What is the crime rate in Blythe, CA?

In 2025, the Blythe Police Department reported 88 violent crimes and 86 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 511 violent and 500 property crimes per 100,000 of the 17,214 residents it serves.

Across California the rates were 435 and 1,822.

Nationally they were 330 and 1,552.

Figures last updated on November 12, 2026.

Violent per 100,000: 511
Property per 100,000: 500
Violent crimes: 88
Property crimes: 86

Crime reported by the Blythe Police Department, 2023 to 2025

Offenses known to law enforcement, reported to the FBI; rates per 100,000 residents of the area the department serves
Year	Violent crimes	Violent per 100,000	Property crimes	Property per 100,000	Residents served
2023	119	698	229	1,344	17,039
2024	76	421	207	1,146	18,064
2025	88	511	86	500	17,214

Violent crimes reported went from 119 in 2023 to 88 in 2025.

Property crimes reported went from 229 in 2023 to 86 in 2025.

In a small town a handful of incidents moves these numbers a long way, so one year’s change says little on its own.

Blythe against California and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2025
	Violent crime	Property crime
Blythe	511	500
Riverside County	272	1,495
California	435	1,822
United States	330	1,552

These are rates per resident; they are not adjusted for visitors, commuters or the size of the area, which raise or lower a town’s figures without changing anybody’s risk.

Crime reported in places near Blythe, 2025

Each place’s own police department; rates per 100,000 residents served
Place	Distance	Violent per 100,000	Property per 100,000
Blythe	—	511	500
Quartzsite	23 mi	247	1,729
Parker	35 mi	115	1,760
Calipatria	60 mi	93	171
Lake Havasu City	61 mi	299	1,043
Brawley	70 mi	342	940
Westmorland	72 mi	195	244
Holtville	73 mi	196	356
Wellton	74 mi	74	625

Neighboring departments count the same offenses the same way, but their areas, populations and visitors differ, so a difference between two towns is a starting point for a question, not an answer.

How to read these numbers

These are offenses known to the police and reported to the FBI’s Uniform Crime Reporting Program: crimes nobody reported, or that a department did not record, are not in them.

Violent crime is murder and nonnegligent manslaughter, rape, robbery and aggravated assault; property crime is burglary, larceny-theft, motor vehicle theft and arson.

A department reports the crimes in the area it polices, which can differ from the town’s boundaries, and the FBI estimates the population it serves.

The FBI asks that these figures not be used to rank places or to judge how safe a neighborhood is: crime depends on many local factors, and the counts describe a whole town, not any street or home.

A year is shown only when the department reported all twelve months.

FBI: Uniform Crime Reporting statistics and their proper use

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