Riviera is a neighborhood of 10,800 residents in Coral Gables, about 2 miles south of downtown · Updated November 2026
Is Riviera in Coral Gables safe?
Yes. Most US neighborhoods have little crime, and Riviera has less than most of them: its overall CrimeGrade™ is A, safer than the neighborhoods where 67% of Americans live. Violent crime grades better than property crime here, A+ against A-. Coral Gables as a whole grades A. Every neighborhood in Riviera grades A.
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Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 901 of 1,000Safer than most US neighborhoodsi What this means
67% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than Riviera as a whole, and 33% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Riviera scores 901.
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 Riviera, Coral Gables, FL at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Riviera in Coral Gables, 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 Riviera
Simple assault runs low. Riviera has 4.4 simple assaults a year per 1,000 residents, less than half the US rate of 9.7.
How Riviera compares within Coral Gables
Every part of Riviera where people live grades A or B on the national scale.
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Share of residents, by the overall CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
Riviera has less crime than 1 of the 2 neighborhoods in Coral Gables. It covers much of the Riviera area.
Crime rates and types in Riviera
CrimeGrade™ estimates Riviera has about 26 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 30% less than the US as a whole and close to Coral Gables 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 is the most common crime in Riviera, about 64% of everything reported, and it also accounts for the largest share of what crime costs here.
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 Coral Gables
The Coral Gables Police Department polices Riviera; these figures cover Coral Gables as a whole, 2022 to 2024.
In Coral Gables as a whole, 68% of burglaries hit homes, against 57% nationally. Thefts from cars happen most often at homes: 47% of them, against 34% nationally.
Crime
Most often at
Busiest time
Burglary
Homes (68%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Theft from cars
Homes (47%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Vandalism
Other places (24%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Aggravated assault
Streets and sidewalks (55%)
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.
How Riviera compares with nearby neighborhoods
Riviera has the least crime of its 10 nearest neighborhoods.
Two things set Riviera apart: it has 212 jobs for every 100 residents, against 45 for the US as a whole, and 19.9 stores and restaurants for every 1,000 residents, against 10.5 nationally. Places like that tend to report more theft and robbery, yet theft runs lower here than that would suggest.
JobsJobs draw daytime crowds. Places with many jobs tend to report more theft and robbery.212 for every 100 residentsUS: 45Higher than for 96% of residents of US city neighborhoods
Stores and restaurantsShops and restaurants draw crowds and parked cars. Places with many stores tend to report more theft and car theft.19.9 per 1,000 residentsUS: 10.5Higher than for 88% 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.C+ (44 of 100)US: 21Higher than for 59% of residents of US city neighborhoods
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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.9.5% of homesUS: 7.1%Higher 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 Riviera
Crime costs Riviera about $1,163 a year per household, counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, about the same as 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 $5.6 million a year, or $518 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 Riviera 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. Riviera is a good example: many people work in, shop in or visit it, so its crime per resident looks worse than its CrimeGrade™ suggests.
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 Riviera, Coral Gables, FL average a SchoolGrade of A: 74% of students test proficient, against 48% projected for schools like them. Overall, they greatly exceed expectations. See schools in Riviera on SchoolGrade
