San Jose, California

=== Crime ===
{{main|San Jose Police Department}}
Like most large cities, crime levels had fallen significantly after rising in the 1980s.<ref name="FBI Uniform Crime Reports, 2010">{{cite web |title=FBI Uniform Crime Reports |url=http://www.ucrdatatool.gov/Search/Crime/Local/RunCrimeTrendsInOneVarLarge.cfm}}</ref> From 2002 to 2006, [[Morgan Quitno Press]] named San Jose the safest city in the United States with a population over 500,000 people.<ref>{{cite web |title=SJPD Efforts To Maintain Safest Big City Status |url=http://www3.sanjoseca.gov/clerk/Agenda/092507/092507_08.02.pdf |publisher=City of San Jose |access-date=August 28, 2021 |date=September 11, 2007 |archive-date=August 28, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210828060036/http://www3.sanjoseca.gov/clerk/Agenda/092507/092507_08.02.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref>  Crime in San Jose had been lower than in other large American cities until 2013, when crime rates in San Jose climbed above California and U.S. averages.<ref name="San Jose crime rate surpasses U.S. average, arrests plummet">{{cite news |title=San Jose crime rate surpasses U.S. average, arrests plummet |newspaper=The Mercury News |date=December 16, 2013 |url=http://www.mercurynews.com/pensions/ci_24737175/san-jose-crime-rate-surpasses-u-s-average-arrests-plummet |access-date=December 25, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131218223300/http://www.mercurynews.com/pensions/ci_24737175/san-jose-crime-rate-surpasses-u-s-average-arrests-plummet |archive-date=December 18, 2013 |url-status=live}}</ref>

In 2021, [[SmartAsset]] ranked San Jose tied as the 10th safest city in the United States.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Geier |first1=Ben |title=Safest Cities in America – 2021 Edition |url=https://smartasset.com/mortgage/safest-cities-in-america-2021 |publisher=SmartAsset |access-date=August 28, 2021 |date=April 7, 2021 |archive-date=August 28, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210828060037/https://smartasset.com/mortgage/safest-cities-in-america-2021 |url-status=live }}</ref> In 2020, violent crime per 100,000 people has been the lowest the city has seen in 2017 while the homicide rate has been the highest since 2016; property crime per 100,000 people has been the lowest the city has seen in over ten years.<ref>{{cite web |title=Crime Statistics - Annual |url=https://www.sjpd.org/records/crime-stats-maps/crime-statistics-annual |publisher=San Jose Police Department |access-date=28 August 2021 |archive-date=August 28, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210828060031/https://www.sjpd.org/records/crime-stats-maps/crime-statistics-annual |url-status=live }}</ref>

;2021 mass shooting
{{main|2021 San Jose shooting}}
On May 26, 2021, a [[mass shooting]] occurred at a [[Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority]] (VTA) [[rail yard]] in San Jose. Ten people were killed, including the gunman, 57-year-old VTA employee Samuel James Cassidy, who shot and killed himself.<ref name=AP.Shooting>{{cite news |url=https://apnews.com/article/san-jose-shootings-873c4d8b0189f3f985ab3bc31ae5837f |title=Authorities ID 8 victims of California railyard shooting |work=Associated Press |last1=Gecker |first1=Jocelyn |last2=Mendoza |first2=Martha |date=May 26, 2021 |access-date=May 26, 2021 |archive-date=May 26, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210526152444/https://apnews.com/article/san-jose-shootings-873c4d8b0189f3f985ab3bc31ae5837f |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name=NBCBayArea.Home>{{cite news |url=https://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/south-bay/bomb-squad-police-search-home-of-suspect-in-san-jose-mass-shooting/2554947/ |title=Bomb Squad, Police Search Home of Suspect in San Jose VTA Yard Mass Shooting |publisher=NBC Bay Area |date=May 26, 2021 |access-date=May 26, 2021 |archive-date=May 26, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210526184330/https://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/south-bay/bomb-squad-police-search-home-of-suspect-in-san-jose-mass-shooting/2554947/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.thedailybeast.com/employee-samuel-cassidy-named-as-gunman-in-san-jose-rail-yard-mass-shooting |title=Gunman in San Jose Mass Shooting Identified as Employee Samuel Cassidy |publisher=The Daily Beast |last=Rohrlich |first=Justin |date=May 26, 2021 |access-date=May 26, 2021 |archive-date=May 26, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210526185619/https://www.thedailybeast.com/employee-samuel-cassidy-named-as-gunman-in-san-jose-rail-yard-mass-shooting |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/police-deputies-respond-to-shooting-near-downtown-san-jose/2554847/ |title=Mass Shooting Leaves 8 Dead at VTA Yard in San Jose |publisher=NBC Bay Area |date=2021-05-26 |access-date=2021-05-26 |archive-date=May 26, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210526152619/https://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/police-deputies-respond-to-shooting-near-downtown-san-jose/2554847/ |url-status=live }}</ref> The shooting led to a day-long suspension of [[light rail]] services in the area.<ref name=CNN.Shooting>{{cite news |url=https://www.cnn.com/2021/05/26/us/san-jose-shooting/index.html |title=Gunman who killed eight co-workers at California transit facility knew victims well, mayor says |publisher=CNN |last1=Levenson |first1=Eric |last2=Chan |first2=Stella |last3=Mossburg |first3=Cheri |last4=Murphy |first4=Paul P. |date=2021-05-26 |access-date=2021-05-26 |archive-date=May 26, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210526163614/https://www.cnn.com/2021/05/26/us/san-jose-shooting/index.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://abcnews.go.com/US/police-respond-shooting-san-jose-california/story?id=77916470 |title=Co-workers of suspect among 8 shot to death at California transit facility |publisher=ABC News |last1=Shapiro |first1=Emily |last2=Pereira |first2=Ivan |date=May 26, 2021 |access-date=May 26, 2021 |archive-date=May 26, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210526144419/https://abcnews.go.com/US/police-respond-shooting-san-jose-california/story?id=77916470 |url-status=live }}</ref> It is the deadliest mass shooting in the history of the [[San Francisco Bay Area]].<ref name="MercuryNews Angst">{{cite news |title=Victims, shooter identified in Bay Area's deadliest mass shooting |first1=Maggie |last1=Angst |first2=John |last2=Woolfolk |first3=Aldo |last3=Toledo |first4=Julia Prodis |last4=Sulek |first5=Robert |last5=Salonga |first6=Jason |last6=Green |work=[[The Mercury News]]|location=San Jose, California |date=May 26, 2021 |access-date=May 26, 2021 |url=https://www.mercurynews.com/2021/05/26/active-shooter-response-underway-near-san-jose-vta-light-rail-yard/ |archive-date=May 26, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210526144856/https://www.mercurynews.com/2021/05/26/active-shooter-response-underway-near-san-jose-vta-light-rail-yard/ |url-status=live}}</ref>

In June 2021, roughly a month following the shooting, San Jose became the first city in the United States to require gun owners to carry liability insurance after a unanimous vote by the city council.<ref>{{cite news|url = https://www.kron4.com/news/bay-area/san-jose-becomes-1st-city-in-ca-to-pass-sweeping-gun-reforms/amp/|title = San Jose becomes 1st city in CA to pass sweeping gun reforms|newspaper = Kron4|date = June 30, 2021|access-date = June 30, 2021|archive-date = July 2, 2021|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20210702022108/https://www.kron4.com/news/bay-area/san-jose-becomes-1st-city-in-ca-to-pass-sweeping-gun-reforms/amp/|url-status = live}}</ref>