Safest Cities in Orange County

[Portolaresident]

7 of California's top 10 safest cities are in Orange County, report says

Seven of the 10 safest cities in California are all located in Orange County, according to a newly released ranking by the home security company SafeWise.

abc7.com

Seems like Irvine has slipped below LF, lol. I'm curious to know why Irvine has faired below the other OC cities in this Article, I always thought Irvine was the safest city in OC and one of the safest in the country.

 

[irvinehomeowner]

Depends on what list you look at, this one lists Irvine as #6 and the only OC city in the top 15:

Safest Cities In America 2024: Violent Crime Rate Increases Drive Per Capita Cost of Crime

How safe is your city, and how much is crime costing your community? Find out how your hometown stacks up in our analysis of crime statistics and costs.

www.moneygeek.com

This one lists Irvine as #8 and the only Cali one in the top 10:

Safest cities in the U.S. (2024) | ConsumerAffairs®

The safest large, midsize and small cities, ranked

www.consumeraffairs.com

And also from ABC, based on the FBI list, Irvine is #1 for the 18th year in a row:

What city in the country is the safest from violent crime? FBI statistics say Irvine

For the 18th year in a row, Irvine has earned the title of America's Safest City of its size for violent crime, when compared to other cities with a population of 250,000 or more.

abc7.com

The fact that you can find Irvine on almost every list should tell you something.

 

[CalBears96]

"SafeWise said it compiled the rankings by using the most up-to-date FBI data -- including statistics on violent crime, property crime, gun violence and package theft."

Must have been package theft that did Irvine in, since the other lists are based on violent crimes.

Also, it's crimes/crime costs per capita as well. Not sure if SafeWise's list uses per capita.

 

[Liar Loan]

It also depends on whether they include all cities of any size in the ranking, or only cities above a certain size. I think a population of 250k is the cutoff a lot of the national rankings use, so only a few cities in OC are larger than that, and Irvine is the only one that has low violent crime stats (the other large cities being Anaheim and Santa Ana).