The crime rate in Rio Vista is considerably higher than the national average across all communities in America from the largest to the smallest, although at 12 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 Rio Vista is 1 in 80. Based on FBI crime data, Rio Vista is not one of the safest communities in America. Relative to California, Rio Vista has a crime rate that is higher than 30% of the state's cities and towns of all sizes.

How does the crime rate in Rio Vista compare to similar sized communities across America? When NeighborhoodScout compared Rio Vista with other communities its size, we found that the crime rate was near the average for all other communities of similar size. So, whether Rio Vista's crime rate is high or low compared to all places in the US, when we control for population size and compare it to places that are similar in size, it is near the middle of the pack in crime rate; not much more or less dangerous, and about what we would expect from the statistics.

Now let us turn to take a look at how Rio Vista 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 Rio Vista.

From our analysis, we discovered that violent crime in Rio Vista occurs at a rate higher than in most communities of all population sizes in America. The chance that a person will become a victim of a violent crime in Rio Vista; such as armed robbery, aggravated assault, rape or murder; is 1 in 280. This equates to a rate of 4 per one thousand inhabitants.

Moreover, the rate of property crime in Rio Vista; burglary, larceny ($50 or more), grand theft auto, and arson; is 9 per 1,000 residents. This is about average for all cities and towns in America of all population sizes.