Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Port Hueneme, CA Crime Grade
How Port Hueneme 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
9/10
vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population
California
8/10
vs. California cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in Port Hueneme, CA was 443.9 per 100,000 residents (94 incidents over a population of 21,174). That puts Port Hueneme 36% above the U.S. rate of 325.3 and 7% above the California statewide rate of 415.5.
That ranks Port Hueneme #3,159 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 16% of them, and #270 of 371 in California. Violent crime is down 13% year over year and up 68% over the last five years.
Port Hueneme, CA crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- F (9/10)
- California Grade
- D (8/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 443.9 / 100k
- National rank
- #3,159 of 3,771
- CA rank
- #270 of 371
- Safer than
- 16% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- down 13%
- 5-year change
- up 68%
- Population
- 21,174
- Reporting agency
- Port Hueneme Police Department
- Data year
- 2025 · FBI UCR
Reported by Port Hueneme Police Department (FBI ORI CA0560500) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About Port Hueneme, CA
Also known as
- Hueneme
- Wynema
Location
On the southwest coast of California, at Oxnard, and 15.2 km (9.5 mi) south-southeast of Ventura. (US-T121)
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. Port Hueneme (red), California (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Port Hueneme 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 | 264.2(58) | 264.6(57) | 255.5(54) | 510.3(107) | 443.9(94) |
| Murder | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 4.7(1) | 14.3(3) | 0.0(0) |
| Rape | 31.9(7) | 37.1(8) | 33.1(7) | 14.3(3) | 23.6(5) |
| Robbery | 54.7(12) | 51.1(11) | 61.5(13) | 85.8(18) | 56.7(12) |
| Aggravated assault | 177.7(39) | 176.4(38) | 156.1(33) | 395.8(83) | 363.7(77) |
| Property crime | 1831.5(402) | 1838.0(396) | 1646.5(348) | 1793.1(376) | 1789.9(379) |
| Burglary | 195.9(43) | 162.5(35) | 156.1(33) | 290.9(61) | 132.2(28) |
| Larceny | 1389.6(305) | 1378.5(297) | 1301.1(275) | 1306.7(274) | 1426.3(302) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 218.7(48) | 278.5(60) | 175.1(37) | 171.7(36) | 203.1(43) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Port Hueneme, 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 Port Hueneme 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 Port Hueneme calculated?
- Port Hueneme'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 Port Hueneme 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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