Santa Paula, CA Crime Rates & Statistics

Reported Annual Crime In Santa Paula

Statistic	Reported_incidents	_{/100k people}	Santa Paula_{/100k people}	California_{/100k people}	National_{/100k people}
Total crime	423	n/a (estimate)	1,374	2,998	2,837
Statistic	Reported_incidents	_{/100k people}	Santa Paula_{/100k people}	California_{/100k people}	National_{/100k people}
Murder	2	n/a	6.5	4.9	5.3
Rape	9	n/a	29.2	34.9	40.4
Robbery	26	n/a	84.5	139.6	102.8
Assault	43	n/a	139.7	265.9	248.5
Violent crime	80	n/a (estimate)	260	445	386
Burglary	76	n/a	246.9	479.8	468.9
Theft	218	n/a	708.2	1,623.0	1,745.0
Vehicle theft	49	n/a	159.2	450.3	236.9
Property crime	343	n/a (estimate)	1,114	2,553	2,451

A general overview of all the annual reported crimes in Santa Paula, CA is displayed above. The data has been arranged to make it easier to find both the gross total of reported crimes and the number of crimes reported per 100,000 people in Santa Paula, CA. These statistics are further divided into two distinct categories (violent crimes and property crimes) to provide more insight to how prevalent crime is in the area. You'll find that the rate of crime in Santa Paula, CA averages 54% lower than the rest of California while the rate of crime on a national scale is 52% lower than. You'll find that the occurrence of violent crime in Santa Paula, CA is 42% lower than the average rate of crime in California and 33% lower than the rest of the nation. Similarly, crime involving property stands 56% lower than the remainder of the state of California and 55% lower than the nation's average. Both of these statistics relate to how safe residents and businesses are while performing everyday activities in the Santa Paula, CA area.

Did you know?

The overall crime rate in Santa Paula is 52% lower than the national average.
For every 100,000 people, there are 3.76 daily crimes that occur in Santa Paula.
Santa Paula is safer than 53% of the cities in the United States.
In Santa Paula you have a 1 in 73 chance of becoming a victim of any crime.
The number of total year over year crimes in Santa Paula has decreased by 16%.

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Compare Santa Paula, CA Crime To Other Cities

Daily Crime In Santa Paula (per 100,000 people)

The illustration above looks at the comparison of crimes committed in Santa Paula, CA on a daily bases (per 100,000 people) to crimes committed throughout the state of California. A comparison to the average number of daily national crimes is displayed as well. According to the latest crime statistics, daily crimes in Santa Paula, CA (which include property crimes as well as violent crimes), when compared to California state wide, are 2.18 times less than the state average and 2.06 times less than than national statistics. Violent crimes committed in Santa Paula, CA on a daily bases are 1.71 times less than than California average and 1.49 times less than the average nationwide. Daily property crime rates in Santa Paula, CA are 2.29 times less than the daily state average and 2.20 times less than the daily national numbers.

How Safe is Santa Paula (higher is better)

When comparing the safety of Santa Paula, CA compared to every other city in California as well as the entirety of the United States, the gauges found above illustrate that Santa Paula, CA ranks safer than 70% of every city located within California along with 53% of the all the cities located in the United States. The results of these graphs are created after analyzing each of the cities in California and in the United States as a whole. It is then established the total amount of cities that have a lower crime rate than Santa Paula, CA. As a result, Santa Paula, CA is ranked above average when compared to the majority of US cities.

Chance of Being A Victim of Crime in Santa Paula

The chance of being a victim of violent crime in Santa Paula is 1 in 385

The chance of being a victim of property crime in Santa Paula is 1 in 90

The chance of being a victim of crime in Santa Paula is 1 in 73

Have you ever worried about your odds of becoming a crime victim in Santa Paula, CA? The above illustrations display your chances being the victim of property crimes, violent crimes, or either crime. In Santa Paula, CA your chance of becoming a victim of a violent crime is 1 in 385. Types of violent crimes may include assault, robbery, rape, or murder. You also have a 1 in 90 chance of being the victim of a property crime such as vehicle theft, personal property theft, and burglary. Your overall risk of becoming a crime victim in Santa Paula, CA is 1 in 73.

Year Over Year Crime In Santa Paula (per 100,000 people)

A good indicator of whether Santa Paula, CA is becoming a safer or a more dangerous place to live can be determined by analyzing the year over year crime rate. In the graph above, the year over year crime rates are displayed for violent, property and total crimes per 100,000 people. The number of violent crimes in Santa Paula, CA has decreased by 17%, while the property crime rate in Santa Paula, CA has decreased by 16% year over year. The number of total crimes in Santa Paula, CA has decreased by 16% year over year.

Santa Paula police department

Item	Santa Paula	California	National
Law enforcement employees (officers & civilians)	38	51,506	558,732
Police officers & civilians /1000 residents	1.3	3.6	3.3

There are a total of 38 Santa Paula police officers. This results in 1.3 police officers per 1,000 residents which is 64.8% less than the California average and 60.9% less than the National average.

Sex offenders in California

State	Total offenders	California_/100K	National_/100K
California	68,119	197	222

There are a total of 68,119 sex offenders in California. This yields a total of 197 sex offenders in California per 100,000 residents which is 11% less than the national average.

Nearby Cities With Low Crime Rates

City, State	Population	Violent crime_{/100k people}	Property crime_{/100k people}	Total crime_{/100k people}
Channel Islands Beach, CA	2,954	70	400	470
Santa Rosa Valley, CA	3,601	85	486	571
Fillmore, CA	15,391	268	639	907
Moorpark, CA	35,594	102	813	914
Ojai, CA	7,581	131	823	953
Casa Conejo, CA	3,180	186	1,065	1,251
Meiners Oaks, CA	3,348	192	1,099	1,291
Santa Paula, CA	30,283	260	1,114	1,374

Cities with similar population

City, State	Population	Violent crime_{/100k people}	Property crime_{/100k people}	Total crime_{/100k people}
North Royalton, OH	30,302	197	1,695	1,892
Sherwood, AR	30,251	525	4,085	4,609
Plainfield, IN	30,318	285	2,939	3,225
Liberty, MO	30,239	270	1,498	1,769
Los Altos, CA	30,238	42	1,106	1,148
Santa Paula, CA	30,283	260	1,114	1,374

Source: The Santa Paula, CA crime data displayed above is derived from the FBI's uniform crime reports for the year of 2016. The crime report encompasses more than 18,000 city and state law enforcement agencies reporting data on property and violent crimes. The uniform crime reports program represents approximately 309 million American residents, which results in 98% coverage of metropolitan statistical areas.