Santa Margarita has an overall crime rate of 9 per 1,000 residents, making the crime rate here near the average for all cities and towns of all sizes in America. According to our analysis of FBI crime data, your chance of becoming a victim of crime in Santa Margarita is 1 in 117. How does Santa Margarita fare compared to other communities in California of all population sizes? Santa Margarita's crime rate is lower than approximately 83% of California communities.

How does the crime rate in Santa Margarita compare to similar sized communities across America? When NeighborhoodScout compared Santa Margarita with other communities its size, we found that the crime rate was near the average for all other communities of similar size. So, whether Santa Margarita'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 Santa Margarita 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 Santa Margarita.

From our analysis, we discovered that violent crime in Santa Margarita 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 Santa Margarita; such as armed robbery, aggravated assault, rape or murder; is 1 in 323. This equates to a rate of 3 per one thousand inhabitants.

NeighborhoodScout's analysis of property crime reveals that the property crime rate in Santa Margarita is below average to all cities and towns in the nation. This means that you are less likely to become a victim of arson, motor vehicle theft, larceny, or burglary in Santa Margarita than in most communities in America. Your chance of becoming a victim of property crime if you live here? Just one in 184.