Orangecrest, Riverside, CA Violent Crime Rates and Maps

Orangecrest is a neighborhood of 18,400 residents in Riverside, about 7 miles southeast of downtown · Updated November 2026

How common is violent crime in Orangecrest?

Violent crime in Orangecrest sits near the national middle: an A, with more violent crime than the neighborhoods where 53% of Americans live. Assaults make up 90% of it, and most of those are simple assaults, which involve no weapon and no serious injury. Riverside as a whole grades B for violent crime.

A
Violent crime CrimeGrade™Safety score 849 of 1,000
About as much violent crime as the typical US neighborhood What this means

47% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more violent crime than Orangecrest as a whole, and 53% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a violent crime safety score of 860, a CrimeGrade™ of A. Orangecrest scores 849.

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.

A-
Overall crimeSafety score 787 of 1,000About as safe as the typical US neighborhood
B
Property crimeSafety score 680 of 1,000More property crime than most US neighborhoods

How it works


Violent crime map of Orangecrest

Map of Orangecrest shaded by violent crime CrimeGrade™, from green for the least crime to red for the most
Click the map to explore
F D C B A+
Highest crime Safest
Colorblind friendly off

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 Orangecrest, Riverside, CA at ISP Reports.

Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Orangecrest 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 about violent crime in Orangecrest

Aggravated assaults and simple assaults both run low. In Orangecrest, each runs at about half the US rate: 1.4 aggravated assaults and 4.5 simple assaults a year per 1,000 residents, against 2.6 and 9.7 nationally.


How Orangecrest compares within Riverside

Every part of Orangecrest where people live grades A or B for violent crime on the national scale. Violent crime grades across Orangecrest run from A to A-.

A or B 100%

Share of residents, by the violent crime CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.

Orangecrest has less violent crime than 23 of the 26 neighborhoods in Riverside. It covers much of the Orangecrest and Mission Grove areas.


Is violent crime going up in Riverside?

Reported violent crime in Riverside as a whole has held about steady since 2019, within 10%. Murders, rapes, robberies and aggravated assaults went from about 5.3 to 5.8 a year per 1,000 residents (US: 3.7). Violent crime changed little from 2023 to 2024.

Violent 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
YearViolent, RiversideViolent, US
2016+0%+4%
2017-4%+4%
2018-4%+0%
2019+0%+0%
2020-11%+4%
2021+4%+6%
2022-3%+5%
2023+4%+2%
2024+10%-4%

Violent crime rates and types in Orangecrest

CrimeGrade™ estimates Orangecrest has about 6.5 reported violent crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 51% less than the US as a whole and 58% less than Riverside as a whole.

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 Orangecrest, about 90% of the total.

CrimeCrimeGrade™Reported a yearPer 1,000 residentsUS per 1,000
MurderAunder 10.010.05
RapeB+50.260.38
RobberyB+70.360.62
AssaultA-1095.912.3

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.


Where and when violent crime happens in Riverside

The Riverside Police Department polices Orangecrest; these figures cover Riverside as a whole, 2022 to 2024.

In Riverside as a whole, 38% of aggravated assaults happen at a home, against 53% nationally. Robberies happen most often at stores and businesses: 50% of them.

CrimeMost often atBusiest time
RobberyStores and businesses (50%)Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Aggravated assaultHomes (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.


Violent crime in Orangecrest and nearby neighborhoods

Orangecrest has less violent crime than 8 of its 10 nearest neighborhoods; only Alessandro Heights and Mission Grove have less.

Nearby neighborhoods

PlaceViolentOverallResidents
OrangecrestA849A-18,400
Mission Grove 2 milesA883A-10,800
Alessandro Heights 4 milesA913A3,360
Canyon Crest 4 milesA-838B+20,400
Eastside 6 milesD+270D-17,400
Show all 10
PlaceViolentOverallResidents
Victoria 5 milesA-793B+9,770
Arlington Heights 6 milesB+768B+5,200
Casablanca 6 milesB-615C+4,220
University 6 milesB+740B24,300
Magnolia Center 6 milesB672C+14,600
Presidential Park 7 milesB+704B4,140

Nearest first, with each place's distance from Orangecrest. Beside each violent crime CrimeGrade™ is its safety score, from 0 to 1,000 (higher is safer).

Compared with neighborhoods of similar size and density, Orangecrest is safer than 75% of them.

Neighborhoods of similar size and density

PlaceViolentOverallResidents
OrangecrestA849A-18,400
Rita Ranch, Tucson, AZA905A18,300
Del Rio, Jacksonville, FLA888A18,700
Metzger, Tigard, ORA870A-18,200
Upper State, Santa Barbara, CAA-845A-18,200
Show all 10
PlaceViolentOverallResidents
Far Southwest, Portland, ORA-838B+18,300
McCullough Hills, Henderson, NVA-794B+18,600
Gibson Springs, Henderson, NVB+759B+18,400
Temple Park, Tampa, FLB+709B+18,400
Park Forest-Louisiana North, Baton Rouge, LAC-331C-18,500
Lakeview, Stockton, CAD209D+18,400

Walkability, jobs and transit in Orangecrest

Among the traits that tend to go with violent crime, two set Orangecrest apart: it has a Walk Grade of D- (9 of 100) on BestNeighborhood, against 21 for the US as a whole, and 13 jobs for every 100 residents, against 45 for the US as a whole. Places like that tend to report less assault; here assault sits near the national middle.

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. 98% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.D- (9 of 100)US: 21Lower than for 94% of residents of US city neighborhoods
JobsJobs draw daytime crowds. Places with many jobs tend to report more robbery.13 for every 100 residentsUS: 45Lower than for 83% of residents of US city neighborhoods
Transit serviceBuses and trains an hour at the evening rush. Places with busy transit tend to report more robbery. BestNeighborhood's Transit Grade for Orangecrest: D (17 of 100).2 trips an hourUS: noneLower than for 83% of residents of US city neighborhoods
Show all 4
Residents in dense blocksBlocks of 10,000 or more people per square mile. Dense neighborhoods tend to report more robbery.20% of residentsUS: 24%Lower than for 80% 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 violent crime costs Orangecrest

Counting the pain and suffering of victims, violent crime costs Orangecrest about $9.5 million a year, or $515 per resident. The costs that reach a bill, such as medical care, lost work and the justice system, come to about $2.2 million, or $121 per resident.

Billed cost of violent crime per resident, per year


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.

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
  • Population and housing figures from the US Census Bureau
  • Published research on what crime costs victims and communities
  • The Riverside Police Department publishes its own crime data

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.

More about CrimeGrade™ data