Santa Clarita has a population of 216,350. During the past three years, Santa Clarita saw 10,045 arrests. For 2017, the Santa Clarita's arrest rate totaled 158.68 per 10,000 residents. This decrease of 49.87% makes Santa Clarita lower than the national average of 316.54 per 10,000 residents. From that total, 352 were violent crimes like murder, rape, and robbery. The city of Santa Clarita also totaled 3,081 arrests for property crimes during 2017. When compared to Agoura Hills and Calabasas, Santa Clarita is a more dangerous place to live.
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Overall, Santa Clarita had a higher rate of non-violent crime. For 2017, Santa Clarita averaged 352 violent crimes and 3,081 non-violent crimes.
The city of Santa Clarita experienced 3,812 violent crimes during 2007-2017. Of that total, 31 were for murder/non-negligent manslaughter. Additionally, 249 was for legacy rape and 34 was for revised rape. The robbery total was 1,221, and the aggravated assault total was 2,277.