Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Paradise, CA Crime Grade
How Paradise 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
8/10
vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population
California
6/10
vs. California cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in Paradise, CA was 321.7 per 100,000 residents (34 incidents over a population of 10,570). That puts Paradise 1% below the U.S. rate of 325.3 and 23% below the California statewide rate of 415.5.
That ranks Paradise #2,732 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 28% of them, and #189 of 371 in California. Violent crime is up 43% year over year and down 23% over the last five years.
Paradise, CA crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- D (8/10)
- California Grade
- C (6/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 321.7 / 100k
- National rank
- #2,732 of 3,771
- CA rank
- #189 of 371
- Safer than
- 28% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- up 43%
- 5-year change
- down 23%
- Population
- 10,570
- Reporting agency
- Paradise Police Department
- Data year
- 2025 · FBI UCR
Reported by Paradise Police Department (FBI ORI CA0040500) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About Paradise, CA
Also known as
- Pari-O-Dice
- Paradice
- Poverty Ridge
- Leonards Mill
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. Paradise (red), California (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Paradise 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 | 417.5(17) | 375.4(22) | 405.4(31) | 224.3(22) | 321.7(34) |
| Murder | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 10.2(1) | 0.0(0) |
| Rape | 49.1(2) | 85.3(5) | 26.2(2) | 91.8(9) | 66.2(7) |
| Robbery | 24.6(1) | 0.0(0) | 13.1(1) | 20.4(2) | 9.5(1) |
| Aggravated assault | 343.8(14) | 290.1(17) | 366.2(28) | 101.9(10) | 246.0(26) |
| Property crime | 2431.2(99) | 1416.4(83) | 1255.4(96) | 754.4(74) | 898.8(95) |
| Burglary | 859.5(35) | 375.4(22) | 405.4(31) | 40.8(4) | 47.3(5) |
| Larceny | 957.8(39) | 785.0(46) | 588.5(45) | 519.9(51) | 813.6(86) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 613.9(25) | 221.8(13) | 209.2(16) | 142.7(14) | 37.8(4) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Paradise, 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 Paradise 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 Paradise calculated?
- Paradise'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 Paradise 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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