Carpinteria, CA Crime Statistics For 2023

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Updated: 2023-10-25

Crime Rate In Carpinteria, CA Summary

Crime in Carpinteria research summary. HomeSnacks has been using Saturday Night Science to report crime data in Carpinteria over the past eight years using the FBI crime explorer. Based on the most recently available data released October 17, 2023, we found the following about crime in Carpinteria:

  • There were 196 total crimes committed in Carpinteria the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 1,509.3 total crimes per 100K people in Carpinteria.
  • The overall crime rate in Carpinteria is -35.06% below the national average.
  • Carpinteria ranks #98 safest out of 462 cities in California.
  • Carpinteria ranks #5,339 safest out of 9,869 cities in the United States.

Because the crime rate is so low in America, we use "per 100,000 people" to make the number a bit easier to compare across locations visually. It's mathematically the same as doing per capita comparisons and isn't conveying that there are 100,000+ people in a location.

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Carpinteria Vs California And National Crime Rates

According to the most recent data from the FBI, the total crime rate in Carpinteria is 1,509.3 per 100,000 people. That's -35.06% lower than the national rate of 2,324.2 per 100,000 people and -41.52% lower than the California total crime rate of 2,581.0 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
Carpinteria
/ 100k People
California
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 196 1,509.3 2,581.0 2,324.2
Murder 0 0.0 5.6 6.3
Robbery 6 46.2 113.6 66.1
Aggravated Assault 25 192.5 288.7 268.2
Violent Crime 31 238.7 442.0 369.8
Burglary 9 69.3 369.7 269.8
Larceny 140 1,078.1 1,341.7 1,401.9
Car Theft 16 123.2 427.6 282.7
Property Crime 165 1,270.6 2,138.9 1,954.4

Carpinteria Crime Compared To California Averages

Each category of crime indexed to the worst per capita in California.
Data Source -- FBI UCR 2022.

Violent Crime Rates In Carpinteria

31
Violent Crimes
238.7
Violent Crimes / 100k People
-35.45%
Below The National Average
  • There were 31 violent crimes in Carpinteria in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in Carpinteria is 238.7 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 418.9 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in Carpinteria each year. That compares to a 1 in 226.2 chance statewide.
  • That's -35.45% lower than the national rate of 369.8 per 100,000 people.
  • -46.00% lower than the California violent crime rate of 442.0 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In Carpinteria

165
Property Crimes
1,270.6
Property Crimes / 100k People
-34.99%
Below The National Average
  • There were 165 property crimes in Carpinteria in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in Carpinteria is 1,270.6 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 78.7 chance of being the victim of a property crime in Carpinteria each year. That compares to a 1 in 0.0 chance nationally.
  • That's -34.99% lower than the national rate of 1,954.4 per 100,000 people.
  • And -40.60% lower than the California property crime rate of 2,138.9 per 100,000 people.

Crime In Cities Around Carpinteria

City Population Count
Raw
Total Crime
/ 100k People
Property Crime
/ 100k People
Violent Crime
/ 100k People
Simi Valley, CA 125,585 1,188 946.0 851.2 94.8
Thousand Oaks, CA 124,862 1,453 1,163.7 1,106.0 57.7
Santa Barbara, CA 87,817 2,195 2,499.5 2,044.0 455.5
Camarillo, CA 70,872 950 1,340.4 1,286.8 53.6
Moorpark, CA 35,692 232 650.0 602.4 47.6
Goleta, CA 32,929 584 1,773.5 1,624.7 148.8
Agoura Hills, CA 19,397 287 1,479.6 1,314.6 165.0
Ojai, CA 7,566 76 1,004.5 951.6 52.9
Solvang, CA 5,985 82 1,370.1 1,169.6 200.5

Carpinteria SnackAbility

8.5
/10
Overall SnackAbility
Jobs
8/10
Housing
10
Affordability
2
Diversity
9
Safety
7
Amenities
9
Education
8
Commute
8
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