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===Technology===
[[Amgen]], the Thousand Oaks-based biotechnology giant, is the biggest [[publicly-traded company]] in Ventura County by [[market capitalization]]. [[The Trade Desk]], the Ventura-based industry leader in advertising on [[Streaming media|streaming services]], is second.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Biasotti |first=Tony |date=February 15, 2023 |title=Ventura's Trade Desk bucks industry trend, sees hefty profits from ads in streaming TV |url=https://www.vcstar.com/story/news/2023/02/15/venturas-trade-desk-bucks-industry-trend-reports-steep-profit-growth/69907294007/ |access-date=2023-02-17 |newspaper=Ventura County Star |language=en-US}}</ref>
== Arts and culture ==
{{Further|List of museums in the California Central Coast}}
Albinger Archaeological Museum is located at 113 E Main St, Ventura , next to Mission San Buenaventura. It was once the home to 5 different cultures spanning 3,500 years of history including the Chumash Indians, Chinese immigrants and others.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Albinger Archaeological Museum {{!}} Ventura, CA |url=https://www.cityofventura.ca.gov/1747/Albinger-Archaeological-Museum |access-date=2024-02-18 |website=www.cityofventura.ca.gov}}</ref>
Channel Islands Maritime Museum preserves maritime heritage, maritime arts and culture, while highlighting the ecology of The Ocean. It is located at the Channel Islands Harbor at 3900 Bluefin Circle, Oxnard.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Museum {{!}} Channel Islands Maritime Museum {{!}} Oxnard |url=https://www.cimmvc.org/ |access-date=2024-02-18 |website=CI Maritime Museum |language=en}}</ref>
The [[Chumash Indian Museum]], in Thousand Oaks, is dedicated to restoring and preserving an awareness of the Chumash people and their history, culture, present-day influence and the historical significance of this site.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Chumash Museum |url=https://www.chumashmuseum.org/ |access-date=2024-02-18 |website=www.chumashmuseum.org}}</ref>
Museum of Ventura County located at 100 East Main St, Ventura, promotes interest in and understanding of the history and art of the Ventura County region.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Welcome |url=https://venturamuseum.org/ |access-date=2024-02-18 |website=Museum of Ventura County |language=en-US}}</ref>
The Santa Paula Art Museum occupies two historic buildings in Santa Paula. The Santa Paula Art Museum's Jeanette Cole Art Center 117 N 10th St, is the primary exhibition space in the Limoneira building. The Santa Paula Art Museum's Cole Creativity Center, 123 N 10th St, has art classes and special programs.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Santa Paula Art Museum — Visitor Information |url=https://www.santapaulaartmuseum.org/visitorinfo |access-date=2024-02-18 |website=Santa Paula Art Museum |language=en-US}}</ref>
==Sports==
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====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=2018-09-06|language=en-US|df=mdy-all}}</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=2019-07-19}}</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"
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! colspan="3" | Population and crime rates
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! scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | Population<ref name="US-CB-B02001"/>
| colspan="2" | 815,745
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! 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 – 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 2013-11-14.</ref>
| 2,021 || 2.48
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | Homicide<ref name="CA-DOJ-T11"/>
| 29 || 0.04
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | Forcible rape<ref name="CA-DOJ-T11"/>
| 116 || 0.14
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | Robbery<ref name="CA-DOJ-T11"/>
| 757 || 0.93
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | 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;" | Burglary<ref name="CA-DOJ-T11"/>
| 2,954 || 3.62
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | 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;" | 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%;"
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! 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 2013-11-14.</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
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| [[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
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| [[Port Hueneme, California|Port Hueneme]] || 22,142 || 65 || 2.94 || 467 || 21.09
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| [[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
|}
=== 2040 General Plan ===
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| [[Thousand Oaks, California|Thousand Oaks]] || 125,633 || 62.4% || 31.9% || 41.8% || <span style="color: #d6002b;">'''-9.9%'''</span> || 8.0% || 21.0%
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== Education==
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Ventura County Law Library, located in the Ventura County Government Center, makes current legal resources available to judges, lawyers, government officials, and other users.
==Transportation==
===Major highways===
[[File:Pacific Coast Highway in Solromar.jpg|thumb|Pacific Coast Highway ([[California State Route 1|CA 1]]) in [[Solromar, California|Solromar]]]]
[[File:CA 23 overlap US 101 Ventura Freeway.jpg|thumb|Overlap [[California State Route 23|SR 23]]/[[U.S. Route 101|US 101]] (Ventura Freeway)]]
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*[[File:US 101 (1961 cutout).svg|25px|link=|alt=]] [[U.S. Route 101 in California|U.S. Route 101]]
*[[File:California 1.svg|20px|link=|alt=]] [[California State Route 1|State Route 1]]
*[[File:California 23.svg|20px|link=|alt=]] [[California State Route 23|State Route 23]]
*[[File:California 33.svg|20px|link=|alt=]] [[California State Route 33|State Route 33]]
*[[File:California 34.svg|20px|link=|alt=]] [[California State Route 34|State Route 34]]
*[[File:California 118.svg|25px|link=|alt=]] [[California State Route 118|State Route 118]]
*[[File:California 126.svg|25px|link=|alt=]] [[California State Route 126|State Route 126]]
*[[File:California 150.svg|25px|link=|alt=]] [[California State Route 150|State Route 150]]
*[[File:California 232.svg|25px|link=|alt=]] [[California State Route 232|State Route 232]]
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====Unconstructed====
*[[File:California 257.svg|25px|link=|alt=]] [[California State Route 257|State Route 257]]
===Public transportation===
Ventura County is served by [[Amtrak]] and [[Metrolink (California)|Metrolink]] trains along the [[Coast Line (Union Pacific Railroad)|main coast rail line]], as well as [[Greyhound Lines]],
[[Gold Coast Transit]] (formerly South Coast Area Transit), and [[Ventura Intercity Service Transit Authority|VISTA]] buses. The cities of [[Camarillo, California|Camarillo]], Moorpark, Simi Valley and Thousand Oaks have their own small bus systems.
Park authorized commercial service operators provide access to the five islands of [[Channel Islands National Park]].<ref>[http://www.nps.gov/chis/planyourvisit/island-transportation.htm "Island Transportation"] National Park Service:Channel Islands National Park. Accessed 5 November 2013</ref>
===Airports===
*[[Oxnard Airport]], just west of Downtown Oxnard and was Ventura County's only commercial airport, it now no longer takes public flights. It is also the county's largest airport.
*[[Camarillo Airport]], formerly a US Air Force Base, is a general aviation airport located south of the City of Camarillo. It is the current base of operations of the [[Ventura County Sheriff's Department]] Aviation Unit and the home of the VCSD's Training Facility and Academy, the [[Ventura County Criminal Justice Training Center]]. The Camarillo Airport also serves as the base of operations for the [[Ventura County Fire Department]] and facilitates the [[Oxnard College Regional Fire Academy]] and the [[Ventura County Reserve Officers Training Center]].
*[[Santa Paula Airport]] is a privately owned airport open to the public for general aviation.
==Communities==
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== In popular culture ==
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