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Riverside, CA · the CityFunIndex

Safety in Riverside

Riverside ranks T#51 of 134 US cities for staying safe, with a safety score of 62 — Fun. That puts it in the 63rd percentile nationally and #9 of 18 in California.

safety score
62
Fun
National rank
T#51 of 134
In California
#9 of 18
Percentile
63rd

The typical city scores 50 for staying safe; Riverside sits 12 points above the median.

How safety is measured

Reported violent and property crime rates.

The safety score is the flip side of our crime measure — 100 minus the raw crime score — so a city with less of it scores higher.

Data sources: FBI Crime Data Explorer and city open-data crime portals.

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Ranked around Riverside

  1. #49 Sioux Falls, SD 64
  2. #50 Hartford, CT 63
  3. T#51 Riverside, CA — this page 62
  4. #53 Jacksonville, FL 61
  5. #54 Boulder, CO 60

See the full leaderboard — The safest cities in America →

Top US cities for staying safe

  1. #1 Jackson, WY 100
  2. #2 Gilbert, AZ 99
  3. T#3 Boise, ID 98
  4. T#3 Santa Clarita, CA 98
  5. #5 Irvine, CA 97

More about Riverside

Riverside scores 21 overall (Quiet) on the CityFunIndex. Its strongest factors: