What is the crime rate in Goleta, CA?

In 2025, the Goleta Police Department reported 67 violent crimes and 378 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 206 violent and 1,160 property crimes per 100,000 of the 32,573 residents it serves.

Across California the rates were 435 and 1,822.

Nationally they were 330 and 1,552.

Figures last updated on November 12, 2026.

Violent per 100,000: 206
Property per 100,000: 1,160
Violent crimes: 67
Property crimes: 378

Crime reported by the Goleta Police Department, 2023 to 2025

Offenses known to law enforcement, reported to the FBI; rates per 100,000 residents of the area the department serves
Year	Violent crimes	Violent per 100,000	Property crimes	Property per 100,000	Residents served
2023	56	173	475	1,471	32,281
2024	67	205	528	1,618	32,632
2025	67	206	378	1,160	32,573

Violent crimes reported went from 56 in 2023 to 67 in 2025.

Property crimes reported went from 475 in 2023 to 378 in 2025.

In a small town a handful of incidents moves these numbers a long way, so one year’s change says little on its own.

Goleta against California and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2025
	Violent crime	Property crime
Goleta	206	1,160
Santa Barbara County	419	1,255
California	435	1,822
United States	330	1,552

These are rates per resident; they are not adjusted for visitors, commuters or the size of the area, which raise or lower a town’s figures without changing anybody’s risk.

Crime reported in places near Goleta, 2025

Each place’s own police department; rates per 100,000 residents served
Place	Distance	Violent per 100,000	Property per 100,000
Goleta	—	206	1,160
Santa Barbara	8.6 mi	634	1,668
Solvang	19 mi	134	822
Buellton	23 mi	200	782
Ojai	35 mi	119	649
Oxnard	41 mi	558	1,638

Neighboring departments count the same offenses the same way, but their areas, populations and visitors differ, so a difference between two towns is a starting point for a question, not an answer.

How to read these numbers

These are offenses known to the police and reported to the FBI’s Uniform Crime Reporting Program: crimes nobody reported, or that a department did not record, are not in them.

Violent crime is murder and nonnegligent manslaughter, rape, robbery and aggravated assault; property crime is burglary, larceny-theft, motor vehicle theft and arson.

A department reports the crimes in the area it polices, which can differ from the town’s boundaries, and the FBI estimates the population it serves.

The FBI asks that these figures not be used to rank places or to judge how safe a neighborhood is: crime depends on many local factors, and the counts describe a whole town, not any street or home.

A year is shown only when the department reported all twelve months.

FBI: Uniform Crime Reporting statistics and their proper use

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