What is the crime rate in Riverside, CA?

In 2025, the Riverside Police Department reported 1,744 violent crimes and 7,105 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 535 violent and 2,180 property crimes per 100,000 of the 325,858 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: 535
Property per 100,000: 2,180
Violent crimes: 1,744
Property crimes: 7,105

Crime reported by the Riverside 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	1,783	551	11,031	3,410	323,473
2024	1,892	591	9,247	2,888	320,148
2025	1,744	535	7,105	2,180	325,858

Violent crimes reported went from 1,783 in 2023 to 1,744 in 2025.

Property crimes reported went from 11,031 in 2023 to 7,105 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.

Riverside against California and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2025
	Violent crime	Property crime
Riverside	535	2,180
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 Riverside, 2025

Each place’s own police department; rates per 100,000 residents served
Place	Distance	Violent per 100,000	Property per 100,000
Riverside	—	535	2,180
Jurupa Valley	6.2 mi	138	1,882
Grand Terrace	7.9 mi	247	1,028
Colton	8.9 mi	344	1,876
Norco	9.1 mi	63	1,991
Moreno Valley	11 mi	300	1,645
Eastvale	11 mi	52	1,277
Loma Linda	11 mi	261	1,215
Rialto	12 mi	583	2,087

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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