Porterville, CA Crime Statistics For 2025

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Updated: 2025-10-24

Crime Rate In Porterville, CA Summary

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

  • There were 1,174 total crimes committed in Porterville in the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 1,866.7 total crimes per 100K people in Porterville.
  • The overall crime rate in Porterville is -11.92% below the national average.
  • Porterville ranks #222 safest out of 460 cities in California.
  • Porterville ranks #6,939 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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Porterville Vs California And National Crime Rates

According to the most recent data from the FBI, the total crime rate in Porterville is 1,866.7 per 100,000 people. That's -11.92% lower than the national rate of 2,119.2 per 100,000 people and -27.21% lower than the California total crime rate of 2,564.5 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
Porterville
/ 100k People
California
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 1,174 1,866.7 2,564.5 2,119.2
Murder 0 0.0 4.5 5.0
Robbery 44 70.0 119.1 61.0
Aggravated Assault 178 283.0 325.8 256.0
Violent Crime 242 384.8 486.0 359.0
Burglary 182 289.4 305.8 229.0
Larceny 529 841.1 1,345.2 1,272.0
Car Theft 221 351.4 427.5 259.0
Property Crime 932 1,481.9 2,078.4 1,760.0

Porterville 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 Porterville

242
Violent Crimes
384.8
Violent Crimes / 100k People
7.18%
Above The National Average
  • There were 242 violent crimes in Porterville in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in Porterville is 384.8 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 259.9 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in Porterville each year. That compares to a 1 in 205.8 chance statewide.
  • That's 7.18% higher than the national rate of 359.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And -20.83% lower than the California violent crime rate of 486.0 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In Porterville

932
Property Crimes
1,481.9
Property Crimes / 100k People
-15.80%
Below The National Average
  • There were 932 property crimes in Porterville in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in Porterville is 1,481.9 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 67.5 chance of being the victim of a property crime in Porterville each year. That compares to a 1 in 0.0 chance nationally.
  • That's -15.80% lower than the national rate of 1,760.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And -28.70% lower than the California property crime rate of 2,078.4 per 100,000 people.

Crime In Cities Around Porterville

City Population Count
Raw
Total Crime
/ 100k People
Property Crime
/ 100k People
Violent Crime
/ 100k People
Tulare, CA 71,689 1,731 2,414.6 1,842.7 571.9
Lindsay, CA 12,449 237 1,903.8 1,453.9 449.8
Farmersville, CA 10,192 153 1,501.2 1,010.6 490.6
Exeter, CA 10,167 236 2,321.2 2,006.5 314.7

Porterville SnackAbility

5
/10
Overall SnackAbility
Jobs
4/10
Housing
8
Affordability
4
Diversity
8.5
Safety
6
Amenities
9
Education
3
Commute
8
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