Editing Ventura County, California (section)

===Government and policing===
====County supervisors====
Ventura County is administered by five elected Supervisors who each serve four year terms. They appoint the county executive officer who appoints non-elected department administrators who manage county functions. The county seal, that was adopted in 1964, was reviewed in 2022 due to prominent depiction of [[Statues of Junípero Serra (Ventura, California)|Junípero Serra]] that could be hurtful to those who allege that Serra was responsible for [[California mission clash of cultures|the suppression of the culture]] of [[Chumash people]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Stoelk |first=Dave |date=January 14, 2022 |title=Ventura County may soon strip controversial missionary from official seal |url=https://spectrumnews1.com/ca/la-west/politics/2022/01/14/ventura-county-may-soon-strip-controversial-missionary-from-official-seal |access-date=January 15, 2022 |work=Spectrum News1}}</ref> The seal also had images referring to atomic energy and oil drilling that no longer represented the county industries.<ref>{{cite news |title=St. Junipero Serra could soon be removed from California county seal |publisher=[[Catholic News Agency]] |date=July 23, 2020 |first=Kevin |last=Jones |newspaper=[[Catholic Telegraph]] |url=https://www.thecatholictelegraph.com/st-junipero-serra-could-soon-be-removed-from-california-county-seal/68022 |access-date=July 23, 2020
|archive-date=July 23, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200723164133/https://www.thecatholictelegraph.com/st-junipero-serra-could-soon-be-removed-from-california-county-seal/68022 |url-status=live }}</ref> A new seal was adopted that depicts Arch Rock off [[Anacapa Island]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Wilson |first=Kathleen |date=May 25, 2022 |title=Updated county seal approved without Serra image |url=https://www.vcstar.com/story/news/2022/05/25/new-ventura-county-seal-features-channel-island-no-mission/9857829002/ |access-date=May 26, 2022 |newspaper=Ventura County Star |language=en-US}}</ref>

====Ventura County Sheriff====
The Ventura County Sheriff provides court protection, county jail administration, and patrol for the unincorporated areas of the county plus contracted police services for the incorporated cities of Thousand Oaks, Fillmore, Camarillo, Moorpark, and Ojai.

====Municipal police departments====
The incorporated cities of Ventura, Oxnard, Simi Valley, Port Hueneme, and Santa Paula have municipal police departments.

==== Crime ====

Ventura County is home to several of the safest communities in the U.S., including [[Thousand Oaks, California|Thousand Oaks]], [[Simi Valley, California|Simi Valley]], [[Newbury Park, California|Newbury Park]], and [[Moorpark, California|Moorpark]]. Overall, crime in the county is 33% lower than California and U.S. rates.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.conejovalleyguide.com/welcome/thousand-oaks-other-ventura-county-cities-rank-among-safest.html|title=Thousand Oaks, Other Ventura County Cities Rank Among Safest in the Nation in 2012|work=Conejo Valley Guide {{!}} Conejo Valley Events|access-date=September 6, 2018|language=en-US}}</ref>

According to a 2019 report, the county is the second safest county among California's most populated counties.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.vcstar.com/story/news/local/communities/conejo-valley/2019/07/17/state-region-report-has-both-good-and-bad-news-ventura-county-civic-alliances/1737436001/|title=Ventura County Civic Alliance delivers good news and bad in State of the Region Report|last=Harris|first=Mike|date=July 17, 2019|website=[[Ventura County Star]]|language=en|access-date=July 19, 2019}}</ref>

The following table includes the number of incidents reported and the rate per 1,000 persons for each type of offense.

{| class="wikitable collapsible collapsed"
|-
! colspan="3" | Population and crime rates
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | Population<ref name="US-CB-B02001"/>
| colspan="2" | 815,745
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | Violent crime<ref name="CA-DOJ-T11">Office of the Attorney General, Department of Justice, State of California. [http://stats.doj.ca.gov/cjsc_stats/prof09/00/11.pdf Table 11: Crimes &ndash; 2009] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131202222315/http://stats.doj.ca.gov/cjsc_stats/prof09/00/11.pdf |date=December 2, 2013 }}. Retrieved November 14, 2013.</ref>
| 2,021 || 2.48
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | &nbsp;&nbsp;Homicide<ref name="CA-DOJ-T11"/>
| 29 || 0.04
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | &nbsp;&nbsp;Forcible rape<ref name="CA-DOJ-T11"/>
| 116 || 0.14
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | &nbsp;&nbsp;Robbery<ref name="CA-DOJ-T11"/>
| 757 || 0.93
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | &nbsp;&nbsp;Aggravated assault<ref name="CA-DOJ-T11"/>
| 1,119 || 1.37
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | Property crime<ref name="CA-DOJ-T11"/>
| 7,696 || 9.43
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | &nbsp;&nbsp;Burglary<ref name="CA-DOJ-T11"/>
| 2,954 || 3.62
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | &nbsp;&nbsp;Larceny-theft<ref name="CA-DOJ-T11"/><ref name="LT-note" group="note">Only larceny-theft cases involving property over $400 in value are reported as property crimes.</ref>
| 11,221 || 13.76
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | &nbsp;&nbsp;Motor vehicle theft<ref name="CA-DOJ-T11"/>
| 1,154 || 1.41
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | Arson<ref name="CA-DOJ-T11"/>
| 113 || 0.14
|}

==== Cities by population and crime rates ====
{{Confusing section|date = July 2020}}
{| class="wikitable collapsible collapsed sortable" style="width: 100%;"
|-
! colspan="9" | Cities by population and crime rates
|-
! City
! data-sort-type="number" | Population<ref name="FBI-UCR-T8">United States Department of Justice, Federal Bureau of Investigation. [https://www.fbi.gov/about-us/cjis/ucr/crime-in-the-u.s/2012/crime-in-the-u.s.-2012/tables/8tabledatadecpdf/table-8-state-cuts/table_8_offenses_known_to_law_enforcement_by_california_by_city_2012.xls Crime in the United States, 2012, Table 8 (California)]. Retrieved November 14, 2013.</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" | Property crimes<ref name="FBI-UCR-T8"/>
! data-sort-type="number" | Property crime rate<br />per 1,000 persons
|-
| [[Camarillo, California|Camarillo]] || 66,506 || 61 || 0.92 || 955 || 14.36
|-
| [[Fillmore, California|Fillmore]] || 15,298 || 24 || 1.57 || 198 || 12.94
|-
| [[Moorpark, California|Moorpark]] || 35,102 || 41 || 1.17 || 330 || 9.40
|-
| [[Ojai, California|Ojai]] || 7,607 || 13 || 1.71 || 162 || 21.30
|-
| [[Oxnard, California|Oxnard]] || 201,797 || 603 || 2.99 || 4,071 || 20.17
|-
| [[Port Hueneme, California|Port Hueneme]] || 22,142 || 65 || 2.94 || 467 || 21.09
|-
| [[Santa Paula, California|Santa Paula]] || 29,899 || 91 || 3.04 || 590 || 19.73
|-
| [[Simi Valley, California|Simi Valley]] || 126,686 || 141 || 1.11 || 1,916 || 15.12
|-
| [[Thousand Oaks, California|Thousand Oaks]] || 129,171 || 157 || 1.22 || 1,838 || 14.23
|-
| [[Ventura, California|Ventura]] || 108,511 || 310 || 2.86 || 3,885 || 35.80
|}