Orland, CA carries a PlainCrime B safety grade with violent crime 19% below the U.S. average
According to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program for 2024, Orland, CA shows violent crime at 285.1 per 100,000 residents and property crime at 867.6 per 100,000. Violent crime runs 19% below the U.S. average. PlainCrime assigns grade B from those rates. Figures are voluntary agency submissions joined to population denominators; incomplete coverage can move the number.
B safety grade
285.1/100K violent
867.6/100K property
-19% vs U.S.
What the 2024 FBI UCR record shows for Orland, CA
Small-count caution
The violent-crime count is small enough that the derived rate is unstable
Orland reported 23 violent offences in 2024 against a population of 8,068. At this volume one additional or one fewer report moves the per-100,000 rate noticeably, so the figure is better read as a data point than as a precise measurement, and year-to-year swings here are expected.
Comparable rate records
Orland's closest reported-rate comparisons are in the California cohort
The nearest comparable 2024 records to Orland's 285.1 violent-crime rate per 100,000 are Cypress (285.3), Paradise (285.5), Dixon (283.5), Cathedral City (283.3). These are same-year agency submissions that pass the same completeness screen, not a claim that the cities have identical conditions. They make the cohort position above checkable against named records instead of a generic state average.
Offense mix
Violent offenses make up an unusually large share of the reported mix
Violent offenses are 24.7% of the 93 Part I offenses reported in Orland for 2024, against a median of 17.1% across comparable California cities — a gap of 7.6 points. Offense mix is shaped by which agencies report and how incidents are classified as well as by the underlying offenses, so it describes the reported record rather than a settled difference in conditions.
Position in the state cohort
Orland sits mid-pack among comparable California cities
At 285.1 reported violent offenses per 100,000 residents in 2024, Orland ranks 268 of 458 — above 190 of the 457 other California cities whose 2024 submission passes this site’s completeness test. That is -14.4% against the cohort median of 333.1. Cities that did not report, or that reported implausibly low totals, are excluded from this cohort rather than counted as low-crime.
2020–2024 direction
The reported violent-crime rate ended the window higher
Across 4 comparable reporting years, the rate moved from 279.3 per 100,000 in 2020 to 285.1 in 2024 (+2.1%). The highest observed value was 403.7 in 2023 and the lowest 251.6 in 2022. Years whose submission failed the completeness test are left out of this comparison rather than plotted as change.
Property counts dominate Orland's FBI UCR Table 8 municipal row. Per-100,000 rates use the reporting-year population on that row; cities that fail the completeness test stay out of rate rankings. A citywide figure rarely describes any single neighbourhood inside the municipal boundary.
Based on 23 reported violent incidents in a population of 8,068. At this volume, one additional or one fewer report can shift the rate and letter grade noticeably; small-city crime counts are inherently more volatile year to year than large-city counts, so treat this grade as a data point, not a precise ranking.
Small-city offense counts above are voluntary UCR submissions, not neighbourhood advice. Year-to-year swings can look large when the population base is modest.
Orland's 2024 municipal footprint
Across 3 Census sq mi, Orland logged 23 property and 7.6 violent offenses per square mile in 2024.
Orland leans on larceny-theft at 48% of reported offenses, with a moderate mix index of 3,060.
Violent offenses are 25% of the municipal total; property offenses still dominate the count.
Density uses Census Gazetteer land area (3 sq mi); mix index is HHI x 10,000 on the offense-type shares above. Distinct from the per-100K rates in the hero.
Property rate moved most (2023→2024)
Property Crime Rate
-34.3%
1321.1 → 867.6/100K
Violent Crime Rate
-29.4%
403.7 → 285.1/100K
Property offenses lead Orland's 2024 record
Offense
Count
Rate /100K
vs CA
Property Crime
70
867.6
1985.9
Larceny-Theft
45
557.8
-
Burglary
14
173.5
-
Motor Vehicle Theft
11
136.3
-
Arson
0
0
-
Violent Crime
23
285.1
476.8
Aggravated Assault
16
198.3
-
Robbery
7
86.8
-
Murder
0
0
-
Rape
0
0
-
Orland Crime Trend (2020-2024)
The chart omits 2021 rather than drawing an unsupported zero or partial-coverage dip. The table preserves the year and marks the gap.
Orland property crime rate trend
Lead series · fell across 4 comparable years · FBI UCR
Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program · split lines are the U.S. national averages
Orland Police Department
Reporting agency for Orland Summary Reporting (SRS)
Orland Police Department filed the 2024 UCR row behind Orland's 93 reported offenses (4-year span 2020-2024, with internal gaps).
This agency reports via the traditional Summary Reporting System (SRS): aggregate monthly offense counts rather than incident-level detail.
Similar-Size Cities in California
Crime rates read differently at different scales, so these are the California cities closest to Orland in population. Their populations run from 7,813 to 8,226, against 8,068 here. Or use our
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In 2024, Orland reported 23 violent crimes and 70 property crimes, for a total of 93 reported offenses.
Is crime increasing or decreasing in Orland?
From 2023 to 2024, Orland's violent crime rate decreased by 29.4%, and the property crime rate decreased by 34.3%.
What is the most common crime in Orland?
The most common crime type in Orland is larceny-theft, accounting for 48.4% of all reported crimes (45 incidents in 2024).
Small-city read: Orland is sourced from FBI UCR Table 8 for 2024; rates use that row's population.
Small-city rows use the same per-100,000 formula; a few unreported years can leave gaps in the trend table. Verify the agency's submission on FBI.gov UCR.
Disclaimer (small city): UCR counts here are informational only. They are not a victimization probability. Source: FBI UCR Program.
Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program CIUS Table 8 municipal crime rates · 2024 Orland, CA rates use the reporting-year population on the municipal row.