Coachella, CA carries a PlainCrime C safety grade with violent crime 15% below the U.S. average
According to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program for 2024, Coachella, CA shows violent crime at 299.1 per 100,000 residents and property crime at 1,540.9 per 100,000. Violent crime runs 15% below the U.S. average. PlainCrime assigns grade C from those rates. Figures are voluntary agency submissions joined to population denominators; incomplete coverage can move the number.
C safety grade
299.1/100K violent
1540.9/100K property
-15% vs U.S.
What the 2024 FBI UCR record shows for Coachella, CA
Comparable rate records
Coachella's closest reported-rate comparisons are in the California cohort
The nearest comparable 2024 records to Coachella's 299.1 violent-crime rate per 100,000 are Chino (299.5), Redlands (298.6), Calistoga (299.7), South San Francisco (300.5). These are same-year agency submissions that pass the same completeness screen, not a claim that the cities have identical conditions. They make the cohort position above checkable against named records instead of a generic state average.
Position in the state cohort
Coachella sits mid-pack among comparable California cities
At 299.1 reported violent offenses per 100,000 residents in 2024, Coachella ranks 253 of 458 — above 205 of the 457 other California cities whose 2024 submission passes this site’s completeness test. That is -10.2% against the cohort median of 333.1. Cities that did not report, or that reported implausibly low totals, are excluded from this cohort rather than counted as low-crime.
2020–2024 direction
The reported violent-crime rate ended the window close to where it started
Across 4 comparable reporting years, the rate moved from 300.2 per 100,000 in 2020 to 299.1 in 2024 (-0.4%). The highest observed value was 357.6 in 2022 and the lowest 299.1 in 2024. Years whose submission failed the completeness test are left out of this comparison rather than plotted as change.
Property counts dominate Coachella's FBI UCR Table 8 municipal row. Per-100,000 rates use the reporting-year population on that row; cities that fail the completeness test stay out of rate rankings. A citywide figure rarely describes any single neighbourhood inside the municipal boundary.
Mid-size municipal totals above are reported offenses, not safety advice for any single block. Reporting completeness still varies by year and agency.
Coachella's 2024 municipal footprint
Across 29.9 Census sq mi, Coachella logged 22.7 property and 4.4 violent offenses per square mile in 2024.
Coachella leans on larceny-theft at 52% of reported offenses, with a moderate mix index of 3,416.
Violent offenses are 16% of the municipal total; property offenses still dominate the count.
Density uses Census Gazetteer land area (29.9 sq mi); mix index is HHI x 10,000 on the offense-type shares above. Distinct from the per-100K rates in the hero.
Property rate moved most (2023→2024)
Property Crime Rate
-9.8%
1708.8 → 1540.9/100K
Violent Crime Rate
-4.2%
312.2 → 299.1/100K
Property offenses lead Coachella's 2024 record
Offense
Count
Rate /100K
vs CA
Property Crime
680
1540.9
1985.9
Larceny-Theft
420
951.7
-
Motor Vehicle Theft
182
412.4
-
Burglary
78
176.7
-
Arson
4
9.1
-
Violent Crime
132
299.1
476.8
Aggravated Assault
95
215.3
-
Robbery
21
47.6
-
Rape
11
24.9
-
Murder
5
11.3
-
Coachella Crime Trend (2020-2024)
The chart omits 2021 rather than drawing an unsupported zero or partial-coverage dip. The table preserves the year and marks the gap.
Coachella property crime rate trend
Lead series · fell across 4 comparable years · FBI UCR
Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program · split lines are the U.S. national averages
Coachella Police Department
Reporting agency for Coachella Summary Reporting (SRS)
Coachella Police Department filed the 2024 UCR row behind Coachella's 812 reported offenses (4-year span 2020-2024, with internal gaps).
This agency reports via the traditional Summary Reporting System (SRS): aggregate monthly offense counts rather than incident-level detail.
Similar-Size Cities in California
Crime rates read differently at different scales, so these are the California cities closest to Coachella in population. Their populations run from 42,814 to 45,626, against 44,131 here. Or use our
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Coachella at 299.1/100K violent and 1,540.9/100K property - matched below outside California (≥10k pop, latest UCR vintage; not the in-state lists above).
In 2024, Coachella reported 132 violent crimes and 680 property crimes, for a total of 812 reported offenses.
Is crime increasing or decreasing in Coachella?
From 2023 to 2024, Coachella's violent crime rate decreased by 4.2%, and the property crime rate decreased by 9.8%.
What is the most common crime in Coachella?
The most common crime type in Coachella is larceny-theft, accounting for 51.7% of all reported crimes (420 incidents in 2024).
Mid-size read: Coachella figures are FBI UCR CIUS Table 8 (vintage 2024), population-adjusted per 100,000.
Denominators are the reporting-year population on the municipal row. Incomplete years are dropped from rankings. Confirm at FBI Crime Data Explorer and Census.gov QuickFacts.
Disclaimer (mid-size municipal): figures are informational, not advice. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program is the source. Consult a professional before decisions.
Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program CIUS Table 8 municipal crime rates · 2024 Coachella, CA rates use the reporting-year population on the municipal row.