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Riverside Crime Rate Report (California)

Riverside crime statistics report an overall downward trend in crime based on data from 26 years with violent crime decreasing and property crime decreasing. Based on this trend, the crime rate in Riverside for 2026 is expected to be lower than in 2025.

The city violent crime rate for Riverside in 2025 was higher than the national violent crime rate average by 62.52% and the city property crime rate in Riverside was higher than the national property crime rate average by 40.32%.

In 2025 the city violent crime rate in Riverside was higher than the violent crime rate in California by 23.04% and the city property crime rate in Riverside was higher than the property crime rate in California by 20.17%.

Property and Violent Crime
Riverside Property Crime vs. State and National Per Capita
Riverside Violent Crime vs. State and National Per Capita

Riverside Crime Statistics
Summary Report

2025 Crime (Actual Data)*Incidents
Aggravated Assault1,281
Arson68
Burglary884
Larceny and Theft5,111
Motor Vehicle Theft1,023
Murder and Manslaughter13
Rape128
Robbery313
Crime Rate (Total Incidents)9,082
Property Crime7,018
Violent Crime1,735
2026 Crime (Projected Data)*Incidents
Aggravated Assault1,303
Arson97
Burglary1,205
Larceny and Theft6,022
Motor Vehicle Theft1,385
Murder and Manslaughter14
Rape154
Robbery334
Crime Rate (Total Incidents)10,676
Property Crime8,612
Violent Crime1,804

Property and Violent Crime Totals

Riverside Property Crime

Riverside Violent Crime

Actual versus Projected Crime Totals

Riverside Crime 2025

Riverside Crime 2026

City versus State versus National Crime Comparison

Riverside Property Crime vs. State and National Comparison

Riverside Violent Crime vs. State and National Comparison
* The source of actual data on this Riverside, California crime rate report is the FBI Report of Offenses Known to Law Enforcement for the corresponding year or years. Arson numbers are reported inconsistently. Zero values may indicate the data was not available. The projected crime rate data displayed above was generated from the trends found in the years of actual reported crime data on file. In this case, the Riverside crime report data for 2026 was projected from 26 years of actual data. The last year of actual available crime data, as reported above, was 2025.

The FBI cautions the data users against comparing yearly statistical data solely on the basis of their population coverage. The comparisons made herein are thus, only meaningful upon further examination of all variables that affect crime in each reported city, state or other reported jurisdicition.



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