Photo: Fettlemap · CC BY-SA 3.0Camarillo sits close to the middle of U.S. towns for reported crime
Overall, Camarillo grades B for safety (#68 of 416 graded towns in California): close to the middle of U.S. towns, on crimes its police reported to the FBI in 2023–2025.
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. “Rest of CA” is every other California city and town in the FBI’s tables; the U.S. figure is the FBI’s national estimate as published, averaged over the three years. The FBI publishes no national homicide or robbery rate in our data, so those compare with all U.S. cities and towns in its tables.
What stands out about safety in Camarillo
1 of the 1 graded towns next door reports less crime
Of the 1 California towns on Camarillo’s borders, 1 have a Safety Grade: Thousand Oaks (B). Neighbors ↓
Among California towns, higher
California’s cities and towns report more crime than most states’, so Camarillo’s place among its own towns differs from its national one: it reports less crime than 84% of the 416 California towns we grade, against 55% nationally. Safety Grade ↓
Written from the FBI data on this page. Figures are crimes reported to police, not convictions.
What’s behind Camarillo’s grade
Property crimes plus four times violent crimes reported to the FBI per resident, 2023–2025, on a national curve. Violent crime holds Camarillo’s grade up; property crime pulls it down. Its property rate (11.9) is below the FBI’s national estimate (17.6) but higher than in most individual towns: the national figure is weighted by people, and the grade counts towns.
Violent crime, by year and by type
Camarillo’s police reported 245 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 1.2 per 1,000 residents a year, against 4.9 in the rest of California and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
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| Year | Camarillo | Rest of California | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 0.5 | 5.1 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 0.8 | 5.4 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 1.3 | 4.9 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 1.4 | 4.3 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
For every 1,000 residents, about 11 property crimes reported
And about 1 violent crime, in 2025. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.
Violent crime per 1,000 residents, 2025
Property crime per 1,000 residents, 2025
Crimes reported to police in 2025 per resident; one person can be the victim of more than one, and some reports involve visitors.
Reported crime is steady
Reported crime per resident was steady from 2023 to 2025: the change is within ordinary year-to-year swings. Per 1,000 residents, 2022–2025, against the rest of California.
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| Year | Camarillo property | Rest of California property | Camarillo violent | Rest of California violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 12.9 | 24.8 | 0.5 | 5.1 |
| 2023 | 12.7 | 25.0 | 0.8 | 5.4 |
| 2024 | 11.9 | 20.9 | 1.3 | 4.9 |
| 2025 | 11.0 | 18.5 | 1.4 | 4.3 |
Crimes per 1,000 residents
868 crimes reported in 2025
99 violent and 769 property, as reported to the FBI by Camarillo’s police.
2025 offenses reported
Offenses reported to police, not convictions. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting. The last row is counted outside the property total.
Seven people died in crashes on Camarillo’s roads in 2019–2023
Camarillo had 7 fatal crashes in five years, in which seven people died; 2 were pedestrians. 1 died in crash on an Interstate.
That is fewer than is typical for California towns of 25,000–100,000 people: at their median rate (5.6 deaths per 100,000 residents a year), a town of Camarillo’s size would see about 20 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Camarillo’s own rate (2.0) is context, not a ranking.
Deaths are counted where the crash happened, not where the people lived: a highway through town adds through-traffic deaths, and residents’ own risk on roads elsewhere isn’t here. Town rates sit below state and U.S. rates because a third of fatal crashes happen outside any town. Road safety is described here and is not part of the Safety Grade. Source: NHTSA Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), 2019–2023.
Camarillo and its neighbors
How reported crime compares across the town line. Tap a town to see its safety page.
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Camarillo | B | 1.2 | 11.9 |
| Thousand Oaks | B | 1.1 | 10.4 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
California towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Camarillo | B | 1.2 | 11.9 |
| Madera | C | 4.7 | 11.5 |
| Baldwin Park | C | 4.2 | 15.0 |
| Yuba City | C− | 4.2 | 17.0 |
| Palo Alto | C− | 1.9 | 29.0 |
| Walnut Creek | C− | 2.6 | 26.8 |
The five graded California towns closest to Camarillo’s population (68,652), by grade.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- It’s reported crime. Only incidents reported to and recorded by police appear here. Many crimes are never reported to police.
- One number for all of Camarillo. A citywide rate doesn’t show where incidents happen, and that can differ a lot from one part of the city to another.
- Visitors count too. Incidents involving people who work, shop or visit are counted against Camarillo’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (69,673 in 2025); our figure for Camarillo is 68,652 (2025 Census estimate).
- Gaps are real gaps. A missing year means the department didn’t report a full year, not that nothing happened.
How the grade is calculated, for every town: How TownRatings grades safety →
Questions about safety in Camarillo
Is Camarillo, CA safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Camarillo reports less crime per resident than 55% of U.S. towns, a B Safety Grade and #68 of 416 in California. Its police reported 1.2 violent crimes per 1,000 residents a year, against 4.9 in the rest of California and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
What is the crime rate in Camarillo?
1.2 violent and 11.9 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025, as reported to the FBI. The rest of California reports 4.9 and 21.4; the FBI’s national estimate is 3.6 and 17.6.
Is crime going up or down in Camarillo?
Reported crime per resident was steady from 2023 to 2025: the change is within ordinary year-to-year swings.
How many homicides were there in Camarillo in 2025?
Camarillo’s police reported 1 homicides to the FBI for 2025, 1.4 per 100,000 residents. Across U.S. cities and towns in the FBI’s tables the 2025 figure was 4.6.
Is Camarillo safer than Thousand Oaks?
Thousand Oaks reports less crime per resident than Camarillo: Thousand Oaks grades B for safety and Camarillo B. Thousand Oaks’s police reported 1.1 violent and 10.4 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Camarillo?
Camarillo’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Camarillo”. Its figures are the ones on this page.
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Crime: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Crime Data Explorer: offenses known to law enforcement by city, 2025, and state and national rates. Counts are crimes reported to police, not convictions. The Safety Grade is our own summary of that data, not an official rating. Road deaths: NHTSA Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), 2019–2023. This isn’t an official statement of public safety. In an emergency, call 911.