Of the 250 California cities evaluated for overall safety by Safewise.com, Novato ranks in the top half at 100 and San Rafael ranks in the bottom half at 199.
Danville was rated #1, according to the organization’s 8th annual list.
California’s violent crime rate, Safewise’s report said, held steady year over year, avoiding the spike seen across most of the country. The Golden State saw 4.4 violent crime incidents per 1,000 people—exceeding the national rate of 4.0 but avoiding an increase over the previous reporting year.
California continued to see a decline in its property crime rate, falling nearly 9% from 23.4 incidents per 1,000 to 21.4. Again, California’s crime rate is higher than the national rate of 19.6, but it’s trending down year over year.
Higher-than-average levels of concern in California, the report said, coincide with higher reports of personal experience with violent crime, gun violence, and package theft. Property crime was the only crime for which Californians reported less experience than the national average in the latest survey.
Reported experience with property crime was cut in half year over year, falling from 38% to 16% during our last survey period (US 18%). Experience with violent crime was two percentage points higher than the national average of 10%, and personal run-ins with package theft came in six points higher than the national average of 20%. Gun violence barely exceeded the nationwide average, with 9% of Californians reporting a personal experience (US 8%).
Despite drops in both violent and property crime statewide, 70% of Californians believe that crime is increasing in the state.
You need to mention that is out of 230 cities. You also need to Compare to ranking of last year 61! Novato crime has gone BIG TIME up and safety BIG TIME down. Thanks to the leftist leaders treating criminals better than upstanding citizens.