SFGate did everyone a service in creating maps showing the year-to-year trends for 2014 crime data recently released by the FBI.
The maps, found here, allow one to pinpoint violent and property crime rates for 2013 and 2014.
Oakland had the highest violent crime rate in the State for 2014 at 16.9 crimes per 1,000 residents. That is down from 19.8 in 2013.
Sand City led the state in property crime in 2014, with an eye-watering 481 property crimes per 1,000 residents. The interesting part for those not familiar with Sand City, the tiny little Monterey County city only had 334 people living there for the 2010 census. Meaning that roughly 160 property crimes took place, just shy of a 1 in 2 ratio.
Overall however, the state saw decreases in both violent and property crime compared to last year. Violent crime rates fell 1.6 per 100,000 residents, while property crime rates fell 7.9 per 100,000 residents.
Notable omissions on the maps are Vernon and Industry down in L.A. County, “which had the highest property and violent crime rates in the state by huge margins, were intentionally removed to prevent skewing the data.”
The full story on California crime can be found here.