10 Safest Neighborhoods in Fremont (2026 Data)

Fremont does not have a single neighborhood with a perfect safety score, and it does not need one. Vineyards/Avalon leads the city's 2026 safety ranking at 4.9 out of 5 on our scale, and the floor under it is remarkably high: all ten of the safest neighborhoods in Fremont score 4.5 or better, out of 28 neighborhoods we track citywide. What sets Fremont apart is what comes bundled with the safety. Six of these ten also carry a perfect 5.0 school score, a pairing almost no other East Bay city can offer.

The 10 safest neighborhoods in Fremont for 2026

• Vineyards / Avalon, 4.9 safety, 5.0 school
• Kimber / Gomes, 4.9 safety, 4.3 school
• Cameron Hills, 4.8 safety, 4.8 school
• Mission San Jose, 4.8 safety, 5.0 school
• Brookvale, 4.8 safety, 4.8 school
• Mission Hills, 4.7 safety, 5.0 school
• Blacow, 4.6 safety, 3.9 school
• Weibel, 4.6 safety, 5.0 school
• Mission Valley, 4.5 safety, 5.0 school
• Warm Springs, 4.5 safety, 5.0 school

The order comes straight from our live Fremont safety ranking, which scores all 28 neighborhoods and updates as new data lands.

Fremont safety, schools, and prices at a glance

Scores and prices as of July 2026. Where a neighborhood's appreciation or value figure relies on city-level rather than neighborhood-level data, we say so in the entry.

1. Vineyards / Avalon

Vineyards/Avalon is Fremont's safest neighborhood in 2026, scoring 4.9 on safety and a perfect 5.0 on schools, with a 4.7 overall score. It is a high-end enclave in the hills where large lots and newer estate homes push the median to $3,468,610, the highest figure on this list by a wide margin. You are buying the top of the market here, and the posted value figure, which leans on city-level data, will not talk you out of that conclusion. The tradeoff is exactly what the price implies: this is the most expensive way to get Fremont's best safety score, and the 3.5 amenities score means errands happen down the hill.

2. Kimber / Gomes

Kimber/Gomes matches Vineyards/Avalon's 4.9 safety score at a median of $1,983,400, roughly $1.5 million less. The neighborhood sits in the flats south of Central Fremont with established streets and a mix of original and updated homes. Two numbers deserve attention before you get attached. The school score is 4.3, the second lowest in this top ten, and our model currently marks the neighborhood about $174K overvalued with posted appreciation of -17.97 percent. Safe, established, and priced like everyone already knows it.

3. Cameron Hills

Cameron Hills scores 4.8 on safety with a 4.8 school score, on view lots in the hills where estates spread out and the median runs $2,927,100. Posted appreciation of +12.19 percent is the strongest in the top five, though our model also marks it about $192K overvalued, the second largest gap on this list. The practical read: the market agrees with the safety score and is charging ahead of it. The 3.5 amenities score is the usual hills tradeoff, everything is a drive.

4. Mission San Jose

Mission San Jose carries the highest overall score in the entire city at 4.8, built on a 4.8 safety score, a perfect 5.0 school score, and a 4.1 amenities score that most of this list cannot touch. The neighborhood grew up around the 1797 mission itself, and the district's schools are the reason Fremont shows up in relocation searches at all. The median is $2,481,360 and posted appreciation is a flat -0.64 percent. If this list ranked on the whole package instead of safety alone, Mission San Jose would be first, and it is the entry we would tell most buyers to tour before any other.

5. Brookvale

Brookvale rounds out the top five with a 4.8 safety score, a 4.8 school score, and the second lowest median in this group at $1,859,010. It is mid-century Fremont at its most straightforward: single-story homes, wide streets, parks close by, and not much drama. Our model marks it about $107K overvalued, which is the market's way of saying the secret is out. The amenities score of 3.4 means the neighborhood itself stays quiet while shopping happens on the arterials around it.

6. Mission Hills

Mission Hills pairs a 4.7 safety score with a perfect 5.0 school score on hillside estate lots above the Mission San Jose district, at a $2,650,000 median. The homes run large, the views run larger, and the posted appreciation of -19.00 percent is the caution flag. Estate markets move on thin sales counts, so single big transactions swing that figure hard, but it is on the page and you should walk in knowing it. Amenities score 3.6, with the Mission corridor handling daily errands.

7. Blacow

Blacow is the affordability play in Fremont's safety top ten. The median of $1,646,200 is the lowest on this list, the safety score is 4.6, and the value gap our model shows is a modest $17K over, the smallest of any ranked entry here. What you give up shows in two numbers: a 3.9 school score, the lowest in the top ten, and a 2.9 amenities score. For buyers whose school picture is settled or flexible, Blacow is the cheapest ticket into Fremont's safest tier, and the posted appreciation of +0.80 percent suggests it is holding steady rather than spiking.

8. Weibel

Weibel scores 4.6 on safety and 5.0 on schools, at a $2,100,000 median in the hills south of Mission San Jose. It is one of the quietest corners of the city, spacious lots under mature trees, and it feeds the school pipeline that anchors this whole side of Fremont. Its appreciation and value figures currently rely on city-level data, so we are not reading anything into them either way. The 3.3 amenities score is the price of the quiet.

9. Mission Valley

Mission Valley runs a 4.5 safety score with a perfect 5.0 school score on 1970s and 1980s housing stock at a $2,455,040 median. Posted appreciation is +1.67 percent. The number that stops us is the value gap: our model marks Mission Valley about $151K overvalued, which for a neighborhood without estate lots or views says the school premium is doing heavy lifting in the price. Worth knowing exactly what you are paying for, because the safety score two spots down costs $600K less.

10. Warm Springs

Warm Springs closes the top ten with a 4.5 safety score, a 5.0 school score, and the second most accessible median in the group at $1,839,190. The south end of the city has changed fast around the BART extension and the industrial-to-residential build-out, and the housing mix runs from mid-century originals to brand-new construction. Posted appreciation of -14.83 percent reflects how much new inventory has entered the mix. For a safety-plus-schools combination under $2 million, Warm Springs and Brookvale are the two names on this list that deliver it.

The Fremont bundle: safety and schools together

Six of Fremont's ten safest neighborhoods also carry a perfect 5.0 school score. That pairing is the city's real signature. For contrast, we ran the same analysis on Oakland's safety ranking this week: Oakland has 18 neighborhoods with perfect safety scores, and not one of them clears a 3.7 on schools. In Fremont the two scores travel together, which is exactly why the city's safest streets carry the prices they do.

The bundle costs about $620K. The median home across Fremont's ten safest neighborhoods runs $2,277,520, against a citywide median of $1,656,925 across all 28 neighborhoods. That 37 percent premium is what safety plus schools trades for in this market.

The floor is high everywhere. 13 of Fremont's 28 neighborhoods score 4.0 or better on safety, and the citywide spread runs from 4.9 down to 2.1. Even Centerville and Niles, mid-table on safety at 2.9 and 2.6, hold overall scores in the mid 3s on the strength of their walkable, historic cores.

The value picks hiding just outside the ten

Two neighborhoods missed this list but deserve a line. Ardenwood, at a 4.3 safety score with a perfect 5.0 school score, is marked about $124K undervalued by our model at a $1,667,650 median, the closest thing Fremont has to the top-ten bundle at a discount. And Lakes and Birds, with its ponds and green pockets, pairs a 5.0 school score with a $137K undervalued flag at a $1,362,080 median, though its 3.5 safety score is a real step down from the names above. On the other side of the ledger, Canyon Heights posts the city's steepest appreciation drop at -32.46 percent. The spread between those stories is why we would rather hand you the whole table than a slogan.

How this ranking works

Houseberry scores 28 Fremont neighborhoods on a 5-point safety scale built from reported crime rates, compared within the region so a 4.5 means the same thing across cities. School, amenities, and overall scores come from the same model, and every figure in this article comes from the live Fremont ranking as of July 2026. Where the site flags a figure as city-level fallback data, we either skip it or say so. The scores are ours. We publish the criteria and the full table because a ranking you cannot check is marketing, not analysis. For the raw incident data behind any safety question, the Fremont Police Department's crime statistics page is the primary source and worth a look before any offer.

Fremont safety questions, answered

What is the safest neighborhood in Fremont in 2026?

Vineyards/Avalon, at 4.9 out of 5 on Houseberry's safety score, leads all 28 Fremont neighborhoods, with Kimber/Gomes matching the score at a median price about $1.5 million lower.

Is Fremont one of the safer Bay Area cities?

The neighborhood data supports it. Fremont's top ten all score 4.5 or better on safety, 13 of 28 neighborhoods clear 4.0, and the citywide floor of 2.1 sits well above what the region's biggest cities post at the bottom of their rankings.

What is the cheapest way into Fremont's safest neighborhoods?

Blacow, at a $1,646,200 median with a 4.6 safety score. If schools matter to your search, Warm Springs and Brookvale add a 5.0 and 4.8 school score respectively for under $1.9 million.

Do safety scores and school scores always go together in Fremont?

Mostly, and that is unusual. Six of the ten safest neighborhoods carry perfect 5.0 school scores. The exceptions are Blacow at 3.9 and Kimber/Gomes at 4.3, which is part of why both price below the group's median. The full picture is on Fremont's school-score ranking.

Reading the list like a local

Safety is the score people search for and the least useful one to stop at. The real Fremont decision is usually school premium versus price, and the table above puts that tradeoff in plain numbers: the same 4.5-plus safety tier spans $1.65 million to $3.47 million depending on which bundle you want with it. Start from the constraint that is actually yours, check the value ranking to see which neighborhoods our model thinks are paying ahead of their fundamentals, and then go walk the streets on a school-day afternoon. The scores will get you to the right shortlist. The sidewalk decides the rest, and that habit of reading the area before the address is the whole reason we built Houseberry.

Sources

Houseberry, 2026 Top Neighborhoods by Safety in Fremont, CA

Houseberry, 2026 Top Neighborhoods by School in Fremont, CA

Houseberry, 2026 Top Neighborhoods by Safety in Oakland, CA

Fremont Police Department, Crime Map and Statistics