San Buenaventura (Ventura) Crime Map

California · Latest 24h · updated 2026-11-12

Latest 24h	2 incidents, 1 violent (2026-11-10)
2026 YTD	7,593 incidents through October
2025 (full year)	9,308 incidents
Full archive	82,077 incidents (2019–2026)
Per 100K / year	8,475

Source: San Buenaventura (Ventura) Police Department open data.

About crime in San Buenaventura (Ventura)

Latest mapped day. San Buenaventura (Ventura) recorded 2 incidents on 2026-11-10, including 1 violent-category incident. This is a short-window snapshot of police open data, not a personal-safety score.

Year-over-year context

San Buenaventura (Ventura) recorded 10,390 incidents in 2024 and 9,308 in 2025, a 10.4% decrease. Year-to-year comparisons depend on consistent source coverage and reporting definitions.

Latest 24h (2026-11-10) category breakdown

Assault	1
Vandalism	1

Across 2019–2026, the current archive contains 82,077 incidents for San Buenaventura (Ventura). Missing categories or periods reflect what the source publishes; missing is not zero.

San Buenaventura (Ventura) crime overview

Essay updated 2026-11-12 · figures above are from the latest data

TL;DR. San Buenaventura (Ventura), California reported 9,308 police-reported incidents in 2025, with data through November 2026 from the San Buenaventura (Ventura) Police Department. Other was the most reported category with 4,793 incidents, followed by Theft and Assault. The 2025 total was down 10.4% from 10,390 in 2024. January–October 2026 recorded 7,593 incidents, down 4.5% from 7,952 in the same months of 2025.

About this data

TheCrimeMaps crime map for San Buenaventura (Ventura), California, shows the location of police-reported incidents released in open data from the San Buenaventura (Ventura) Police Department. Readers can browse the 2025 reports by category and location, with the archive current through November 2026. Each point reflects a report as classified by the department, rather than a court outcome.

In calendar year 2025, the city recorded 9,308 police-reported incidents. That works out to 8,474.8 reported incidents per 100,000 residents in 2025, calculated from the U.S. Census Bureau Vintage 2024 population estimate of 109,831. Violent-category incidents, defined as assault plus sexual assault, robbery, shooting and homicide, totaled 1,232, or 13.2% of the total, for a violent rate of 1,121.7 reported incidents per 100,000 residents.

Recent trend

Total reports fell 10.4% between two complete calendar years, from 10,390 in 2024 to 9,308 in 2025. That 2025 total continues a downward sequence from the archive high of 14,641 in 2021, through 12,363 in 2022 and 10,844 in 2023. The most recent same-period comparison also shows a decline: January–October 2026 recorded 7,593 incidents, down 4.5% from 7,952 in January–October 2025. The 2020 complete-year count of 13,581 provides additional context for the peak and subsequent yearly decreases. All year-over-year comparisons here use matching 12-month or same-month windows.

Category breakdown

Other was the largest grouping in 2025 with 4,793 incidents, or 51.5% of the 9,308 total. The source groups many offense types under Other, led by Other crime with 2,793 incidents, or 30% of the total, and Drugs with 1,445 incidents, or 15.5%. Impaired & dangerous driving added 285 incidents, or 3.1%, while Threats and Weapons offenses contributed 141 and 129 incidents. The next most common categories after Other were Theft with 1,366 incidents, or 14.7%, and Assault with 1,167 incidents, or 12.5%. Vandalism followed with 667 incidents, or 7.2%. Theft from vehicle recorded 505 incidents, or 5.4%, and Fraud recorded 374 incidents, or 4%.

What this means

San Buenaventura (Ventura) recorded 9,308 incidents in 2025, down from 14,641 in 2021, 12,363 in 2022, 10,844 in 2023 and 10,390 in 2024. What stands out is the weight of Other at 4,793 incidents, or 51.5% of the total. The more specific next ranks are Theft at 1,366 incidents, or 14.7%, and Assault at 1,167 incidents, or 12.5%, followed by Vandalism at 667 incidents, or 7.2%.

FAQ

How many incidents were reported in San Buenaventura (Ventura) in 2025?
San Buenaventura (Ventura) had 9,308 police-reported incidents in calendar year 2025. That equals 8,474.8 reported incidents per 100,000 residents in 2025, based on the U.S. Census Bureau Vintage 2024 population estimate of 109,831 for the city. The violent-category total for 2025 was 1,232 incidents, or 13.2% of the yearly total.

What was the most reported crime category in San Buenaventura (Ventura) in 2025?
Other was the largest category in 2025 with 4,793 incidents, or 51.5% of the 9,308 total. The source groups many types under Other, including other crime with 2,793 incidents, drugs with 1,445, impaired and dangerous driving with 285, threats with 141, and weapons offenses with 129. Theft was the next largest specific category with 1,366 incidents.

Is crime going up or down in San Buenaventura (Ventura)?
Reported incidents fell from 10,390 in 2024 to 9,308 in 2025, a change of -10.4% across two consecutive complete calendar years. For the current window, January–October 2026 had 7,593 incidents compared with 7,952 in the same months in 2025, a change of -4.5%. The archive from 2019 to 2026 contains 82,077 incidents combined.

What do the 2025 numbers show by neighborhood in San Buenaventura (Ventura)?
This 2025 summary does not rank any named neighborhoods for San Buenaventura (Ventura), with a neighborhood count of 0. All of the period figures are citywide, including the 9,308 total and the category counts for Other, theft, and assault. Readers looking for smaller-area detail should use the citywide breakdowns rather than assuming equal distribution across parts of the city.

Where does the San Buenaventura (Ventura) crime data come from?
The figures come from the San Buenaventura (Ventura) Police Department, the upstream open-data source for this page. The 2025 total of 9,308 incidents and the category breakdown, including 1,167 assault incidents and 1,366 theft incidents, reflect police-reported incidents in calendar year 2025 with 12 months of data.

How current is the San Buenaventura (Ventura) crime data?
The data on TheCrimeMaps runs through November 2026. The headline remains calendar year 2025 with 9,308 incidents across 12 months of data. More recent partial information includes January–October 2026 with 7,593 incidents and the 11-month 2026 count of 7,776, which cannot be directly compared with a complete year as an annual change.

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