Top 5 most common types of crime in Orange County

 The Orange County Annual Report 2021 presents the 5 most common types of crime in Orange County.

In 2021, 26,157 deaths were recorded by the Orange County Health Department, Birth and Death registration. 13,560 of those deceased were reported to the coroner which accounts for 52% of total deaths. The total amount of cases accepted is 7,725 deaths.

3,154 of the 7,725 deaths or 41% were certified by the coroner's office. 

2,701 or approximately 86% needed an autopsy to find out the cause of death. 1,022 or 38% died from natural causes out of 2,701 deaths. 17% out of 1,524 accident deaths involved traffic collisions. 937 of the accidental deaths died of overdose in 2021. 

Of the 91 homicide deaths during 2021 most incidents involved gunshots (59%) and males (85%). 27% of the total homicide deaths happened in Anaheim and 24% occurred in Santa Ana. 

 11%, or 341 cases, and asphyxia (36%) died of suicide.  Gunshots accounted for (28%) of the suicides. Twenty-year-olds and fifty-year-olds accounted for  32% or 110 deaths, and males surpassed females at 77% vs. 23% in the order given. 

Strangely, only 18% of the deceased left a suicide message in 2021 which is more than in 2020 (16%). 42 (70%) of the 60 undetermined deaths had an unknown cause of death accompanied by 8 (13%) were caused by overdose.

1,524 of the 7,725 deaths were caused by accidents. 91 of the total deaths were caused by homicide. 1,115 of those dead died of natural causes. 341 of them were caused by suicide. Lastly, 60 were undetermined.