Editing Lake County, California (section)

==Crime==

The table below includes the number of actual offenses (including attempts) as reported by the Lake County Sheriff's Office, and the rate per 1,000 persons for each type of offense (crime for the cities of Lakeport and Clearlake is not included, being listed in separate table further below).

{| class="wikitable collapsible"
|-
! colspan="3" | Population and crime rates (2020)
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | Population<ref name="2020 Census LC"/>
| colspan="2" | 68,163
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | &nbsp;&nbsp;Homicide<ref name="LCSO 2020 Crime Stats">{{cite web|title=Lake County Sheriff - 2020 Crime Statistics|url=https://www.lakecountyca.gov/ArchiveCenter/ViewFile/Item/472}}</ref>
| 1 || 0.01
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | &nbsp;&nbsp;Rape<ref name="LCSO 2020 Crime Stats"/>
| 13 || 0.19
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | &nbsp;&nbsp;Robbery<ref name="LCSO 2020 Crime Stats"/>
| 11 || 0.16
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | &nbsp;&nbsp;Assault<ref name="LCSO 2020 Crime Stats"/>
| 612 || 8.97
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | &nbsp;&nbsp;Larceny<ref name="LCSO 2020 Crime Stats"/>
| 226 || 3.29
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | &nbsp;&nbsp;Burglary<ref name="LCSO 2020 Crime Stats"/>
| 239 || 3.50
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | &nbsp;&nbsp;Motor vehicle theft<ref name="LCSO 2020 Crime Stats"/>
| 5 || 0.07
|}

{| class="wikitable collapsible sortable"
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! colspan="14" | Cities by population and crime (2019)
|-
! City
! data-sort-type="number" | Population<ref name="FBI-UCR-T8">United States Department of Justice, Federal Bureau of Investigation. [https://ucr.fbi.gov/crime-in-the-u.s/2019/crime-in-the-u.s.-2019/tables/table-8/table-8-state-cuts/california.xls Crime in the United States, 2019, Table 8 (California)]</ref>
! data-sort-type="number" | Violent crimes<ref name="FBI-UCR-T8"/>
! data-sort-type="number" | Violent crime rate<br />per 1,000 persons
! data-sort-type="number" | Murder and nonnegligent manslaughter
! data-sort-type="number" | Rape
! data-sort-type="number" | Robbery
! data-sort-type="number" | Aggravated assault
! data-sort-type="number" | Property crimes<ref name="FBI-UCR-T8"/>
! data-sort-type="number" | Property crime rate<br />per 1,000 persons
! data-sort-type="number" | Burglary
! data-sort-type="number" | Larceny-theft
! data-sort-type="number" | Motor vehicle theft
! data-sort-type="number" | Arson
|-
| [[Clearlake, California|Clearlake]] || 15,400 || 119 || 7.72 || 1 || 19 || 36 || 63 || 460 || 29.87 || 146 || 210 || 104 || 11
|-
| [[Lakeport, California|Lakeport]] || 4,959 || 34 || 6.85 || 0 || 3 || 7 || 24 || 160 || 32.26 || 29 || 110 || 21 || 0
|}

[[CAL FIRE]] determined 8 wildfires in their jurisdiction in Lake County were caused by [[arson]] in 2023.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://34c031f8-c9fd-4018-8c5a-4159cdff6b0d-cdn-endpoint.azureedge.net/-/media/calfire-website/our-impact/fire-statistics/2023_redbook_final.pdf?rev=e3ba4cccf9fe4d0e97a921189d85baaf&hash=9593161EBE9D4EAC55B5ACD30F46228A|website=CAL FIRE|title=2023 Wildfire Activity Statistics: Table 9. (continued) Number of CAL FIRE SRA Fires by Cause, by County|page=15}}</ref>