Editing Santa Rosa, California (section)

===Crime===
Neighborhoods such as [[South Park, Santa Rosa, California|South Park]] in south Santa Rosa, Corby Avenue, and Roseland, West Ninth District, and Apple Valley in west Santa Rosa, are most vulnerable to criminal activity. Acts of crime in these neighborhoods are commonly burglaries, graffiti, and violent gang activity. Street gangs such as [[Sureños]] and [[Norteños]] have large concentrations throughout Santa Rosa. There are multiple other gangs, including mostly racially based gangs or racially mixed that commit theft, street and violent crimes, [[motorcycle gang]]s, [[white supremacist]] gangs, and prison gangs.<ref name="interactive"/><ref name=pressdemo20092>{{cite web|url=http://www.pressdemocrat.com/article/20090613/ARTICLES/906139924?p=all&tc=pgall |title=South Park, Santa Rosa's vibrant, ever-changing corner |work=The Press Democrat|date=June 13, 2009 |access-date=July 18, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Doyle|first=Jim|url=http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Gang-turf-spreads-to-Santa-Rosa-As-Sonoma-2704443.php#page-2 |title=Gang turf spreads to Santa Rosa |newspaper=[[San Francisco Chronicle]] |date=January 20, 2005}}</ref> In 2011, there were 5 homicides, 58 rapes, 134 robberies, 485 aggravated assaults, and 637 burglaries. The violent crime rate for Santa Rosa (401.7 per 100,000 people) is slightly lower than the rate of California (411.1 per 100,000 people) and higher than that of the entire U.S. (386.3 per 100,000 people).<ref name=srpdcrimeanalysis>{{cite web|url=http://ci.santa-rosa.ca.us/doclib/Documents/UCR_SRPD_AnnualUpdate_2002-2011_20121106_Public.pdf|title=Annual UCR Part I Crime Statistics |publisher= US Department of Justice Federal Bureau of Investigation|year=2012 |access-date=January 8, 2013}}</ref>

2021 and especially its late spring and summer saw an increase in shootings, violence, homicides, drug, gang, and homeless-related crimes. The increase was up to double for some crimes and problems, compared to the previous several years.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.pressdemocrat.com/article/news/santa-rosa-leaders-react-to-fourth-of-july-shooting-part-of-deadly-weekend/amp/|title=Santa Rosa leaders react to Fourth of July shooting, part of deadly weekend of US gun violence|newspaper=[[Press Democrat]]|date=July 16, 2021|author=Graham, Andrew}}</ref>