Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Oroville, CA Crime Grade
How Oroville grades for violent crime against every other reporting U.S. city — and against the rest of California — based on the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting data.
National
10/10
vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population
California
10/10
vs. California cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in Oroville, CA was 876.1 per 100,000 residents (172 incidents over a population of 19,632). That puts Oroville 169% above the U.S. rate of 325.3 and 111% above the California statewide rate of 415.5.
That ranks Oroville #3,642 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 3% of them, and #359 of 371 in California. Violent crime is down 11% year over year and up 25% over the last five years.
Oroville, CA crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- F (10/10)
- California Grade
- F (10/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 876.1 / 100k
- National rank
- #3,642 of 3,771
- CA rank
- #359 of 371
- Safer than
- 3% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- down 11%
- 5-year change
- up 25%
- Population
- 19,632
- Reporting agency
- Oroville Police Department
- Data year
- 2025 · FBI UCR
Reported by Oroville Police Department (FBI ORI CA0040400) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About Oroville, CA
Also known as
- Ophir City
History
Became the county seat of Butte County in 1856. Incorporated in 1906. Named by the early miners because of the gold mines.
Name history sourced from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) — public-domain federal geographic-names data.
Violent crime rate, 5-year trend
Per 100,000 residents. Oroville (red), California (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Oroville vs. U.S., 2025 — by offense
Rates per 100,000 residents for each offense category.
Full data, last 5 years
Rates per 100,000 residents. Raw counts in parentheses.
| Offense | 2020 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violent crime | 700.6(147) | 1057.0(210) | 1040.7(209) | 980.8(189) | 876.1(172) |
| Murder | 14.3(3) | 15.1(3) | 10.0(2) | 0.0(0) | 5.1(1) |
| Rape | 119.1(25) | 191.3(38) | 164.3(33) | 160.9(31) | 152.8(30) |
| Robbery | 162.0(34) | 156.0(31) | 179.3(36) | 176.4(34) | 96.8(19) |
| Aggravated assault | 405.1(85) | 694.6(138) | 687.1(138) | 643.5(124) | 621.4(122) |
| Property crime | 2873.8(603) | 3664.2(728) | 4894.7(983) | 3881.7(748) | 3591.1(705) |
| Burglary | 500.4(105) | 503.3(100) | 921.2(185) | 435.9(84) | 392.2(77) |
| Larceny | 1491.7(313) | 2058.6(409) | 2320.4(466) | 2631.0(507) | 2852.5(560) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 810.2(170) | 1016.7(202) | 1588.4(319) | 747.3(144) | 249.6(49) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Oroville, CA Crime Grade?
- FBI Uniform Crime Reporting via the Crime Data Explorer. Agency-level data, pulled directly. No third-party aggregators, no proprietary score.
- What metric does the Oroville Crime Grade use?
- Violent crime rate per 100,000 residents (murder + rape + robbery + aggravated assault), most recent fully-reported year.
- How is the national decile for Oroville calculated?
- Oroville's rate placed against all FBI-reporting U.S. cities with population ≥ 25,000. 1 = safest.
- How is the California state decile calculated?
- Same calculation restricted to California cities with population ≥ 10,000.
- How do decile scores convert to a letter grade?
- 1–3 = A · 4–5 = B · 6–7 = C · 8 = D · 9–10 = F.
- How often is the Oroville Crime Grade refreshed?
- Twice a year. The FBI typically releases the prior year's full data each September.
- What are the limits of this Crime Grade?
- The FBI relies on local agency reporting. Rates reflect what was reported, not what occurred.
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