2025 Compare Cities Crime:
Santa Paula, CA vs Chico, CA

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- Chico has 15% less violent crime than Santa Paula.
- Chico has 55% more property crime than Santa Paula.
 Santa Paula, CAChico, CAUnited States
 Violent Crime  Unlock19.422.7
 Property Crime23.3  Unlock35.4

Crime is ranked on a scale of 1 (low crime) to 100 (high crime)

Reviews for Santa Paula    6 Reviews

Moved from Ventura CA to Fillmore CA for better housing affordability. Then we needed to upgrade and moved to Santa Paula. That was a compromise from a small town  More

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We have lived in Santa Paula for five years. After living in LA, we found the charming neighborhoods, low crime, friendly people, and idyllic climate (except for those 3  More

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Over 19 years ago

According to studies conducted by the County of Ventura, 60% of homes in Santa Paula have more people living in them than they were designed to contain. 60%! This is  More

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Reviews for Chico    31 Reviews

Chico is imperfect like most places, but it's still good. Any and all of it's issues proceed from it's main fault of growing increasingly liberal, which is to be  More

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Over 3 years ago

Chico's decent. I've been living here for ~5 years now. Eveen though my brother loves Chico and would like to stay, I would like to leave. I have no issues with crime or  More

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I was born in Oroville and I grew up in Oroville and Biggs. I have heard all my life about crime in chico. Well I have lived in Chico near Chapman for almost 10 years  More

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 Santa Rosa Valley, CA15.8
 Thousand Oaks, CA16.15
 Simi Valley, CA16.2
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 Fillmore, CA16.75
 Lake Sherwood, CA17.65
 Casa Conejo, CA18.6
 Bell Canyon, CA19.25

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