Porterville, CA Crime Statistics For 2023

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Updated: 2023-10-25

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 October 17, 2023, we found the following about crime in Porterville:

  • There were 1,612 total crimes committed in Porterville the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 2,564.2 total crimes per 100K people in Porterville.
  • The overall crime rate in Porterville is 10.33% above the national average.
  • Porterville ranks #285 safest out of 462 cities in California.
  • Porterville ranks #7,579 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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Porterville Vs California And National Crime Rates

According to the most recent data from the FBI, the total crime rate in Porterville is 2,564.2 per 100,000 people. That's 10.33% higher than the national rate of 2,324.2 per 100,000 people and -0.65% lower than the California total crime rate of 2,581.0 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
Porterville
/ 100k People
California
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 1,612 2,564.2 2,581.0 2,324.2
Murder 6 9.5 5.6 6.3
Robbery 60 95.4 113.6 66.1
Aggravated Assault 212 337.2 288.7 268.2
Violent Crime 305 485.2 442.0 369.8
Burglary 178 283.1 369.7 269.8
Larceny 782 1,243.9 1,341.7 1,401.9
Car Theft 347 552.0 427.6 282.7
Property Crime 1,307 2,079.1 2,138.9 1,954.4

Porterville 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 Porterville

305
Violent Crimes
485.2
Violent Crimes / 100k People
31.20%
Above The National Average
  • There were 305 violent crimes in Porterville in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in Porterville is 485.2 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 206.1 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in Porterville each year. That compares to a 1 in 226.2 chance statewide.
  • That's 31.20% higher than the national rate of 369.8 per 100,000 people.
  • 9.75% higher than the California violent crime rate of 442.0 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In Porterville

1,307
Property Crimes
2,079.1
Property Crimes / 100k People
6.38%
Above The National Average
  • There were 1,307 property crimes in Porterville in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in Porterville is 2,079.1 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 48.1 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 6.38% higher than the national rate of 1,954.4 per 100,000 people.
  • And -2.80% lower than the California property crime rate of 2,138.9 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 72,303 1,969 2,723.3 2,123.0 600.3
Lindsay, CA 12,608 260 2,062.2 1,713.2 349.0
Farmersville, CA 10,351 165 1,594.0 1,130.3 463.7
Exeter, CA 10,318 225 2,180.7 1,957.7 222.9

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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