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San Buenaventura (Ventura), CA vs Santa Cruz, CA

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 San Buenaventura (Ventura), CASanta Cruz, CAUnited States
 21.238.222.7
 5074.435.4

The Crime Indices range from 1 (low crime) to 100 (high crime). Our crime rates are based on FBI data.


YOU SHOULD KNOW

Violent crime is composed of four offenses: murder and nonnegligent manslaughter, forcible rape, robbery, and aggravated assault.

Property crime includes the offenses of burglary, larceny-theft, motor vehicle theft, and arson. The object of the theft-type offenses is the taking of money or property, but there is no force or threat of force against the victims.

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Reviews for San Buenaventura (Ventura)    28 Reviews

I have lived in Ventura for over 20 years, worked for over 30. While this was a nice town it has essentially turned into a worse place than LA, with a huge amount of  More

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Over 4 years ago

I have lived here my entire life of 43 years. Ventura used to be very nice in the 80s and 90s, now it is an extension of Los Angeles in the worst way. Super overpriced  More

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I have lived in Ventura County since 2006 and that includes Port Hueneme, Oxnard, Camarillo, and Ventura. This city has a lot of friendly, down to earth people that seem  More

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Reviews for Santa Cruz    44 Reviews

I lived in the Santa Cruz area for 20 years. UCSC alum. Our kids were born there. There are wonderful things about Santa Cruz, but also many serious problems that we  More

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Over 5 years ago

I have been here for four generations! My kids are the fifth. I guess that should tell you how wonderful it is here, at least for us. It's so cool to have world class  More

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I was born over the hill in San Jose area, and as a kid I loved coming over to the boardwalk. Santa Cruz has always been and always will be a town of diversity,  More

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