Highland is a city of 73,800 in San Bernardino County, about 14 miles northeast of downtown Riverside · Updated November 2026
How common is violent crime in Highland?
Highland grades C+ for violent crime, with more of it than the neighborhoods where 85% of Americans live. Assaults make up 88% of it, and most of those are simple assaults, which involve no weapon and no serious injury.
C+
Violent crime CrimeGrade™
Safety score 509 of 1,000More violent crime than most US neighborhoodsi What this means
15% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more violent crime than Highland as a whole, and 85% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a violent crime safety score of 860, a CrimeGrade™ of A. Highland scores 509.
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 violent crime than most US neighborhoods.
How to read the map: each area's color compares its violent crime with the people who spend time there, on one national scale, from green for the least to red for the most. Each area gets its own color, so a busy downtown or nightlife strip can show red while the homes around it stay green. The interactive maps load faster on a solid connection. Compare high speed internet in Highland, CA at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Highland, 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 violent crime in Highland
Robberies run high in San Gorgonio, Lankershim & Pacific-Riverside. In this part of west Highland, they run at more than triple the rate in the rest of Highland.
Where violent crime is lowest and highest in Highland
Violent crime varies widely across Highland: 43% of residents live in areas graded A or B, and 43% in areas graded D or F. Violent crime grades across Highland run from A to F.
43%14%43%
A or B 43%C 14%D or F 43%
Share of residents, by the violent crime CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
1San Andreas, Amber Hills & Small Canyon, northRobberies run at less than half the rate in the rest of Highland.B635
2Belevedere & Barton, northwestSimple assaults run about 60% higher here than in the rest of Highland.C+490
3Cypress-Riverside, southClose to the rest of Highland on most crimes.C447
4Crossroads, centralRobberies run about 80% higher here than in the rest of Highland.C-374
5Curtis, southwestRobberies run at more than double the rate in the rest of Highland.D180
Neighborhood areas of Highland, ranked by violent 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 violent crime going up in Highland?
Reported violent crime in Highland has fallen 19% since 2019. Murders, rapes, robberies and aggravated assaults went from about 6.5 to 5.3 a year per 1,000 residents (US: 3.7). In 2024 alone, violent crime rose 18%.
Violent crime, change since 2019
HighlandUnited States
Source: crime reports to the FBI from the police department that serves Highland. The charts follow crimes per resident.
Data table
Year
Violent, Highland
Violent, US
2016
-33%
+4%
2017
-48%
+4%
2018
-42%
+0%
2019
+0%
+0%
2020
+2%
+4%
2021
+17%
+6%
2022
+13%
+5%
2023
-31%
+2%
2024
-19%
-4%
Violent crime rates and types in Highland
CrimeGrade™ estimates Highland has about 12 reported violent crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 7% less than the US as a whole and close to California.
All violent crime
Assaults
Robbery
Reported crimes a year, per 1,000 residents. Violent crime here includes simple assaults, which the FBI's violent crime rate leaves out.
Assault is the most common violent crime in Highland, about 88% of the total.
Each CrimeGrade™ here compares a violent crime with the people who spend time in an area, not only the people who live there. 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.
Violent crime in Highland and nearby cities
Highland has more violent crime than 6 of its 7 nearest cities. Running Springs and Redlands have the least violent crime nearby.
Among the traits that tend to go with violent crime, two set Highland apart: it has 26 jobs for every 100 residents, against 45 for the US as a whole, and 5 buses and trains an hour at the evening rush, where most Americans have none nearby. Places with few jobs tend to report less robbery, yet robbery runs higher here than that would suggest.
JobsJobs draw daytime crowds. Places with many jobs tend to report more robbery.26 for every 100 residentsUS: 45Lower than for 78% of US city residents
Transit serviceBuses and trains an hour at the evening rush. Places with busy transit tend to report more robbery. BestNeighborhood's Transit Grade for Highland: D+ (20 of 100).5 trips an hourUS: noneHigher than for 70% 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 assault. 82% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.D (18 of 100)US: 21Higher than for 51% of US city residents
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Residents in dense blocksBlocks of 10,000 or more people per square mile. Dense neighborhoods tend to report more robbery.29% of residentsUS: 24%Higher than for 67% 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 violent crime costs Highland
Counting the pain and suffering of victims, violent crime costs Highland about $135 million a year, or $1,828 per resident. The costs that reach a bill, such as medical care, lost work and the justice system, come to about $26 million, or $357 per resident.
Billed cost of violent crime per resident, per year
How the cost breaks down
Pain and suffering are about 80% of that full cost.
Crime
Cost a year
Per resident
Murder
$10 million
$136
Rape
$1.2 million
$16
Robbery
$2.7 million
$37
Assault
$12 million
$168
Total
$26 million
$357
How CrimeGrade™ works
The violent crime CrimeGrade™ covers murder, rape, robbery and assault, from A+ for the least crime to F for the most, on one scale for the whole country.
It weighs each violent crime against the people who spend time in an area, so a busy downtown is graded on its workers and visitors as well as its residents.
The rates on this page count crimes for every 1,000 people who live here, the way police departments report them. Highland is the other kind of example: few people work in, shop in or visit it, so its crime per resident looks lower 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.
