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Santa Barbara Crime Rate Report (California)

Santa Barbara crime statistics report an overall downward trend in crime based on data from 26 years with violent crime decreasing and property crime decreasing. Based on this trend, the crime rate in Santa Barbara for 2026 is expected to be lower than in 2025.

The city violent crime rate for Santa Barbara in 2025 was higher than the national violent crime rate average by 94.53% and the city property crime rate in Santa Barbara was higher than the national property crime rate average by 7.41%.

In 2025 the city violent crime rate in Santa Barbara was higher than the violent crime rate in California by 47.28% and the city property crime rate in Santa Barbara was lower than the property crime rate in California by 8.02%.

Property and Violent Crime
Santa Barbara Property Crime vs. State and National Per Capita
Santa Barbara Violent Crime vs. State and National Per Capita

Santa Barbara Crime Statistics
Summary Report

2025 Crime (Actual Data)*Incidents
Aggravated Assault423
Arson15
Burglary147
Larceny and Theft1,161
Motor Vehicle Theft125
Murder and Manslaughter1
Rape70
Robbery60
Crime Rate (Total Incidents)1,956
Property Crime1,433
Violent Crime554
2026 Crime (Projected Data)*Incidents
Aggravated Assault415
Arson10
Burglary106
Larceny and Theft938
Motor Vehicle Theft163
Murder and Manslaughter1
Rape68
Robbery67
Crime Rate (Total Incidents)1,731
Property Crime1,208
Violent Crime551

Property and Violent Crime Totals

Santa Barbara Property Crime

Santa Barbara Violent Crime

Actual versus Projected Crime Totals

Santa Barbara Crime 2025

Santa Barbara Crime 2026

City versus State versus National Crime Comparison

Santa Barbara Property Crime vs. State and National Comparison

Santa Barbara Violent Crime vs. State and National Comparison
* The source of actual data on this Santa Barbara, California crime rate report is the FBI Report of Offenses Known to Law Enforcement for the corresponding year or years. Arson numbers are reported inconsistently. Zero values may indicate the data was not available. The projected crime rate data displayed above was generated from the trends found in the years of actual reported crime data on file. In this case, the Santa Barbara crime report data for 2026 was projected from 26 years of actual data. The last year of actual available crime data, as reported above, was 2025.

The FBI cautions the data users against comparing yearly statistical data solely on the basis of their population coverage. The comparisons made herein are thus, only meaningful upon further examination of all variables that affect crime in each reported city, state or other reported jurisdicition.



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