Mount Shasta, CA Crime Statistics For 2023

Demographics | Crime
Updated: 2023-10-25

Crime Rate In Mount Shasta, CA Summary

Crime in Mount Shasta research summary. HomeSnacks has been using Saturday Night Science to report crime data in Mount Shasta 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 Mount Shasta:

  • There were 46 total crimes committed in Mount Shasta the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 1,412.3 total crimes per 100K people in Mount Shasta.
  • The overall crime rate in Mount Shasta is -39.23% below the national average.
  • Mount Shasta ranks #86 safest out of 462 cities in California.
  • Mount Shasta ranks #5,064 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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Mount Shasta Vs California And National Crime Rates

According to the most recent data from the FBI, the total crime rate in Mount Shasta is 1,412.3 per 100,000 people. That's -39.23% lower than the national rate of 2,324.2 per 100,000 people and -45.28% lower than the California total crime rate of 2,581.0 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
Mount Shasta
/ 100k People
California
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 46 1,412.3 2,581.0 2,324.2
Murder 0 0.0 5.6 6.3
Robbery 0 0.0 113.6 66.1
Aggravated Assault 18 552.7 288.7 268.2
Violent Crime 20 614.1 442.0 369.8
Burglary 6 184.2 369.7 269.8
Larceny 14 429.8 1,341.7 1,401.9
Car Theft 6 184.2 427.6 282.7
Property Crime 26 798.3 2,138.9 1,954.4

Mount Shasta 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 Mount Shasta

20
Violent Crimes
614.1
Violent Crimes / 100k People
66.05%
Above The National Average
  • There were 20 violent crimes in Mount Shasta in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in Mount Shasta is 614.1 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 162.9 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in Mount Shasta each year. That compares to a 1 in 226.2 chance statewide.
  • That's 66.05% higher than the national rate of 369.8 per 100,000 people.
  • 38.91% higher than the California violent crime rate of 442.0 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In Mount Shasta

26
Property Crimes
798.3
Property Crimes / 100k People
-59.15%
Below The National Average
  • There were 26 property crimes in Mount Shasta in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in Mount Shasta is 798.3 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 125.3 chance of being the victim of a property crime in Mount Shasta each year. That compares to a 1 in 0.0 chance nationally.
  • That's -59.15% lower than the national rate of 1,954.4 per 100,000 people.
  • And -62.68% lower than the California property crime rate of 2,138.9 per 100,000 people.

Crime In Cities Around Mount Shasta

City Population Count
Raw
Total Crime
/ 100k People
Property Crime
/ 100k People
Violent Crime
/ 100k People
Yreka, CA 7,865 488 6,204.7 4,704.4 1,500.3
Weed, CA 2,888 85 2,943.2 1,939.1 1,004.2
Dunsmuir, CA 1,720 42 2,441.9 1,395.3 1,046.5

Mount Shasta SnackAbility

8
/10
Overall SnackAbility
Jobs
7/10
Housing
8.5
Affordability
3
Diversity
6
Safety
6
Amenities
6
Education
8.5
Commute
10
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