Chico, CA Crime


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The crime rates in Chico, CA are significantly lower than the national average. In particular, violent crime is 19.4 per 100,000 people while the national average is 22.7 per 100,000 people. Similarly, property crime in Chico is 51.5 compared to the US average of 35.4 per 100,000 people. This data provides evidence that Chico is a relatively safe city for its size, as it has lower than average crime rates compared to the rest of the United States.

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

Chico violent crime is 19.4. (The US average is 22.7)
Chico property crime is 51.5. (The US average is 35.4)

NOTE: Click on the links below to see charts for each crime category.
 Violent Crimes  - Murder  Rape  Robbery  Assault
 Property Crimes  - Burglary  Larceny  Auto Theft
Chico, CA Crime History
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Year Violent Murder Rape Robbery Assault Property Burglary Larceny Auto
2000361.91.966116.9177.23540.2814.42281444.9
2001366.83.359111.4193.23451.98042184.5463.4
2002434.43.275.6120.7234.93853.11040.91998.2814.1
2003397.91.570.694.6231.23937.21228.32069.2639.7
2004367.64.473.21041864082.710502243.4789.3
20053584.245.3111.8196.73779.51017.42068.8693.4
2006467.61.491.6127.72473688.11028.22163.2496.7
2007518.3479.4144290.83303.4981.31951.9370.2
2008361.52.436.9120.1202.232111039.41831.5340.1
2009365.93.549.6146.4166.42776.1808.51604363.5
2010286.11.254.9102.8127.32740.9829.11653.6258.1
20112815.742.4105.5127.32425.5558.51533.3333.7
2012323.81.152.8109.1160.82630.6893.31445.6291.7
20132.346.5107.7182.52915.27051777.3433
2014383.91.159.8112.92103628545.42693389.6
2015352.42.265.696.7187.94040.1713.72880.5445.8
2016321.5072.462.6186.63610.5547.62563.6499.3
2017446.72.291.968.1284.53886574.32828.3483.5
2018648.12.191.2112.4442.32549346.91868334.1
2019581.30104.4108.5368.42510.8283.81829.4397.6

   Crime in Nearby Cities
City Violent
per 100k
Property
per 100k
Pop. Miles Data
Year
Paradise town (Butte County), CA81.8751.526,159122019
Orland, CA429.71,745.06,818182019
Corning, CA371.52,799.57,253222019
Oroville, CA633.24,266.119,091222019
Biggs, CA173.8984.91,703242019
   Crime in Similar Size Cities
City Violent
per 100k
Property
per 100k
Pop. Miles Data
Year
Roseville, CA182.72,225.172,658742019
Elk Grove, CA212.01,481.0169,742952019
Vacaville, CA327.22,414.399,293962019
Santa Rosa, CA481.81,615.7176,3611012019
Fairfield, CA373.43,194.7116,3721042019

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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 2 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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