Official California crime counts
Los Angeles, San Diego, and San Jose · 2019–2024
These counts come directly from California DOJ’s July 2026 release. Each annual value below matches the sum of the available monthly values. They describe the named reporting agency, and are not verified Census-city totals or rates.
One year is incomplete in this source: San Jose’s 2023 file contains January–October only. Its annual total equals those ten months. The other 17 agency-years contain all 12 months. Month presence does not independently establish that all incidents were reported.
Official counts and differences from our preliminary export
Official property crime includes burglary, vehicle theft, and larceny; arson is shown separately. Violent difference means export minus official violent count. Property residual means export minus official property count minus arson. A zero residual shows numerical agreement after accounting for arson, not proof of how the export was constructed. These calculations do not change either source.
| Agency and year | Months present | Official violent | Official property (no arson) | Official arson | Violent difference | Property residual |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles 2019 | 12 | 29,400 | 95,704 | 1,672 | 0 | 0 |
| Los Angeles 2020 | 12 | 28,882 | 85,932 | 2,994 | 0 | 0 |
| Los Angeles 2021 | 12 | 30,956 | 91,944 | 3,531 | -30,956 | -95,475 |
| Los Angeles 2022 | 12 | 31,772 | 103,171 | 1,881 | 0 | 0 |
| Los Angeles 2023 | 12 | 31,047 | 107,777 | 179 | 0 | 0 |
| Los Angeles 2024 | 12 | 29,089 | 102,289 | 472 | -1,362 | -45,757 |
| San Diego 2019 | 12 | 5,215 | 27,141 | 122 | 0 | 0 |
| San Diego 2020 | 12 | 5,303 | 24,321 | 222 | 0 | 0 |
| San Diego 2021 | 12 | 5,685 | 27,184 | 156 | 108 | 557 |
| San Diego 2022 | 12 | 5,919 | 24,932 | 174 | 65 | 258 |
| San Diego 2023 | 12 | 5,760 | 24,970 | 138 | 98 | 132 |
| San Diego 2024 | 12 | 5,727 | 23,199 | 136 | 28 | 189 |
| San Jose 2019 | 12 | 4,559 | 25,164 | 135 | 0 | 0 |
| San Jose 2020 | 12 | 4,375 | 23,847 | 252 | 0 | 0 |
| San Jose 2021 | 12 | 4,832 | 22,244 | 269 | -4,832 | -22,512 |
| San Jose 2022 | 12 | 5,046 | 25,363 | 176 | 0 | 0 |
| San Jose 2023 † | 10 — Jan–Oct only | 4,861 | 19,259 | 151 | 1,186 | 5,026 |
| San Jose 2024 | 12 | 5,804 | 24,762 | 146 | 42 | 359 |
† San Jose 2023 compares a ten-month state total with an export labeled as 12 months; its difference is not a full-year comparison. Los Angeles and San Jose 2021 are included here for source review but are absent from the existing preliminary chart.
What this establishes
Nine agency-years have identical violent totals and a property difference equal to arson. Seven other agency-years shown in the preliminary chart still differ, including the partial San Jose comparison. Los Angeles 2024 is a priority: the state file reports 102,289 property offenses excluding arson, compared with 57,004 in the export. The causes of the remaining differences are unresolved.
California presents its incident-based and summary reports in summary format. Changes in reporting methods, revisions, and coverage can affect comparisons. Keep these official counts separate from the preliminary export series; do not splice them into its rate chart.
Sources and reproducibility
Accessed October 13, 2026. California DOJ dataset page · Annual CSV · Monthly CSV · Definitions and limitations (PDF).
Comparison data · Source row extracts and checksums · Audit details. The package includes a Python script to reproduce the checks from the original CSVs.