime 171 1,334.0 2,138.9 1,954.4

Mendota Crime Compared To California Averages

Each category of crime indexed to the worst per capita in California.
Data Source -- FBI UCR 2022.

Violent Crime Rates In Mendota

78
Violent Crimes
608.5
Violent Crimes / 100k People
64.54%
Above The National Average
  • There were 78 violent crimes in Mendota in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in Mendota is 608.5 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 164.3 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in Mendota each year. That compares to a 1 in 226.2 chance statewide.
  • That's 64.54% higher than the national rate of 369.8 per 100,000 people.
  • 37.65% higher than the California violent crime rate of 442.0 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In Mendota

171
Property Crimes
1,334.0
Property Crimes / 100k People
-31.75%
Below The National Average
  • There were 171 property crimes in Mendota in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in Mendota is 1,334.0 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 75.0 chance of being the victim of a property crime in Mendota each year. That compares to a 1 in 0.0 chance nationally.
  • That's -31.75% lower than the national rate of 1,954.4 per 100,000 people.
  • And -37.63% lower than the California property crime rate of 2,138.9 per 100,000 people.

Crime In Cities Around Mendota

City Population Count
Raw
Total Crime
/ 100k People
Property Crime
/ 100k People
Violent Crime
/ 100k People
Fresno, CA 546,871 23,594 4,314.4 3,449.1 865.3
Clovis, CA 125,348 2,409 1,921.8 1,733.6 188.3
Hanford, CA 58,990 1,052 1,783.4 1,354.5 428.9
Coalinga, CA 17,546 276 1,573.0 854.9 718.1
Kerman, CA 16,304 329 2,017.9 1,502.7 515.2
Kingsburg, CA 12,879 284 2,205.1 1,917.9 287.3
Firebaugh, CA 8,126 121 1,489.0 1,144.5 344.6
Fowler, CA 7,123 127 1,783.0 1,319.7 463.3
Dos Palos, CA 5,793 105 1,812.5 1,225.6 586.9

Mendota SnackAbility

4
/10
Overall SnackAbility
Jobs
3/10
Housing
7
Affordability
4
Diversity
3
Safety
5
Amenities
9
Education
1
Commute
4
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