What is the crime rate in Porterville, CA?

In 2025, the Porterville Police Department reported 212 violent crimes and 840 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 333 violent and 1,320 property crimes per 100,000 of the 63,646 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: 333
Property per 100,000: 1,320
Violent crimes: 212
Property crimes: 840

Crime reported by the Porterville 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	280	443	1,298	2,055	63,165
2024	242	385	944	1,501	62,891
2025	212	333	840	1,320	63,646

Violent crimes reported went from 280 in 2023 to 212 in 2025.

Property crimes reported went from 1,298 in 2023 to 840 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.

Porterville against California and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2025
	Violent crime	Property crime
Porterville	333	1,320
Tulare County	423	1,460
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 Porterville, 2025

Each place’s own police department; rates per 100,000 residents served
Place	Distance	Violent per 100,000	Property per 100,000
Porterville	—	333	1,320
Lindsay	11 mi	377	1,125
Exeter	17 mi	266	1,586
Farmersville	19 mi	294	855
Tulare	20 mi	477	1,476
Woodlake	24 mi	573	1,338
Visalia	25 mi	414	1,762
Corcoran	30 mi	495	761
McFarland	30 mi	368	604

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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