Redding crime: the official numbers by year
Every California police agency reports crime counts to the state Department of Justice (DOJ), which publishes them on OpenJustice. The table shows offenses reported by the Redding Police Department in the DOJ's Crimes and Clearances file for 1985 to 2025, published in July 2026. Rates per 100,000 residents for 2025 use the Census Bureau's 2020-2024 population estimate for Redding, 93,409.
| Year | Violent crimes | Property crimes | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 614 | 4,169 | Full year |
| 2016 | 720 | 3,837 | Full year |
| 2017 | 654 | 3,841 | Full year |
| 2018 | 620 | 3,433 | Full year |
| 2019 | 174 | 937 | Counts far below other years; treat as incomplete |
| 2020 | 513 | 2,323 | Full year |
| 2021 | No row | No row | Redding PD not in the DOJ file |
| 2022 | No row | No row | Redding PD not in the DOJ file |
| 2023 | 573 | 1,180 | Transition year to NIBRS |
| 2024 | 599 | 1,614 | First full NIBRS year |
| 2025 | 685 | 1,540 | Latest year, NIBRS |
Redding's 2025 crime counts in detail
The 685 violent crimes in 2025 were 7 homicides, 99 rapes, 86 robberies and 493 aggravated assaults. The 1,540 property crimes were 75 burglaries, 186 motor vehicle thefts and 1,279 larceny-thefts. The file also records 9 arsons. That works out to about 733 violent and 1,649 property crimes per 100,000 residents. Using the same DOJ file and the Census statewide population of 39,287,377, California as a whole recorded about 434 violent and 1,797 property crimes per 100,000 in 2025. Redding's violent rate is higher than the state's and its property rate lower, on these counts.
Redding compared with the rest of Shasta County
Across all agencies in Shasta County, the DOJ file shows 1,008 violent and 2,090 property crimes in 2025. Redding police recorded 68% of the county's violent crimes and 74% of its property crimes, while the city holds about 51% of the county's 181,436 residents (Census 2020-2024). The Shasta County Sheriff's Department, which covers unincorporated areas, recorded 241 violent and 357 property crimes, and Anderson police 78 and 147. Cities draw shoppers, workers and visitors from across the county, which pushes up counts per resident in any regional center.
Why Redding's numbers are hard to compare year to year
Two things break Redding's series, and both matter before you read a trend into it.
The switch to NIBRS in May 2023
The Redding Police Department says it moved from the old Uniform Crime Reporting summary system to the FBI's National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS) on May 2, 2023. Under the old system, an incident was counted once by its most serious offense; NIBRS counts every offense in an incident and counts crimes against persons by victim. The department states that post-NIBRS figures lack direct comparability with its earlier data, and that 2023 mixes both systems: January 1 to May 1 under the old rules, May 2 onward under NIBRS. So the drop in property crime from 3,433 in 2018 to 1,540 in 2025 cannot be read as a straight 55% fall.
Missing and partial years
The DOJ file has no Redding Police Department rows for 2021 or 2022, and its 2019 counts are a fraction of the years on either side. We have not filled those gaps or estimated them. The department's own page says its historical statistics cover 2010 to 2022, so for those years ask the department directly, by email through its crime statistics page, for the figures it reported.
What the counts do and do not measure
These are crimes reported to police, not the total amount of crime or the number of victims. Counts also follow where people go: as the main city in Shasta County, Redding draws shoppers, workers and visitors from well beyond its limits, and incidents are recorded where they happen. Clearances, meaning offenses closed by arrest or other means, are in the same file: in 2025 Redding police cleared 364 of 685 violent crimes (53%) and 455 of 1,540 property crimes (30%), against about 46% and 11% statewide.
Why this page does not rank Redding neighborhoods
No official dataset publishes crime rates by Redding neighborhood. The DOJ and the FBI report at the agency level, and the police department's public statistics are citywide. Sites that grade Redding neighborhoods for safety usually model or blend figures for areas that have no official breakdown, and a grade can steer people for the wrong reasons. We only report what an official dataset supports, so this page shows the citywide record and the tools you can use to look at the streets around a specific home yourself.
How to check crime near a Redding address
Redding Police Department crime statistics and arrest logs
The Redding Police Department's crime statistics page holds its NIBRS statistics, historical figures for 2010 to 2022, the hate crime log and arrest logs. Arrest logs show recent activity by location, but an arrest is not a conviction, and the absence of entries does not mean the absence of crime. Questions go to the department by email or at 530-225-4200. The department is at 777 Cypress Avenue.
California DOJ OpenJustice
OpenJustice is the best source for long-term trends and for comparing Redding with other California cities on the same definitions, back to 1985. It reports at the city level only, and, as the table shows, Redding has gaps in recent years.
FBI Crime Data Explorer
The FBI's Crime Data Explorer shows NIBRS data by agency, with rates per 100,000 and state and national comparisons. Search for the Redding Police Department and check which months it reported in full in each year before comparing.
Megan's Law website
The California DOJ's Megan's Law site lets you search registered sex offenders near an address. Run it yourself for any home you are considering.
Visit, ask and compare
Walk the street at night and on a weekend, ask neighbors, and if there is an HOA, ask about any incidents or patrol contracts. Insurance quotes, which you should get before removing contingencies, also reflect an insurer's view of risk at that address.
Fire, flood and other hazards in Redding
For most Redding buyers, a natural hazard is a bigger financial risk than crime. These checks are mapped down to the parcel.
Wildfire zones in Redding
The 2018 Carr Fire reached parts of Redding, and the land for the planned Peaks subdivision off Quartz Hill Road lies in part of its burn scar, in a Very High Fire Hazard Severity Zone (Shasta Scout, December 2025); KRCR reported in August 2025 that the city describes Quartz Hill as a high wildfire severity zone. The City of Redding publishes a Wildfire Information Map and a Parcel Report map that shows whether an address is in a high fire or flood zone. A Very High zone brings defensible-space and building rules, is part of the natural hazard disclosure, and affects whether insurers will write a policy. Our California fire zones guide explains the zones, and the FAIR Plan guide covers the fallback when private insurers decline.
Flood zones along the Sacramento River and creeks
Look up the address on FEMA's Flood Map Service Center. In a high-risk zone (zones starting with A) with a federally backed loan, the lender will require flood insurance, which a standard homeowners policy does not include. The city's Parcel Report also shows floodplain status.
Earthquake and other zones in one search
Cal OES MyHazards shows earthquake, flood and fire zones for an address in a single lookup. Earthquake damage is excluded from standard homeowners policies; see our earthquake insurance guide.
A checklist before you buy or rent in Redding
- Read the Redding PD arrest logs and the FBI Crime Data Explorer for the area over several months, not one week.
- Run the City of Redding Parcel Report for the address: fire, flood, zoning and school district in one page.
- Search the Megan's Law site for the address.
- Check MyHazards and FEMA's flood map.
- Get homeowners insurance quotes before you remove your contingencies.
- Visit at different times of day.
For daily life in the city, see is Redding a good place to live, and for prices by area the Redding ZIP codes page. The safest places to live in California guide uses the same official sources to compare cities statewide.