NEWS RELEASE
DETAILS:
The City of Oxnard participates in the FBI’s Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program. For five (5) decades, the Oxnard Police Department (OPD) has contributed data under the UCR Program’s legacy Summary Reporting System (SRS). The FBI has since retired the SRS and transitioned to the National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS) for data collection.
The Oxnard Police Department began reporting NIBRS-compliant crime data on November 15th, 2022. NIBRS is viewed as a more comprehensive reporting system than the SRS. NIBRS goes much deeper to provide circumstances and context for crimes, providing a more detailed understanding of crime patterns and helping law enforcement make informed decisions about crime prevention and public safety. Due to the change in reporting standards, it is not advisable to compare crime data collected under NIBRS to data collected prior to 2023 under SRS.
The table below contains UCR crimes reported in 2024 under the NIBRS Group A Schedule:
Violent Crime
There were five (5) homicides in 2024, two (2) fewer than the previous year. Oxnard’s 2024 homicide clearance rate was 60%, all of which were cleared by arrests.
* The definition for Aggravated Assault changed under NIBRS to include additional charges not previously reported as Aggravated Assault (i.e., 273.5(a) PC).
Violent crime decreased by 1.4%, including a decline in robberies of 8.5%. Oxnard’s reported robberies remain 13.8% lower than the pre-pandemic year of 2019, which saw a reported 275 robbery crimes.
Additionally, there was an overall decrease of 11.5% in domestic violence-related offenses in 2024 compared to the previous year. Though domestic violence offenses do not have their own UCR category, we have included Oxnard’s statistics:
Property Crime
Property crime decreased by 5.8% in Burglary / Breaking and Entering. Larceny / Theft Offenses increased by 12.6%; however, these offenses remain 7.3% lower than the pre-pandemic year of 2019, when 2,987 crimes were reported. Motor vehicle theft increased by 9.3%. Of the reported 720 motor vehicle thefts, 22.2% were preventable thefts.
For a more in-depth look at Oxnard’s reported crime data for 2024, please see the supplemental report linked below.
2024 NIBRS Press Release Supplement
DATE / TIME PREPARED: March 7, 2025, 2:00 PM