The Safest and Most Dangerous Places in Moreno Valley, CA
Moreno Valley is a city of 213,200 in Riverside County, about 9 miles southeast of downtown Riverside · Updated November 2026
Is Moreno Valley, CA safe?
With an overall CrimeGrade™ of B, Moreno Valley has moderate crime by national standards. Most US neighborhoods have less: 72% of Americans live in neighborhoods with less crime. Violent crime grades B+ and property crime C+. What matters most is the neighborhood: grades within Moreno Valley run from A+ to D-, so check the map below.
B
Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 666 of 1,000Less safe than most US neighborhoodsi What this means
28% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than Moreno Valley as a whole, and 72% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Moreno Valley scores 666.
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 Moreno Valley, CA at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Moreno Valley, 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 Moreno Valley
Simple assault runs low. Moreno Valley has 5.0 simple assaults a year per 1,000 residents, about half the US rate of 9.7.
The safest and least safe parts of Moreno Valley
Most of Moreno Valley grades well: 68% of residents live in areas graded A or B, and 2% in areas graded D or F. Grades across Moreno Valley run from A+ to D-; 9% of residents live in areas with less crime than the typical US neighborhood.
68%30%
A or B 68%C 30%D or F 2%
Share of residents, by the overall CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
Within Moreno Valley, the northeast side has the least crime and the center the most.
Is crime going up in Moreno Valley?
Reported crime in Moreno Valley has fallen since 2019: violent crime is down 32% and property crime down 36%. Murders, rapes, robberies and aggravated assaults went from about 4.0 to 2.7 a year per 1,000 residents (US: 3.7); burglaries, thefts and vehicle thefts from about 26 to 17 (US: 18). In 2024 alone, violent crime fell 15% and property crime fell 14%.
Violent crime, change since 2019
Property crime, change since 2019
Moreno ValleyUnited States
Source: crime reports to the FBI from the police department that serves Moreno Valley. The charts follow crimes per resident.
Data table
Year
Violent, Moreno Valley
Violent, US
Property, Moreno Valley
Property, US
2016
+5%
+4%
+14%
+15%
2017
-4%
+4%
+17%
+12%
2018
-8%
+0%
+12%
+4%
2019
+0%
+0%
+0%
+0%
2020
-1%
+4%
-6%
-8%
2021
-1%
+6%
-13%
-10%
2022
-7%
+5%
-21%
-6%
2023
-20%
+2%
-26%
-7%
2024
-32%
-4%
-36%
-15%
Crime rates and types in Moreno Valley
CrimeGrade™ estimates Moreno Valley has about 34 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 8% less than the US as a whole and close to California.
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 is the most common crime in Moreno Valley, about 36% of everything reported, but assault 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.
The Moreno Valley Police Department reports to the FBI in a format that leaves out vandalism, so CrimeGrade™ makes its own vandalism estimate.
Select a crime's name to see its map above. CrimeGrade™ business reports map each crime at about 66-meter detail.
How Moreno Valley compares with nearby cities
Of the 8 cities closest to Moreno Valley, 5 have less crime. Woodcrest and Redlands have the least.
Empty homes, parking lots and walkability in Moreno Valley
Two things set Moreno Valley apart: it has 2.9% of its homes standing empty, against 7.1% nationally, and 0.7 parking-lot spaces per resident, against 2.0 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.2.9% of homesUS: 7.1%Lower than for 88% of US city residents
Parking lotsBig lots at stores, offices and apartment complexes. Places with more lot space tend to report more theft.0.7 spaces per residentUS: 2.0Lower than for 87% 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 and assault. 90% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.D (13 of 100)US: 21Lower than for 65% of US city residents
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Stores and restaurantsShops and restaurants draw crowds and parked cars. Places with many stores tend to report more theft.6.1 per 1,000 residentsUS: 10.5Lower than for 87% of US city residents
Residents in dense blocksBlocks of 10,000 or more people per square mile. Dense neighborhoods tend to report more robbery and car theft.51% of residentsUS: 24%Higher than for 84% of US city residents
JobsJobs draw daytime crowds. Places with many jobs tend to report more theft and robbery.30 for every 100 residentsUS: 45Lower than for 71% 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 crime costs Moreno Valley
Crime costs Moreno Valley about $1,436 a year per household, counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, 19% more than the US figure of $1,205. The total is about $80 million a year.
Cost of crime per resident, per year
Counting the pain and suffering of victims, which comes almost entirely from violent crime, the full cost rises to about $227 million a year, or $1,066 per resident.
How the cost breaks down
Crime
Cost a year
Per resident
Murder
$14 million
$67
Rape
$1.3 million
$6
Robbery
$5.8 million
$27
Assault
$18 million
$86
Burglary
$4.5 million
$21
Theft
$13 million
$63
Vehicle theft
$9.0 million
$42
Arson
$180,000
$1
Vandalism
$14 million
$64
Total
$80 million
$377
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 Moreno Valley 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
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.
Schools in Moreno Valley, CA average a SchoolGrade of D: 25% of students test proficient, against 25% projected for schools like them. Overall, they meet expectations. See schools in Moreno Valley on SchoolGrade
