Is Stockton safe? United States travel risk
Is Stockton safe right now? Checked 17 October 2026
Stockton scores 40/100 on our travel risk index (Moderate). The UK has no advice against travel; Canada says: exercise normal security precautions. The US State Department does not issue advice for United States. No GDACS or USGS hazard events within 100 km in the last 14 days. No change in government advice in the last 7 days.
Stockton scores 40/100 (Moderate). The score combines security, crime and scams, health and medical access, natural hazards and current alerts measured for this location and United States (how it is calculated). The sections below are specific to Stockton: nearest emergency and transport facilities, 5-year natural hazard history within 100 km.
Driven by: security (35/100) and crime and scams (47/100).
A score of 40 is higher than 41% of the cities we score.
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Territorial & Position Context
Coordinates 37.9765° N, 121.3109° W place Stockton within California at an elevation of 4 meters. Heading to Washington: 3,820.6 km ENE.
California
37.9765° N, 121.3109° W
4 m
America/Los_Angeles
416,005
Critical Services & Regional Transit
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Natural Hazard Calendar & History
5-Year Hazard Calendar (100 km Radius)
| Hazard | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wildfires | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — |
Most wildfire events within 100 km of Stockton happened in August (1 of 1 in five years).
Source: GDACS, USGS; five years to October 2026.
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