Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Santa Paula, CA Crime Grade
How Santa Paula 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 Santa Paula, CA was 343.3 per 100,000 residents (110 incidents over a population of 32,043). That puts Santa Paula Infinity% above the U.S. rate of 0.0 and 17% below the California statewide rate of 415.5.
That ranks Santa Paula #2,814 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 25% of them, and #212 of 371 in California. Violent crime is up 5% year over year and roughly flat over the last five years.
Santa Paula, CA crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- D (8/10)
- California Grade
- C (6/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 343.3 / 100k
- National rank
- #2,814 of 3,771
- CA rank
- #212 of 371
- Safer than
- 25% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- up 5%
- 5-year change
- roughly flat
- Population
- 32,043
- Reporting agency
- Santa Paula Police Department
- Data year
- 2025 · FBI UCR
Reported by Santa Paula Police Department (FBI ORI CA0560600) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
Violent crime rate, 5-year trend
Per 100,000 residents. Santa Paula (red), California (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Santa Paula 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 | 341.6(102) | 327.4(101) | 384.5(120) | 326.7(105) | 343.3(110) |
| Murder | 6.7(2) | 0.0(0) | 3.2(1) | 3.1(1) | 0.0(0) |
| Rape | 26.8(8) | 16.2(5) | 9.6(3) | 37.3(12) | 37.4(12) |
| Robbery | 77.0(23) | 64.8(20) | 44.9(14) | 49.8(16) | 43.7(14) |
| Aggravated assault | 231.1(69) | 246.3(76) | 326.9(102) | 236.5(76) | 262.1(84) |
| Property crime | 1473.5(440) | 1134.5(350) | 858.8(268) | 889.9(286) | 652.2(209) |
| Burglary | 331.5(99) | 220.4(68) | 102.5(32) | 84.0(27) | 103.0(33) |
| Larceny | 967.8(289) | 729.3(225) | 599.2(187) | 672.1(216) | 465.0(149) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 164.1(49) | 155.6(48) | 153.8(48) | 118.2(38) | 71.8(23) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Santa Paula, 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 Santa Paula 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 Santa Paula calculated?
- Santa Paula'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 Santa Paula 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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