Analytics built by: Location, Inc.
Raw data sources: 18,000 local law enforcement agencies in the U.S.
Date(s) & Update Frequency: Reflects 2022 calendar year; released from FBI in Oct. 2023 (latest available). Updated annually. Where is 2023 data?
Methodology: Our nationwide meta-analysis overcomes the issues inherent in any crime database, including non-reporting and reporting errors. This is possible by associating the 9.4 million reported crimes in the U.S, including over 2 million geocoded point locations…. Read more about Scout's Crime Data
The crime rate in Tulare is considerably higher than the national average across all communities in America from the largest to the smallest, although at 31 crimes per one thousand residents, it is not among the communities with the very highest crime rate. The chance of becoming a victim of either violent or property crime in Tulare is 1 in 33. Based on FBI crime data, Tulare is not one of the safest communities in America. Relative to California, Tulare has a crime rate that is higher than 82% of the state's cities and towns of all sizes.
Importantly, when you compare Tulare to other communities of similar population, then Tulare crime rate (violent and property crimes combined) is quite a bit higher than average. Regardless of how Tulare does relative to all communities in America of all sizes, when NeighborhoodScout compared it to communities of similar population size, its crime rate per thousand residents stands out as higher than most.
Now let us turn to take a look at how Tulare does for violent crimes specifically, and then how it does for property crimes. This is important because the overall crime rate can be further illuminated by understanding if violent crime or property crimes (or both) are the major contributors to the general rate of crime in Tulare.
For Tulare, we found that the violent crime rate is one of the highest in the nation, across communities of all sizes (both large and small). Violent offenses tracked included rape, murder and non-negligent manslaughter, armed robbery, and aggravated assault, including assault with a deadly weapon. According to NeighborhoodScout's analysis of FBI reported crime data, your chance of becoming a victim of one of these crimes in Tulare is one in 162.
Significantly, based on the number of murders reported by the FBI and the number of residents living in the city, NeighborhoodScout's analysis shows that Tulare experiences one of the higher murder rates in the nation when compared with cities and towns for all sizes of population, from the largest to the smallest.
NeighborhoodScout's analysis also reveals that Tulare's rate for property crime is 24 per one thousand population. This makes Tulare a place where there is an above average chance of becoming a victim of a property crime, when compared to all other communities in America of all population sizes. Property crimes are motor vehicle theft, arson, larceny, and burglary. Your chance of becoming a victim of any of these crimes in Tulare is one in 41.
Importantly, we found that Tulare has one of the highest rates of motor vehicle theft in the nation according to our analysis of FBI crime data. This is compared to communities of all sizes, from the smallest to the largest. In fact, your chance of getting your car stolen if you live in Tulare is one in 112.
(100 is safest)
Violent | Property | Total | |
---|---|---|---|
Number of Crimes |
436 |
1,730 |
2,166 |
Crime Rate
|
6.17 |
24.47 |
30.64 |
Murder | Rape | Robbery | Assault | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Report Total | 9 | 41 | 87 | 299 |
Rate per 1,000 | 0.13 | 0.58 | 1.23 | 4.23 |
Murder | Rape | Robbery | Assault | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Report Total | 21,156 | 133,294 | 220,450 | 893,980 |
Rate per 1,000 | 0.06 | 0.40 | 0.66 | 2.68 |
burglary | theft | motor vehicle theft | |
---|---|---|---|
Report Total | 251 | 848 | 631 |
Rate per 1,000 | 3.55 | 12.00 | 8.93 |
burglary | theft | motor vehicle theft | |
---|---|---|---|
Report Total | 899,293 | 4,672,363 | 942,173 |
Rate per 1,000 | 2.70 | 14.02 | 2.83 |