City Analysis

Aggregate crime in the county dropped by more than 5,500 incidents in 1993, compared to 1992. Most of that decline was recorded in two categories, burglary and larceny. Violent crimes declined by only about 100. By far the most striking difference occurred in Santa Ana, where incidents declined by around 2,000. There were just over 600 more crimes in Huntington Beach, the city with the largest increase.

Total Forcible City crime Murder rape Robbery Anaheim 1992 18,731 35 90 891 1993 N/A 33 70 909 Change -- -2 -20 +18 Brea 1992 2,106 2 8 37 1993 2,180 3 5 51 Change +74 +1 -3 +14 Buena Park 1992 4,790 4 28 220 1993 4,460 7 19 203 Change -330 +3 -9 -17 Costa Mesa 1992 7,379 8 47 184 1993 7,587 5 30 184 Change +208 -3 -17 same Cypress 1992 2,248 0 13 44 1993 2,182 1 7 57 Change -66 +1 -6 +13 Dana Point 1992 1,648 4 8 29 1993 1,600 2 13 35 Change -48 -2 +5 +6 Fountain Valley 1992 3,117 0 9 99 1993 2,903 3 3 88 Change -214 +3 -6 -11 Fullerton 1992 8,625 4 31 270 1993 7,874 2 36 260 Change -751 -2 +5 -10 Garden Grove 1992 10,034 5 46 452 1993 9,550 13 33 430 Change -484 +8 -24 -22 Huntington Beach 1992 8,518 8 64 190 1993 9,122 3 38 174 Change +604 -5 -26 -16 Irvine 1992 4,948 3 10 50 1993 4,538 1 12 58 Change -410 -2 +2 +8 Laguna Beach 1992 1,389 1 10 16 1993 1,616 0 5 22 Change +227 -1 -5 +6 Laguna Hills 1992 1,804 1 8 36 1993 1,146 0 3 26 Change -658 -1 -5 -10 Laguna Niguel 1992 1,349 1 8 20 1993 1,151 0 8 18 Change -198 -1 same -2 La Habra 1992 2,459 3 8 102 1993 2,620 4 17 89 Change +161 +1 +9 -13 Lake Forest 1992 1,899 1 1 45 1993 1,973 0 6 37 Change +74 -1 +5 -8 La Palma 1992 695 0 2 18 1993 706 1 2 16 Change +11 +1 same -2 Los Alamitos 1992 696 0 4 16 1993 566 0 3 18 Change -130 same -1 +2 Mission Viejo 1992 2,172 0 11 42 1993 2,636 3 13 32 Change +464 +3 +4 -10 Newport Beach 1992 3,898 0 24 59 1993 3,690 3 25 42 Change -208 +3 +1 -17 Orange 1992 6,909 9 24 222 1993 6,015 3 30 234 Change -894 -6 +6 +12 Placentia 1992 1,556 2 7 53 1993 1,474 3 4 44 Change -82 +1 -3 -9 San Clemente 1992 1,257 3 5 30 1993 1,389 3 10 31 Change +132 same +5 +1 San Juan Capistrano 1992 1,276 0 4 27 1993 1,148 0 7 21 Change -128 same +3 -6 Santa Ana 1992 21,076 58 72 1,986 1993 19,071 78 77 1,886 Change -2,005 +20 +5 -100 Seal Beach 1992 838 1 6 27 1993 904 1 3 35 Change +66 same -3 +8 Stanton 1992 2,504 4 14 116 1993 2,345 4 9 125 Change -159 same -5 +9 Tustin 1992 3,399 1 14 89 1993 3,321 2 12 91 Change -78 +1 -2 +2 Villa Park 1992 172 0 2 4 1993 188 0 1 3 Change +16 -- -1 -1 Westminster 1992 5,675 4 16 259 1993 5,125 10 11 202 Change -550 +6 -5 -47 Yorba Linda 1992 1,477 2 7 35 1993 1,366 0 5 20 Change -111 -2 -2 -15 County total* 1992 140,736 173 631 5,775 1993 135,212 196 546 5,567 Change -5,524 +23 -85 -208

* Includes unincorporated areas N/A: Information not available

Sources: FBI; California attorney general’s office, Bureau of Criminal Statistics

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City Analysis (contd.)

Motor Aggravated vehicle City assault Burglary Larceny theft Anaheim 1992 732 3,961 9,546 3,476 1993 N/A 3,942 9,145 3,607 Change -- -19 -401 +131 Brea 1992 88 351 1,369 251 1993 69 309 1,521 222 Change -19 -42 +152 -29 Buena Park 1992 210 1,042 2,314 972 1993 188 994 2,100 949 Change -22 -48 -214 -23 Costa Mesa 1992 228 1,392 4,594 926 1993 225 1,250 4,918 975 Change -3 -142 +324 +49 Cypress 1992 85 436 1,375 295 1993 84 423 1,262 348 Change -1 -13 -113 +53 Dana Point 1992 143 435 921 108 1993 123 372 826 129 Change -20 -63 -95 +21 Fountain Valley 1992 75 505 1,998 431 1993 57 394 1,971 387 Change -18 -111 -27 -44 Fullerton 1992 370 1,625 4,995 1,330 1993 325 1,385 4,575 1,291 Change -45 -240 -420 -39 Garden Grove 1992 494 2,115 5,160 1,762 1993 441 1,759 5,075 1,799 Change -53 -356 -85 +37 Huntington Beach 1992 599 1,944 4,555 1,158 1993 662 1,984 5,042 1,219 Change +63 +40 +487 +61 Irvine 1992 83 1,226 3,129 447 1993 70 990 2,957 450 Change -13 -236 -172 +3 Laguna Beach 1992 106 428 727 101 1993 164 412 874 139 Change +58 -16 +147 +38 Laguna Hills 1992 85 417 1,084 173 1993 36 220 762 99 Change -49 -197 -322 -74 Laguna Niguel 1992 82 408 743 87 1993 85 310 638 92 Change +3 -98 -105 +5 La Habra 1992 314 428 1,289 315 1993 378 452 1,351 329 Change +64 +24 +62 +14 Lake Forest 1992 104 488 1,072 188 1993 122 469 1,146 193 Change +18 -19 +74 +5 La Palma 1992 42 170 343 120 1993 41 140 378 128 Change -1 -30 +35 +8 Los Alamitos 1992 24 177 385 90 1993 22 143 279 101 Change -2 -34 -106 +11 Mission Viejo 1992 138 516 1,296 169 1993 142 687 1,539 220 Change +4 +171 +243 -51 Newport Beach 1992 263 1,111 2,122 319 1993 205 1,060 2,005 350 Change -58 -51 -117 +31 Orange 1992 277 1,575 3,859 943 1993 289 1,444 3,033 982 Change +12 -131 -826 +39 Placentia 1992 116 389 736 253 1993 93 309 773 248 Change -23 -80 +37 -5 San Clemente 1992 53 340 644 182 1993 99 370 662 214 Change +46 +30 +18 +26 San Juan Capistrano 1992 101 309 700 135 1993 88 331 596 105 Change -13 +22 -104 -30 Santa Ana 1992 1,114 3,791 9,854 4,201 1993 1,149 2,950 8,973 3,958 Change +35 -841 -881 -243 Seal Beach 1992 13 201 482 108 1993 22 224 482 137 Change +9 +23 same +29 Stanton 1992 198 676 1,149 347 1993 164 636 1,036 371 Change -34 -40 -113 +24 Tustin 1992 80 661 2,122 432 1993 98 677 2,104 337 Change -18 +16 -22 -95 Villa Park 1992 7 71 80 8 1993 10 56 108 10 Change +3 -15 +28 +2 Westminster 1992 192 1,408 2,855 941 1993 175 1,208 2,554 965 Change -17 -200 -301 +24 Yorba Linda 1992 74 265 939 155 1993 64 249 888 140 Change -10 -16 -51 -15 County total* 1992 6,976 30,185 75,872 21,124 1993 7,147 27,418 73,050 21,288 Change +171 -2,767 -2,822 +164

* Includes unincorporated areas N/A: Information not available

Sources: FBI; California attorney general’s office, Bureau of Criminal Statistics