Paradise, CA Crime Statistics For 2025

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Updated: 2025-10-24

Crime Rate In Paradise, CA Summary

Crime in Paradise research summary. HomeSnacks has been using Saturday Night Science to report crime data in Paradise 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 Paradise:

  • There were 96 total crimes committed in Paradise in the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 978.7 total crimes per 100K people in Paradise.
  • The overall crime rate in Paradise is -53.82% below the national average.
  • Paradise ranks #58 safest out of 460 cities in California.
  • Paradise ranks #4,330 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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Paradise Vs California And National Crime Rates

According to the most recent data from the FBI, the total crime rate in Paradise is 978.7 per 100,000 people. That's -53.82% lower than the national rate of 2,119.2 per 100,000 people and -61.84% lower than the California total crime rate of 2,564.5 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
Paradise
/ 100k People
California
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 96 978.7 2,564.5 2,119.2
Murder 1 10.2 4.5 5.0
Robbery 2 20.4 119.1 61.0
Aggravated Assault 16 163.1 325.8 256.0
Violent Crime 28 285.5 486.0 359.0
Burglary 4 40.8 305.8 229.0
Larceny 50 509.7 1,345.2 1,272.0
Car Theft 14 142.7 427.5 259.0
Property Crime 68 693.2 2,078.4 1,760.0

Paradise 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 Paradise

28
Violent Crimes
285.5
Violent Crimes / 100k People
-20.49%
Below The National Average
  • There were 28 violent crimes in Paradise in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in Paradise is 285.5 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 350.3 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in Paradise each year. That compares to a 1 in 205.8 chance statewide.
  • That's -20.49% lower than the national rate of 359.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And -41.27% lower than the California violent crime rate of 486.0 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In Paradise

68
Property Crimes
693.2
Property Crimes / 100k People
-60.61%
Below The National Average
  • There were 68 property crimes in Paradise in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in Paradise is 693.2 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 144.2 chance of being the victim of a property crime in Paradise each year. That compares to a 1 in 0.0 chance nationally.
  • That's -60.61% lower than the national rate of 1,760.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And -66.65% lower than the California property crime rate of 2,078.4 per 100,000 people.

Crime In Cities Around Paradise

City Population Count
Raw
Total Crime
/ 100k People
Property Crime
/ 100k People
Violent Crime
/ 100k People
Chico, CA 100,831 2,619 2,597.4 1,898.2 699.2
Oroville, CA 19,270 925 4,800.2 3,819.4 980.8

Paradise SnackAbility

6
/10
Overall SnackAbility
Jobs
5/10
Housing
8.5
Affordability
4
Diversity
6
Safety
5
Amenities
8.5
Education
8
Commute
8
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