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

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- Santa Barbara has 20% less violent crime than Santa Paula.
- Santa Barbara has 45% more property crime than Santa Paula.
 Santa Paula, CASanta Barbara, CAUnited States
 Violent Crime  Unlock18.222.7
 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 Santa Barbara    51 Reviews

I moved to Santa Barbara around 23 years ago to study at Brooks, which like most of the Santa Barbara that I knew—has been destroyed. Homelessness, drugs, gangs, high  More

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Over 4 years ago

I fell in love with Santa Barbara about thirty years ago and finally moved here a few years ago. Because of the price of homes, it is an expensive place to live. The  More

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If you like high crime, paying a $4,500 a month mortgage and crazy high taxes, this is the place for you. It’s too bad because it wasn’t always like this. When I moved  More

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Cities with the Least Crime Near Santa Paula, CaliforniaCrime Index
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 Santa Rosa Valley, CA15.8
 Thousand Oaks, CA16.15
 Simi Valley, CA16.2
 Ojai, CA16.3
 Fillmore, CA16.75
 Lake Sherwood, CA17.65
 Casa Conejo, CA18.6
 Bell Canyon, CA19.25

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