The Safest and Most Dangerous Places in Rialto, CA
Rialto is a city of 121,300 in San Bernardino County, about 9 miles north of downtown Riverside · Updated November 2026
Is Rialto, CA safe?
With an overall CrimeGrade™ of B-, Rialto has moderate crime by national standards. Most US neighborhoods have less: 79% of Americans live in neighborhoods with less crime. Violent crime grades B and property crime C+. What matters most is the neighborhood: grades within Rialto run from A- to D, so check the map below.
B-
Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 573 of 1,000Less safe than most US neighborhoodsi What this means
21% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than Rialto as a whole, and 79% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Rialto scores 573.
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 Rialto, CA at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Rialto, 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 Rialto
Robbery stands out among B-graded cities. For the typical resident of a B-graded US city, the figure is 0.63 robberies a year per 1,000 residents; Rialto has 1.2.
Arson at about double the US rate. Rialto has 0.24 arsons a year per 1,000 residents, against 0.12 nationally.
The safest and least safe parts of Rialto
Areas graded C are home to 62% of residents in Rialto; 32% live in areas graded A or B and 6% in areas graded D or F. Grades across Rialto run from A- to D; 5% of residents live in areas with less crime than the typical US neighborhood.
32%62%
A or B 32%C 62%D or F 6%
Share of residents, by the overall CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
Within Rialto, the northwest side has the least crime and the center the most.
Is crime going up in Rialto?
Since 2019, reported violent crime in Rialto is up 10% and property crime is down 22%. Murders, rapes, robberies and aggravated assaults went from about 5.7 to 6.3 a year per 1,000 residents (US: 3.7); burglaries, thefts and vehicle thefts from about 30 to 24 (US: 18). In 2024 alone, violent crime rose 14% and property crime fell 14%.
Violent crime, change since 2019
Property crime, change since 2019
RialtoUnited States
Source: crime reports to the FBI from the police department that serves Rialto. The charts follow crimes per resident.
Data table
Year
Violent, Rialto
Violent, US
Property, Rialto
Property, US
2016
-24%
+4%
-36%
+15%
2017
-32%
+4%
-45%
+12%
2018
-8%
+0%
-3%
+4%
2019
+0%
+0%
+0%
+0%
2020
-16%
+4%
-20%
-8%
2021
-11%
+6%
-12%
-10%
2022
-12%
+5%
-4%
-6%
2023
-4%
+2%
-9%
-7%
2024
+10%
-4%
-22%
-15%
Crime rates and types in Rialto
CrimeGrade™ estimates Rialto has about 39 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 6% more 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 makes up about 37% of crime reported in Rialto. 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.
How Rialto compares with nearby cities
Rialto has more crime than 4 of its 7 nearest cities. Fontana and Grand Terrace have the least crime nearby.
Two things set Rialto apart: it has 6.0 stores and restaurants for every 1,000 residents, against 10.5 nationally, and 46% of its residents in dense blocks, against 24% nationally. Places with few stores and restaurants tend to report less theft, yet theft runs higher here than that would suggest.
Stores and restaurantsShops and restaurants draw crowds and parked cars. Places with many stores tend to report more theft.6.0 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.46% of residentsUS: 24%Higher than for 81% 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. 77% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.D+ (19 of 100)US: 21Higher than for 58% of US city residents
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Empty homesSeasonal and vacation homes are left out. Places with many empty homes tend to report more burglary, vandalism and arson.3.7% of homesUS: 7.1%Lower than for 78% 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
Parking lotsBig lots at stores, offices and apartment complexes. Places with more lot space tend to report more theft.1.2 spaces per residentUS: 2.0Lower than for 70% of US city residents
BestNeighborhood, a sister site of CrimeGrade™, ranks the neighborhoods of Rialto on shops, parks, home prices, getting around and more.
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 Rialto
Crime costs Rialto about $1,970 a year per household, counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, 63% more than the US figure of $1,205. The total is about $61 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 $196 million a year, or $1,616 per resident.
How the cost breaks down
Crime
Cost a year
Per resident
Murder
$8.3 million
$69
Rape
$2.9 million
$24
Robbery
$4.4 million
$36
Assault
$21 million
$172
Burglary
$2.9 million
$24
Theft
$9.1 million
$75
Vehicle theft
$7.0 million
$58
Arson
$710,000
$6
Vandalism
$4.7 million
$38
Total
$61 million
$502
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 Rialto 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 Rialto, CA average a SchoolGrade of D+: 29% of students test proficient, against 23% projected for schools like them. Overall, they exceed expectations. See schools in Rialto on SchoolGrade
