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Moreno Valley, CA crime analytics

Source & Methodology

Analytics built by:   Location, Inc.

Raw data sources:   18,000 local law enforcement agencies in the U.S.

Date(s) & Update Frequency:   Reflects 2021 calendar year; released from FBI in Oct. 2022 (latest available). Updated annually. Where is 2022 data?

Methodology:   Our nationwide meta-analysis overcomes the issues inherent in any crime database, including non-reporting and reporting errors. This is possible by associating the 9.4 million reported crimes in the U.S, including over 2 million geocoded point locations…. Read more about Scout's Crime Data

With a crime rate of 31 per one thousand residents, Moreno Valley has one of the highest crime rates in America compared to all communities of all sizes - from the smallest towns to the very largest cities. One's chance of becoming a victim of either violent or property crime here is one in 32. Within California, more than 84% of the communities have a lower crime rate than Moreno Valley.

How does the crime rate in Moreno Valley compare to similar sized communities across America? When NeighborhoodScout compared Moreno Valley with other communities its size, we found that the crime rate was near the average for all other communities of similar size. So, whether Moreno Valley's crime rate is high or low compared to all places in the US, when we control for population size and compare it to places that are similar in size, it is near the middle of the pack in crime rate; not much more or less dangerous, and about what we would expect from the statistics.

Now let us turn to take a look at how Moreno Valley does for violent crimes specifically, and then how it does for property crimes. This is important because the overall crime rate can be further illuminated by understanding if violent crime or property crimes (or both) are the major contributors to the general rate of crime in Moreno Valley.

From our analysis, we discovered that violent crime in Moreno Valley occurs at a rate higher than in most communities of all population sizes in America. The chance that a person will become a victim of a violent crime in Moreno Valley; such as armed robbery, aggravated assault, rape or murder; is 1 in 254. This equates to a rate of 4 per one thousand inhabitants.

In addition, NeighborhoodScout found that a lot of the crime that takes place in Moreno Valley is property crime. Property crimes that are tracked for this analysis are burglary, larceny over fifty dollars, motor vehicle theft, and arson. In Moreno Valley, your chance of becoming a victim of a property crime is one in 37, which is a rate of 27 per one thousand population.

Importantly, we found that Moreno Valley has one of the highest rates of motor vehicle theft in the nation according to our analysis of FBI crime data. This is compared to communities of all sizes, from the smallest to the largest. In fact, your chance of getting your car stolen if you live in Moreno Valley is one in 156.

Moreno Valley Crime Data

total Crime Index

10

(100 is safest)


Safer than 10% of U.S. neighborhoods.

Moreno Valley Annual Crimes

  Violent Property Total

Number of Crimes

834

5,705

6,539

Crime Rate
(per 1,000 residents)

3.94

26.96

30.90

Violent Crime

Violent Crime Comparison (per 1,000 residents)

20 15 10 5 0
3.94
4.4
National Median: 4
    Moreno Valley
    California

Chances of Becoming a Victim of a Violent Crime

1 in 254

in Moreno Valley

1 in 227

in California

Moreno Valley Violent Crimes

Population: 211,600
Murder Rape Robbery Assault
Report Total UNREPORTED UNREPORTED UNREPORTED UNREPORTED
Rate per 1,000 UNREPORTED UNREPORTED UNREPORTED UNREPORTED

United States Violent Crimes

Population: 331,888,310
Murder Rape Robbery Assault
Report Total 22,941 144,285 202,155 943,774
Rate per 1,000 0.07 0.43 0.61 2.84

Property Crime

Property Crime Comparison (per 1,000 residents)

100 75 50 25 0
26.96
23.47
National Median: 19
    Moreno Valley
    California

Chances of Becoming a Victim of a Property Crime

1 in 37

in Moreno Valley

1 in 43

in California

Property Crimes

Population: 211,600
burglary theft motor vehicle theft
Report Total UNREPORTED UNREPORTED UNREPORTED
Rate per 1,000 UNREPORTED UNREPORTED UNREPORTED

United States Property Crimes

Population: 331,888,310
burglary theft motor vehicle theft
Report Total 899,656 4,626,970 890,179
Rate per 1,000 2.71 13.94 2.68

Moreno Valley Crimes Per Square Mile

200 150 100 50 0
127
83
National Median: 26.8
    Moreno Valley
    California