RED BLUFF, Calif. — Violent crimes are on the rise in Tehama County.
Since April, several violent crimes have occurred within county lines, including a deadly stabbing at a quinceanera and another at the district fairground.
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According to the crime data page Neighborhood Scout, Red Bluff’s crime index is a 3—100 on their index is considered the “safest.” That means the little, 14,000 person city is “safer” than only 3% of U.S. cities.
On top of that, your chances of being a victim of a violent crime in Red Bluff are 1 in 102; for the entire state of California, those chances are 1 in 227.
These stats come from an online data source, not from Red Bluff police. However, KRCR spoke with Red Bluff PD’s Lieutenant Matt Hansen on Friday and he confirmed these numbers are in-line with what they’ve been seeing.
So why is Red Bluff’s crime ticking up in 2022?
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“It’s really hard to draw a common thread through it because we’ve seen an uptick in gang violence…[and] we’ve seen an uptick in violence in the homeless community, both as victims and homeless on homeless,” Hansen explained.
In the grand scheme of things, the seasoned policeman believes the crime trend ties back to state policies.
“They’re dumping a lot of these criminals back into our local communities,” Hansen added.
In regards to the crime statistics, Hansen said they “don’t lie, in the sense that the numbers are the numbers.” But the Lieutenant did say his department is “pretty good” at reporting crimes, in comparison to how other agencies may file their reports.
While Hansen doesn’t believe the public is at grave risk of danger, he did acknowledge the elephant in the room.
“Our sign says, ‘Red Bluff, a great place to live.’ But stats don’t support that.”
Just like in Shasta County, jail space—or lack thereof—is an issue Tehama County is also facing. So is staffing; Hansen said his department is actively recruiting more officers.
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Of course, crime is everywhere and by no means is this solely a Red Bluff problem. Ultimately, it will take “grassroot efforts” to fix the issue, in Hansen’s opinion. The key in doing that? Respecting each other; the Lieutenant believes that we, as a society, have lost too much respect for one another.
Lt. Hansen will retire this December and take political office in Tehama County, becoming the new District 4 Supervisor. He told KRCR’s Sam Chimenti the motive behind his career switch.
“I think that, in my position, I’ve seen a lot,” said Hansen. “I’ve had the opportunity to deal with a lot of difficult situations and I think that putting a new set of eyes on some old problems might change things; it might actually improve things.”
The main issue Hansen hopes to tackle on the board, outside of crime, is the lack of water in Tehama County.
Hansen will officially take over the role in January of 2023.
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