Colony House · Photo: Los Angeles · CC BY-SA 3.0Reported crime per resident in Simi Valley fell 18% from 2023 to 2025
Overall, Simi Valley grades B for safety (#44 of 416 graded towns in California, and #11 of 325 U.S. cities over 100,000): less crime per resident than 62% 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 Simi Valley
1 of the 2 graded towns next door reports less crime
Of the 3 California towns on Simi Valley’s borders, 2 have a Safety Grade: Moorpark (B+), Thousand Oaks (B). Santa Susana is an unincorporated community (a census-designated place) with no police department of its own. Neighbors ↓
Among California towns, higher
California’s cities and towns report more crime than most states’, so Simi Valley’s place among its own towns differs from its national one: it reports less crime than 89% of the 416 California towns we grade, against 62% nationally. Safety Grade ↓
Homicides: below U.S. cities overall
Simi Valley’s police reported 3 homicides to the FBI in 2025. Over 2023–2025 that is 1.6 per 100,000 residents a year, below the rest of California (4.2) and below all U.S. cities and towns in the FBI’s tables (5.7). Violent crime ↓
Robberies: below the rest of California
23.5 robberies per 100,000 residents a year over 2023–2025 (29 reported in 2025), below the rest of California (124) and below all U.S. cities and towns in the FBI’s tables (79.4). Violent crime ↓
Against other big cities
Among the 325 U.S. cities over 100,000 we grade, Simi Valley reports less crime per resident than 97% (#11). Places like it ↓
Reported crime is falling
Crime reported per resident fell from 2023 to 2025 by more than ordinary year-to-year swings, on the grade’s own score. Trend ↓
Written from the FBI data on this page. Figures are crimes reported to police, not convictions.
What’s behind Simi Valley’s grade
Property crimes plus four times violent crimes reported to the FBI per resident, 2023–2025, on a national curve. Both violent and property crime are lower than in most U.S. towns; violent crime is the stronger of the two.
Homicides and robberies
Simi Valley’s police reported 3 homicides, 29 robberies and 168 violent crimes in all to the FBI in 2025. By year, against the rest of California and all U.S. cities and towns in the FBI’s tables.
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| Year | Simi Valley | Rest of California | U.S. cities (FBI tables) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 1.6 | 5.6 | 7.7 |
| 2023 | 0.0 | 4.9 | 6.8 |
| 2024 | 2.4 | 4.2 | 5.7 |
| 2025 | 2.4 | 3.4 | 4.6 |
Homicides per 100,000 residents
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| Year | Simi Valley | Rest of California | U.S. cities (FBI tables) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 13.5 | 136 | 95.5 |
| 2023 | 22.7 | 142 | 90.6 |
| 2024 | 24.9 | 128 | 81.9 |
| 2025 | 23.1 | 102 | 66.0 |
Robberies per 100,000 residents
Reported crime is falling
Reported crime per resident fell from 2023 to 2025, by more than ordinary year-to-year swings. Per 1,000 residents, 2022–2025, against the rest of California.
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| Year | Simi Valley property | Rest of California property | Simi Valley violent | Rest of California violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 8.5 | 24.9 | 0.9 | 5.1 |
| 2023 | 9.7 | 25.0 | 1.2 | 5.4 |
| 2024 | 9.2 | 20.9 | 1.3 | 4.9 |
| 2025 | 7.6 | 18.5 | 1.3 | 4.3 |
Crimes per 1,000 residents
For every 1,000 residents, about 8 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.
1,127 crimes reported in 2025
168 violent and 959 property, as reported to the FBI by Simi Valley’s police.
2025 offenses reported
Offenses reported to police, not convictions. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting. The last row is counted outside the property total.
29 people died in crashes on Simi Valley’s roads in 2019–2023
Simi Valley had 27 fatal crashes in five years, in which 29 people died; 5 were pedestrians and 2 were cyclists.
That is 4.6 deaths per 100,000 residents a year, below the median for California towns of 100,000+ people (7.7, 76 towns).
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.
Simi Valley and its neighbors
How reported crime compares across the town line. Tap a town to see its safety page.
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Simi Valley | B | 1.3 | 8.8 |
| Santa Susana | — | — | — |
| Thousand Oaks | B | 1.1 | 10.4 |
| Moorpark | B+ | 0.9 | 6.7 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Santa Susana is an unincorporated community (a census-designated place) with no police department of its own.
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 Simi Valley. 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 Simi Valley’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (125,637 in 2025); our figure for Simi Valley is 124,861 (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 Simi Valley
Is Simi Valley, CA safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Simi Valley reports less crime per resident than 62% of U.S. towns, a B Safety Grade and #44 of 416 in California. Its police reported 1.3 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 Simi Valley?
1.3 violent and 8.8 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 Simi Valley?
Reported crime per resident fell from 2023 to 2025, by more than ordinary year-to-year swings.
How many homicides were there in Simi Valley in 2025?
Simi Valley’s police reported 3 homicides to the FBI for 2025, 2.4 per 100,000 residents. Across U.S. cities and towns in the FBI’s tables the 2025 figure was 4.6.
Is Simi Valley safer than Thousand Oaks?
Thousand Oaks reports more crime per resident than Simi Valley: Thousand Oaks grades B for safety and Simi Valley B. Thousand Oaks’s police reported 1.1 violent and 10.4 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Simi Valley?
Simi Valley’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Simi Valley”. 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.