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San Jose, CA · the CityFunIndex

Safety in San Jose

San Jose ranks #62 of 134 US cities for staying safe, with a safety score of 54 — Fun. That puts it in the 54th percentile nationally and #11 of 18 in California.

safety score
54
Fun
National rank
#62 of 134
In California
#11 of 18
Percentile
54th

The typical city scores 50 for staying safe; San Jose sits 4 points above 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 San Jose

  1. T#59 Raleigh, NC 56
  2. #61 Glendale, AZ 55
  3. #62 San Jose, CA — this page 54
  4. T#63 Los Angeles, CA 53
  5. T#63 New York, NY 53

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 San Jose

San Jose scores 62 overall (Fun) on the CityFunIndex. Its strongest factors: