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Fresno, CA · the CityFunIndex

Safety in Fresno

Fresno ranks T#75 of 134 US cities for staying safe, with a safety score of 44 — Some Fun. That puts it in the 45th percentile nationally and #15 of 18 in California.

safety score
44
Some Fun
National rank
T#75 of 134
In California
#15 of 18
Percentile
45th

The typical city scores 50 for staying safe; Fresno sits 6 points below the median.

How safety is measured

Reported violent and property crime rates.

The safety score is the flip side of our crime measure — 100 minus the raw crime score — so a city with less of it scores higher.

Data sources: FBI Crime Data Explorer and city open-data crime portals.

Full methodology → Glossary The raw measurement is part of the Data plan →

Ranked around Fresno

  1. #73 Saint Paul, MN 46
  2. #74 Toledo, OH 45
  3. T#75 Fresno, CA — this page 44
  4. #77 Aurora, CO 43
  5. #78 Chicago, IL 42

See the full leaderboard — The safest cities in America →

Top US cities for staying safe

  1. #1 Jackson, WY 100
  2. #2 Gilbert, AZ 99
  3. T#3 Boise, ID 98
  4. T#3 Santa Clarita, CA 98
  5. #5 Irvine, CA 97

More about Fresno

Fresno scores 23 overall (Quiet) on the CityFunIndex. Its strongest factors: