Violent and property crime rates per 100,000 population for San Mateo County and the State of California. The total crimes used to calculate the rates for San Mateo County include data from: Sheriff's Department Unincorporated, Atherton, Belmont, Brisbane, Broadmoor, Burlingame, Colma, Daly City, East Palo Alto, Foster City, Half Moon Bay, Hillsborough, Menlo Park, Millbrae, Pacifica, Redwood City, San Bruno, San Carlos, San Mateo, South San Francisco, Bay Area DPR, BART, Union Pacific Railroad, and CA Highway Patrol.

For the purposes of this chart view, we have chosen to focus on violent crimes. This category includes: homicide, rape, robbery, and aggravated assault. These crimes all involve force or the threat of force. It is important to note these violent crime statistics apply only to the areas in San Mateo County where the Sheriff's Office is currently providing law enforcement services. The Sheriff's Office currently provides law enforcement services approximately 800,000 residents.

Counts of Part I committed in San Mateo County from 1985 on. This dataset also includes Part II crimes from 2013 on.

Part I crimes include: homicide, rape, robbery, aggravated assault, burglary, motor vehicle theft, larceny-theft, and arson. These counts include crimes committed at San Francisco International Airport (SFO), Unincorporated San Mateo County, Woodside, Portola Valley, San Carlos from 10/31/10 forward; Half Moon Bay from 6/12/11 forward; and Millbrae from 3/4/12 forward.

Part II crimes do not include San Francisco International Airport (SFO) cases and is an estimate only. An estimate is required because there are no specific data types used when keying in Type II crime types. Therefore, Records Manager judgment is used.

Combined Violent and Property Crime Offenses Known to Law Enforcement in San Mateo County, CA was 3215.00000 Known Incidents in January of 2020, according to the United States Federal Reserve. Historically, Combined Violent and Property Crime Offenses Known to Law Enforcement in San Mateo County, CA reached a record high of 3569.00000 in January of 2019 and a record low of 1830.00000 in January of 2009. Trading Economics provides the current actual value, an historical data chart and related indicators for Combined Violent and Property Crime Offenses Known to Law Enforcement in San Mateo County, CA - last updated from the United States Federal Reserve on September of 2025.