California · 437,613 residents Score 50 · Grade C
Browse neighborhood-by-neighborhood crime scores for every Census block group in Monterey County. Severity-weighted, rate-normalized, and built for real estate, PropTech, and location intelligence workflows.
The county aggregate Safety Score is 50, with a C grade across 264 scored block groups.
Monterey County, California is a larger regional county market, with an estimated 437,613 residents across 132,489 households based on 2024 ACS 5-year profile data.
The housing profile is more mixed than many county pages, with renter-occupied homes at 47.9% and owner-occupied homes at 52.1%.
The county profile also includes broad socioeconomic context, including a 13% poverty rate, a 5.2% unemployment rate, 28.2% bachelor's degree or higher attainment.
Commute context is included as well, with 7.5% 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 Monterey County without relying on one broad county-level view.
The county score is a nationally ranked aggregate of local block-group scores. Supporting profile data uses 2024 ACS 5-year estimates.
Local search context
People comparing Monterey County crime rates, maps, or neighborhood safety data usually need more than a single county-wide number. CrimeScore starts with the broad county page, then lets visitors inspect smaller map areas, ZIP pages, and address-centered views when they need more local context.
CrimeScore is modeled neighborhood safety context, not an official agency crime-rate report. Use it as location context for comparison, API workflows, and map exploration, not as a guarantee about a specific person, home, or future event.
Each colored polygon is a Census block group, typically 600 to 3,000 residents. Greener regions score safer; orange and red indicate lower modeled safety. Click any block group to see its score and grade. Create an account to review API plans for production use.
Scores in Monterey 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.
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