Skip to ContentThe California Department of Justice published 2025 crime counts for every police department and sheriff’s office in the Chico area. Chico Police Department reported 675 violent crimes and 1,861 property crimes for 2025. These are counts of offenses that agencies reported, not rates, and not a ranking of places.
Checked October 29, 2026
- 675Violent crimes reported by Chico Police, 2025
- 1,861Property crimes reported by Chico Police, 2025
- 2025Newest year in the state file
- 1985-2025Years in the state file
Chico Police Department, 2021-2025
| Year | Violent Total | Homicide | Rape | Robbery | Aggravated Assault | Property Total | Burglary | Motor Vehicle Theft | Larceny-Theft |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 534 | 3 | 76 | 61 | 394 | 2,418 | 277 | 456 | 1,685 |
| 2022 | 589 | 1 | 80 | 60 | 448 | 1,703 | 224 | 265 | 1,214 |
| 2023 | 620 | 3 | 94 | 75 | 448 | 1,829 | 231 | 290 | 1,308 |
| 2024 | 699 | 2 | 133 | 83 | 481 | 1,914 | 210 | 205 | 1,499 |
| 2025 | 675 | 2 | 116 | 71 | 486 | 1,861 | 166 | 179 | 1,516 |
Each year is a separate count. A change from one year to the next can come from more crime, more reporting, a change in how an agency counts, or a late correction, and the state file does not say which.
Agencies Around Chico, 2025
The table is in alphabetical order. It is not a ranking, and the agencies are not the same size. A city police department reports for its city. A sheriff’s office reports for the areas it covers, which is not the same as a town boundary. California State University, Chico has its own police department, and its counts are separate from Chico Police Department’s.
| Agency | County | Violent Total | Homicide | Rape | Robbery | Aggravated Assault | Property Total | Burglary | Motor Vehicle Theft | Larceny-Theft |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Biggs | Butte | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 |
| Butte County Sheriff's Office | Butte | 247 | 5 | 42 | 10 | 190 | 505 | 88 | 20 | 397 |
| California State University, Chico Police | Butte | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 123 | 2 | 2 | 119 |
| Chico Police Department | Butte | 675 | 2 | 116 | 71 | 486 | 1,861 | 166 | 179 | 1,516 |
| Corning Police Department | Tehama | 46 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 40 | 88 | 6 | 15 | 67 |
| Glenn County Sheriff's Office | Glenn | 44 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 39 | 99 | 18 | 6 | 75 |
| Gridley Police Department | Butte | 27 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 20 | 106 | 14 | 22 | 70 |
| Orland Police Department | Glenn | 24 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 15 | 60 | 10 | 18 | 32 |
| Oroville Police Department | Butte | 173 | 1 | 30 | 19 | 123 | 686 | 76 | 49 | 561 |
| Paradise Police Department | Butte | 34 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 26 | 96 | 5 | 4 | 87 |
| Red Bluff Police Department | Tehama | 168 | 0 | 20 | 20 | 128 | 420 | 38 | 29 | 353 |
| Tehama County Sheriff's Office | Tehama | 79 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 69 | 212 | 87 | 12 | 113 |
How to Read These Numbers
- Counts, not rates.The state file has no population column, so we did not work out rates per person. A count from a city of 100,000 people and a count from a town of 10,000 are not comparable as printed.
- Serious offenses only.The file covers the offenses the FBI and the state call “Part I” crimes. It leaves out most of what police respond to, including lower-level offenses and calls for service.
- Reported crime.Offenses nobody reported to police are not in it.
- Town populations change.Paradise’s population has changed a great deal since 2018, so its counts are not comparable year to year without population figures. Current population estimates are on Rent and Home Values by Town.
- This page does not say where to live.It reports what the agencies filed. It does not call any place safe or unsafe.
Not Confirmed
- The FBI’s Crime Data Explorer figures are not confirmed, so no FBI figures are printed; check the FBI Crime Data Explorer. Link only: FBI Crime Data Explorer.
- Chico Police Department’s 2025 Annual Report is published as a design-site document, so none of its figures are printed. Open it from the department’s Annual Report page.
- Clearance (solved-case) counts are in the state file but are not printed here.
- Whether the 2025 rows will be revised later is not stated in the file.
Look Up Incidents
For individual recent incidents, Chico Police Department links to its Arrests and Crime Map. To report a crime online, use the department’s Online Crime Report page. In an emergency call 911.
Sources
- California Department of Justice, OpenJustice, Crimes and Clearances (Part I offenses, by agency, 1985-2025): data-openjustice.doj.ca.gov CSV (file in the 2026-07 folder, read October 29, 2026). Data portal: openjustice.doj.ca.gov/data
- City of Chico, Police Department: chicoca.gov (checked October 29, 2026)
Cite this page: It's Chico, “Crime Statistics in The Chico Area”, itschico.com/living/crime-statistics/ (updated ). By the It's Chico editorial team. Free to quote with attribution and a link to this page; data and tables are licensed CC BY 4.0.