The Police IndexStop data: 2024 · Pay and hiring checked Nov 2026

What the job looks like at Yuba City Police

6,085 people stopped in 2024Busiest hour 2pm to 3pmSutter County

Yuba City Police is the police department for the city of Yuba City, in Sutter County. This page shows what its officers spend their time on, from the stops the department reported to the state for 2024.

People stopped
About 17 a day

6,085 people in 2024. A stop is a detention or search, so calls with no detention are not counted. Most common reason: lights, tint or equipment, 20%.

Busiest hour for stops
2pm to 3pm
18% of stops are between 10pm and 5am
338th of 434 in California
Stops that came from a call
15%
The rest the officer started
148th of 434 in California
Stops on foot
17%
1,014 of 6,085
211th of 434 in California
Median stop length
10 min

Where Yuba City Police works

Filled: Yuba City city limits.
Name in the state file
YUBA CITY PD
People stopped, 2024
6,085
Separate stops, 2024
5,777

Other departments in Sutter County

What Yuba City Police officers stop people for

Lights, tint or equipment20%
Red light, stop sign or traffic sign15%
Phone use while driving14%
Registration, plates or insurance12%
Speeding11%
Lane, turn or right-of-way violation4%
Outstanding warrant2%
Seat belt or child seat1%
Parole or probation check1%
Trespassing1%
Everything else17%

The main reason recorded for each of 6,085 people stopped in 2024, grouped from the offense code.

When the work happens

18% of stops happen between 10pm and 5am.

Yuba City Police
California average
12am3am6am9am12pm3pm6pm9pm

Darker means a larger share of stops in that hour.

How the work is done

Each dot is a department in California. Yuba City Police is highlighted.

On foot17% 211th of 434 in California
0%20%40%60%80%100%
For a traffic violation81% 209th of 434 in California
0%20%40%60%80%100%
After a call for service15% 148th of 434 in California
0%20%40%60%80%100%
Person perceived as unhoused2% 257th of 434 in California
0%20%40%

How stops end

Verbal warning18% 395th of 434 in California
0%20%40%60%80%
Citation60% 25th of 434 in California
0%20%40%60%80%
Arrest14% 149th of 434 in California
0%20%40%60%
Psychiatric hold0% 268th of 434 in California
0%20%40%

One person can have more than one outcome, so these do not add to 100%.

Searches and handcuffs

Person searched10% 225th of 434 in California
0%20%40%60%
Handcuffed11% 181st of 434 in California
0%20%40%60%
This page covers the work only. Pay, hiring steps and test rules for this department are not on the site yet. Agencies differ in how consistently they record handcuffing and searches, so small gaps may not be real.

Sources: California Department of Justice stop data, 2024 · Map outlines: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary files, 2023, 1:500,000.