Arlington is a neighborhood of 11,800 residents in Riverside, about 6 miles southwest of downtown · Updated November 2026
Is Arlington in Riverside safe?
Crime in Arlington is high by national standards, with an overall CrimeGrade™ of C-. Most US neighborhoods have little crime: 86% of Americans live in neighborhoods with less crime than Arlington. Violent crime grades C+ and property crime D. Riverside as a whole grades B-. What matters most is the neighborhood: grades within Arlington run from B- to F, so check the map below.
C-
Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 384 of 1,000Less safe than most US neighborhoodsi What this means
14% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than Arlington as a whole, and 86% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Arlington scores 384.
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 crime than most US neighborhoods.
How to read the map: each area's color compares its crime with the people, homes and cars there, on one national scale, from green for the least crime 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 Arlington, Riverside, CA at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Arlington in Riverside, 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 in Arlington
Robbery stands out among C-graded neighborhoods. For the typical resident of a C-graded US neighborhood, the figure is 1.3 robberies a year per 1,000 residents; Arlington has 3.1.
Aggravated assaults and burglaries both run high. In Arlington, each runs at more than double the US rate: 6.8 aggravated assaults and 5.4 burglaries a year per 1,000 residents, against 2.6 and 2.4 nationally.
How Arlington compares within Riverside
Crime varies widely across Arlington: 32% of residents live in areas graded A or B, and 43% in areas graded D or F. Grades across Arlington run from B- to F; every part of Arlington has more crime than the typical US neighborhood.
32%25%43%
A or B 32%C 25%D or F 43%
Share of residents, by the overall CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
Arlington has less crime than 2 of the 26 neighborhoods in Riverside. It covers much of the La Sierra, La Sierra South, and Arlington areas.
Is crime going up in Riverside?
Reported crime in Riverside as a whole has held about steady since 2019: violent crime is up 10% and property crime down 6%. Murders, rapes, robberies and aggravated assaults went from about 5.3 to 5.8 a year per 1,000 residents (US: 3.7); burglaries, thefts and vehicle thefts from about 30 to 28 (US: 18). In 2024 alone, property crime fell 18%.
Violent crime, change since 2019
Property crime, change since 2019
RiversideUnited States
Source: crime reports to the FBI from the police departments that serve Riverside. The charts follow crimes per resident.
Data table
Year
Violent, Riverside
Violent, US
Property, Riverside
Property, US
2016
+0%
+4%
+18%
+15%
2017
-4%
+4%
+4%
+12%
2018
-4%
+0%
+5%
+4%
2019
+0%
+0%
+0%
+0%
2020
-11%
+4%
+6%
-8%
2021
+4%
+6%
+14%
-10%
2022
-3%
+5%
+9%
-6%
2023
+4%
+2%
+15%
-7%
2024
+10%
-4%
-6%
-15%
Crime rates and types in Arlington
CrimeGrade™ estimates Arlington has about 73 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, about double the rate for the US as a whole and 41% more than Riverside as a whole.
Overall crime
Violent crime
Property crime
Reported crimes a year, per 1,000 residents. These figures include simple assaults and vandalism, which the FBI's violent and property crime rates leave out.
Theft makes up about 32% of crime reported in Arlington. Assault is less common but costs more, because each one does more harm.
Each CrimeGrade™ compares a crime with what it affects: people for assaults and robbery, homes for burglary, parked cars for vehicle theft. Rates count crimes per 1,000 residents.
Select a crime's name to see its map above. CrimeGrade™ business reports map each crime at about 66-meter detail.
Where and when crime happens in Riverside
The Riverside Police Department polices Arlington; these figures cover Riverside as a whole, 2022 to 2024.
In Riverside as a whole, 29% of burglaries hit homes, against 57% nationally. Thefts from cars happen most often in parking lots and garages: 44% of them, against 31% nationally.
Crime
Most often at
Busiest time
Burglary
Stores and businesses (52%)
Night (midnight to 6 am)
Car theft
Streets and sidewalks (32%)
Morning (6 am to noon)
Theft from cars
Parking lots and garages (44%)
Morning (6 am to noon)
Vandalism
Stores and businesses (25%)
Morning (6 am to noon)
Robbery
Stores and businesses (50%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Aggravated assault
Homes (38%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Shares of the crimes reported to police, 2022 to 2024. Reports with no time recorded are left out of the times; they are over one in five for burglary, car theft, theft from cars, vandalism.
How Arlington compares with nearby neighborhoods
Arlington has the most crime of its 10 nearest neighborhoods.
One thing sets Arlington apart: it has 2.4% of its homes standing empty, against 7.1% nationally. Places like that tend to report less burglary, vandalism and arson, yet burglary and vandalism run higher here than that would suggest.
Empty homesSeasonal and vacation homes are left out. Places with many empty homes tend to report more burglary, vandalism and arson.2.4% of homesUS: 7.1%Lower than for 92% of residents of US city neighborhoods
JobsJobs draw daytime crowds. Places with many jobs tend to report more theft and robbery.63 for every 100 residentsUS: 45Higher than for 77% of residents of US city neighborhoods
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 and assault. 56% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.C- (32 of 100)US: 21Lower than for 53% of residents of US city neighborhoods
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Stores and restaurantsShops and restaurants draw crowds and parked cars. Places with many stores tend to report more theft and car theft.13.9 per 1,000 residentsUS: 10.5Higher than for 77% of residents of US city neighborhoods
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 crime costs Arlington
Crime costs Arlington about $2,945 a year per household, counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, more than double the US figure of $1,205.
Cost of crime per resident, per year
Counting the pain and suffering of victims, which comes almost entirely from violent crime, the full cost comes to about $29 million a year, or $2,491 per resident.
How CrimeGrade™ works
A CrimeGrade™ shows how much crime an area has compared with the rest of the country, from A+ for the least crime to F for the most. Every neighborhood in the US is graded on the same scale, so a B in Arlington means the same as a B anywhere else.
CrimeGrade™ starts from the crimes people report to police and measures each kind of crime against what it affects: people for assaults, homes for burglaries, parked cars for car thefts.
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
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.
Schools in Arlington, Riverside, CA average a SchoolGrade of D+: 28% of students test proficient, against 27% projected for schools like them. Overall, they exceed expectations. See schools in Arlington on SchoolGrade
