On a scale of 1 to 100, violent crime in Sacramento is 35.6 (with the US average of 22.7); property crime is 46.9 (with the US average of 35.4). The crime spike was recorded in Sacramento in 2006-2007; thus, many people still think of high crime rates.Since that time, the crime rate has been continuously declining, and being still a bit over the national average, it is almost leveled up with the California average.