Crime · ZIP 95060
Crime in Santa Cruz, CA
ZIP 95060 (California) — crime summary sourced from FBI UCR. Data lands this week as the FBI UCR ingestion pipeline rolls out.
Last verified 2026-04-24 · methodology
What lands here
Pages show per-100k rates (never raw counts) for major offense categories, the reporting agency, and whether reporting was complete for the year.
Source & refresh
FBI UCR. Refreshed weekly rolling uploads. Stale data is flagged, never silently served. Primary source →
Limitations specific to this source
UCR has known reporting gaps for some agencies and years. zipradar flags missing reports rather than interpolating. Small agencies may not participate at all.
California context
Wildfire (WUI), seismic, water-supply variability
California carries the highest concentrated WUI wildfire risk in the US per USFS WHP, with FAIR Plan + non-renewal pressure intensifying since 2017 fires. FEMA NFHL coverage is strong; drinking-water systems vary from large urban (LADWP, EBMUD) to small disadvantaged community systems flagged in EPA SDWIS. Radon risk is mostly Zone 2-3.
See California state page for the full state-level rollup across all 12 dimensions.
Read more on crime
Editorial deep-dives explaining the source data, its limits, and how to read it.
FBI UCR and NIBRS — what crime statistics actually show (and don't)
The FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) program and its successor NIBRS aggregate crime data from local agencies. Plain-English guide to what gets reported, what doesn't, and how to read the numbers.
Reading FBI UCR national crime trends — what 2020–2025 actually shows
Plain-English guide to recent US crime data: the 2020 spike, the 2021–2024 normalization, and how the UCR-to-NIBRS transition complicates year-over-year reads.
Full dashboard for ZIP 95060
Crime is one of twelve dimensions zipradar federates per address. See the full federated summary for ZIP 95060:
Open Santa Cruz, CA dashboard →