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Crime Map and Safety Score for Contra Costa County, California

Browse neighborhood-by-neighborhood crime scores for every Census block group in Contra Costa County. Severity-weighted and rate-normalized, built for real estate, PropTech, and location intelligence workflows.

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Contra Costa County, California local context

Contra Costa County, California is one of the larger county markets in the US, with an estimated 1,165,012 residents across 414,417 households based on 2024 ACS 5-year profile data.

The county housing profile includes both owner and renter context, with owner-occupied homes at 68% and renter-occupied homes at 32%.

The county profile also includes broad socioeconomic context, including a 8.5% poverty rate, a 6.5% unemployment rate, 45.2% bachelor's degree or higher attainment.

Long commutes are a notable local context signal here, with 21.2% of workers reporting commutes of 60 minutes or more.

CrimeScore pairs this county profile with neighborhood-level safety scores and block group map layers so teams can compare local areas inside Contra Costa County without relying on one broad county-level view.

County profile data uses 2024 ACS 5-year estimates.

Population 1,165,012
Households 414,417
Block Groups 708
Bachelor's+ 45.2%
Owner occupied 68%
Renter occupied 32%
Poverty rate 8.5%
Unemployment 6.5%
60+ min commute 21.2%

How to read the map

Each colored polygon is a Census block group, typically 600 to 3,000 residents. Greener regions score safer; orange and red indicate higher modeled risk. Click any block group to see its score and grade. A free account unlocks component breakdowns and API access for production use.

About the model

Scores in Contra Costa County come from the same gradient-boosted ensemble we ship through the CrimeScore crime data API, crime score API, and embeddable crime map. Built from normalized national location signals and validated across geography. Protected attributes are excluded from scoring, and prohibited/high-impact uses are explicitly out of scope.