Vallejo Naval & Historical Museum — Visit Vallejo

Vallejo Makes Forbes' List of ‘Best Places to Live in California'

Activities — Visit Vallejo

In 2020, as the country grappled with disruptions and closures from the COVID-19 pandemic, a surge of crime came with it. The homicide rate rose by 30% nationally from 2019 to 2020, the largest single-year increase in over a century, according to a Pew Research Study. In Vallejo, 28 people were murdered in 2020, a 133% increase over 2019 and the city’s deadliest year since 1994. Five years later, the country’s pandemic-era crime spike has mostly declined. A study by the Council on Criminal Justi