Palm Springs is a city of 46,300 in Riverside County, about 50 miles east of downtown Riverside · Updated November 2026
How common is property crime in Palm Springs?
Property crime in Palm Springs runs higher than in most US neighborhoods: a B+, with more property crime than the neighborhoods where 64% of Americans live. Theft makes up 54% of it. Burglary, the crime most likely to reach into a home, grades B, and vehicle theft grades A-.
B+
Property crime CrimeGrade™
Safety score 720 of 1,000More property crime than most US neighborhoodsi What this means
36% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more property crime than Palm Springs as a whole, and 64% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a property crime safety score of 823, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Palm Springs scores 720.
Crime is concentrated in a small share of places, so most neighborhoods score high on the 0 to 1,000 scale. That is why a score in the 800s can still mean more property crime than most US neighborhoods.
How to read the map: each area's color compares its property crime with the homes, parked cars and people there, on one national scale, from green for the least to red for the most. Each area gets its own color, so a busy shopping center can show red while the homes beside it stay green. The interactive maps load faster on a strong connection. Compare high speed internet in Palm Springs, CA at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Palm Springs, and anyone thinking about buying or renting a home there.
Business and enterprise customers: this free map shows neighborhood areas. CrimeGrade™ business reports map crime at about 66-meter detail and estimate it for one address and type of business. See business reports
What stands out about property crime in Palm Springs
One part of Palm Springs stands out for burglary. Burglaries in Old las Palmas, in west Palm Springs, run at more than double the rate in the rest of the city.
Where property crime is lowest and highest in Palm Springs
Nearly every part of Palm Springs where people live grades A or B for property crime on the national scale. Property crime grades across Palm Springs run from A to C+.
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A or B 99%C 1%
Share of residents, by the property crime CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
1Taquitz River Estates, southCar thefts run at about half the rate in the rest of Palm Springs.B+768
2Desert Highland Gateway Estates, northwestThefts run about 40% higher here than in the rest of Palm Springs.B683
3Sunrise Park, eastBurglaries run about 40% higher here than in the rest of Palm Springs.B675
4Baristo, centralCar thefts run about 70% higher here than in the rest of Palm Springs.B674
5Old las Palmas, westCar thefts run about 50% higher here than in the rest of Palm Springs.B-587
Neighborhood areas of Palm Springs, ranked by property crime CrimeGrade™; beside each grade is its safety score, from 0 to 1,000 (higher is safer). Each one combines several of the smaller areas on the map.
Is property crime going up in Palm Springs?
Reported property crime in Palm Springs has fallen 19% since 2019. Burglaries, thefts and vehicle thefts went from about 40 to 33 a year per 1,000 residents (US: 18). In 2024 alone, property crime fell 12%.
Property crime, change since 2019
Palm SpringsUnited States
Source: crime reports to the FBI from the police department that serves Palm Springs. The charts follow crimes per resident.
Data table
Year
Property, Palm Springs
Property, US
2016
+43%
+15%
2017
+1%
+12%
2018
+6%
+4%
2019
+0%
+0%
2020
-6%
-8%
2021
+11%
-10%
2022
+24%
-6%
2023
-8%
-7%
2024
-19%
-15%
Property crime rates and types in Palm Springs
CrimeGrade™ estimates Palm Springs has about 42 reported property crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 77% more than the US as a whole and 52% more than California.
All property crime
Burglary
Vehicle theft
Reported crimes a year, per 1,000 residents. Property crime here includes vandalism, which the FBI's property crime rate leaves out.
Theft is the most common property crime in Palm Springs, about 54% of the total, followed by vandalism and burglary.
Each CrimeGrade™ here compares a property crime with what it affects: homes for burglary and arson, parked cars for vehicle theft, people and parking for theft, homes and businesses for vandalism. Rates count crimes per 1,000 residents.
The Palm Springs Police Department's 2024 report to the FBI was missing some months of burglary; CrimeGrade™ filled them in from the department's own monthly pattern.
Select a crime's name to see its map above. CrimeGrade™ business reports map each crime at about 66-meter detail.
Property crime in Palm Springs and nearby cities
Of the 8 cities closest to Palm Springs, 6 have less property crime. Sky Valley and Rancho Mirage have the least.
Nearest first, with each place's distance from Palm Springs. Beside each property crime CrimeGrade™ is its safety score, from 0 to 1,000 (higher is safer).
Compared with cities of similar size and density, Palm Springs has more property crime than 75% of them.
Shops, parking lots and walkability in Palm Springs
Among the traits that tend to go with property crime, two set Palm Springs apart: it has 22.8 stores and restaurants for every 1,000 residents, against 10.5 nationally, and 2.9 parking-lot spaces per resident, against 2.0 nationally. Places like that tend to report more theft, and it runs high here.
Stores and restaurantsShops and restaurants draw crowds and parked cars. Places with many stores tend to report more theft.22.8 per 1,000 residentsUS: 10.5Higher than for 98% of US city residents
Parking lotsBig lots at stores, offices and apartment complexes. Places with more lot space tend to report more theft.2.9 spaces per residentUS: 2.0Higher than for 82% of US city residents
Walk GradeBestNeighborhood's grade for getting through daily life on foot, traced along real walking routes to shops, schools and parks. Walkable places tend to report more theft. 80% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.D+ (19 of 100)US: 21Higher than for 57% of US city residents
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JobsJobs draw daytime crowds. Places with many jobs tend to report more theft.61 for every 100 residentsUS: 45Higher than for 77% of US city residents
Empty homesSeasonal and vacation homes are left out. Places with many empty homes tend to report more burglary, vandalism and arson.8.2% of homesUS: 7.1%Higher than for 73% of US city residents
Transit serviceBuses and trains an hour at the evening rush. Places with busy transit tend to report more theft. BestNeighborhood's Transit Grade for Palm Springs: D (16 of 100).4 trips an hourUS: noneHigher than for 64% of US city residents
These traits tend to go with more or less crime; none of them causes it on its own. Sources: Census job counts and housing figures, OpenStreetMap and Overture business listings, CrimeGrade™ parking estimates, NASA night-light imagery, US Forest Service tree cover, EPA transit data and BestNeighborhood's Walk Grade.
What property crime costs Palm Springs
Property crime costs Palm Springs about $14 million a year, or $306 per resident and about $581 per household: the value of what is stolen or damaged, plus the police, courts and prisons that respond.
Cost of property crime per resident, per year
How the cost breaks down
Pain and suffering add little to the cost of property crime, so this is close to its full cost.
Crime
Cost a year
Per resident
Burglary
$2.3 million
$49
Theft
$5.4 million
$117
Vehicle theft
$3.2 million
$69
Arson
$270,000
$6
Vandalism
$3.0 million
$64
Total
$14 million
$306
How CrimeGrade™ works
The property crime CrimeGrade™ covers burglary, theft, car theft, arson and vandalism, from A+ for the least crime to F for the most, on one scale for the whole country.
It weighs each property crime against what it affects: homes for burglary and arson, parked cars for car theft, and the people and parking around stores for theft.
The rates on this page count crimes for every 1,000 people who live here, the way police departments report them.
Comparisons with US neighborhoods use the Census Bureau's block groups, small areas of about 1,400 residents, and count the people who live in each. The figures count crimes reported to police; many crimes, shoplifting above all, never are. Behind the grades, CrimeGrade™ tested 21,607 factors from 125 data families. For business owners, paid CrimeGrade™ location reports estimate crime at a single address for each type of business.
Where the numbers come from
Crime reports that police departments file with the FBI
State crime records and city crime data, where they are published
Published research on what crime costs victims and communities
These are estimates of reported crime for whole areas, not a record of what happened on any one street. CrimeGrade™ updates them once a year and provides them free and without guarantee. Check local sources before you rely on them for a decision.
