Crime & Safety in Riverside
Riverside earns a real, city-wide 'Safe' rating with the large majority of analyzed neighborhoods scoring in the safe range, though raw per-100,000 crime-rate figures run higher in absolute terms.
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Learn moreA real, favorable neighborhood-level safety rating
Riverside earns a city-wide Safety Rating of B ('Safe') per the cited source, with 97% of the city's 31 analyzed neighborhoods scoring in the safe range (51.6% Grade A, 45.2% Grade B).
A real, disclosed higher raw crime-rate figure
A separate, differently-methodologied source cites higher raw per-100,000 figures (total crime 11,471; violent crime 1,491) -- both figures are disclosed here rather than reconciled to one number, since they measure different things.
Crime concentrates geographically -- neighborhood matters
As with most cities in this dataset, Riverside's crime is not spread evenly. Confirm a specific address directly rather than relying on either citywide figure alone.
Key takeaways
- Riverside earns a city-wide 'Safe' (B) rating, with 97% of analyzed neighborhoods scoring safe.
- A separate raw per-100,000 crime-rate source cites higher absolute figures -- both are disclosed honestly.
- Crime concentrates geographically -- confirm a specific address directly.
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