Oroville, CA Crime Statistics For 2025

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Updated: 2025-10-24

Crime Rate In Oroville, CA Summary

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

  • There were 925 total crimes committed in Oroville in the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 4,800.2 total crimes per 100K people in Oroville.
  • The overall crime rate in Oroville is 126.51% above the national average.
  • Oroville ranks #439 safest out of 460 cities in California.
  • Oroville ranks #9,533 safest out of 9,896 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 per capita comparisons and isn't meant to convey that 100,000+ people live in a location.

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Oroville Vs California And National Crime Rates

According to the most recent data from the FBI, the total crime rate in Oroville is 4,800.2 per 100,000 people. That's 126.51% higher than the national rate of 2,119.2 per 100,000 people and 87.18% higher than the California total crime rate of 2,564.5 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
Oroville
/ 100k People
California
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 925 4,800.2 2,564.5 2,119.2
Murder 0 0.0 4.5 5.0
Robbery 34 176.4 119.1 61.0
Aggravated Assault 124 643.5 325.8 256.0
Violent Crime 189 980.8 486.0 359.0
Burglary 84 435.9 305.8 229.0
Larceny 508 2,636.2 1,345.2 1,272.0
Car Theft 144 747.3 427.5 259.0
Property Crime 736 3,819.4 2,078.4 1,760.0

Oroville Crime Compared To California Averages

Each category of crime indexed to the worst per capita in California.
Data Source -- FBI UCR 2024.

Violent Crime Rates In Oroville

189
Violent Crimes
980.8
Violent Crimes / 100k People
173.20%
Above The National Average
  • There were 189 violent crimes in Oroville in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in Oroville is 980.8 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 102.0 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in Oroville each year. That compares to a 1 in 205.8 chance statewide.
  • That's 173.20% higher than the national rate of 359.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And 101.81% higher than the California violent crime rate of 486.0 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In Oroville

736
Property Crimes
3,819.4
Property Crimes / 100k People
117.01%
Above The National Average
  • There were 736 property crimes in Oroville in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in Oroville is 3,819.4 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 26.2 chance of being the victim of a property crime in Oroville each year. That compares to a 1 in 0.0 chance nationally.
  • That's 117.01% higher than the national rate of 1,760.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And 83.76% higher than the California property crime rate of 2,078.4 per 100,000 people.

Crime In Cities Around Oroville

City Population Count
Raw
Total Crime
/ 100k People
Property Crime
/ 100k People
Violent Crime
/ 100k People
Paradise, CA 9,809 96 978.7 693.2 285.5
Gridley, CA 7,231 118 1,631.9 1,189.3 442.5

Oroville SnackAbility

4
/10
Overall SnackAbility
Jobs
4/10
Housing
8
Affordability
3
Diversity
9
Safety
4
Amenities
8
Education
4
Commute
9
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