Rancho Mirage, CA carries a PlainCrime B safety grade with violent crime 47% below the U.S. average
According to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program for 2024, Rancho Mirage, CA shows violent crime at 188.3 per 100,000 residents and property crime at 2,392.6 per 100,000. Violent crime runs 47% below the U.S. average. PlainCrime assigns grade B from those rates. Figures are voluntary agency submissions joined to population denominators; incomplete coverage can move the number.
B safety grade
188.3/100K violent
2392.6/100K property
-47% vs U.S.
What the 2024 FBI UCR record shows for Rancho Mirage, CA
Comparable rate records
Rancho Mirage's closest reported-rate comparisons are in the California cohort
The nearest comparable 2024 records to Rancho Mirage's 188.3 violent-crime rate per 100,000 are Carpinteria (189.1), Fillmore (189.4), Elk Grove (189.9), Davis (186.3). 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
Rancho Mirage sits mid-pack among comparable California cities
At 188.3 reported violent offenses per 100,000 residents in 2024, Rancho Mirage ranks 342 of 458 — above 116 of the 457 other California cities whose 2024 submission passes this site’s completeness test. That is -43.5% 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.
Offense mix
The reported mix leans further toward property offenses than the state cohort
Violent offenses are 7.3% of the 466 Part I offenses reported in Rancho Mirage for 2024, against a median of 17.1% across comparable California cities — a gap of 9.8 points. Offense mix is shaped by which agencies report and how incidents are classified as well as by the underlying offenses, so it describes the reported record rather than a settled difference in conditions.
2020–2024 direction
The reported violent-crime rate ended the window lower
Across 4 comparable reporting years, the rate moved from 214.1 per 100,000 in 2020 to 188.3 in 2024 (-12.1%). The highest observed value was 329.6 in 2022 and the lowest 188.3 in 2024. Years whose submission failed the completeness test are left out of this comparison rather than plotted as change.
Property counts dominate Rancho Mirage'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.
Rancho Mirage's 2024 municipal footprint
Across 25.3 Census sq mi, Rancho Mirage logged 17.1 property and 1.3 violent offenses per square mile in 2024.
Rancho Mirage's 2024 book concentrates in larceny-theft (64% of 466 offenses; mix index 4,630).
Violent offenses are only 7% of the municipal total - a property-led book.
Density uses Census Gazetteer land area (25.3 sq mi); mix index is HHI x 10,000 on the offense-type shares above. Distinct from the per-100K rates in the hero.
Both rates shifted (2023→2024)
Violent Crime Rate
-31.1%
273.2 → 188.3/100K
Property Crime Rate
-32.5%
3546.1 → 2392.6/100K
Property offenses lead Rancho Mirage's 2024 record
Offense
Count
Rate /100K
vs US avg
Property Crime
432
2392.6
1711
Larceny-Theft
299
1656
-
Burglary
95
526.1
-
Motor Vehicle Theft
38
210.5
-
Arson
2
11.1
-
Violent Crime
34
188.3
352
Aggravated Assault
25
138.5
-
Robbery
7
38.8
-
Rape
2
11.1
-
Murder
0
0
-
Rancho Mirage 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.
Rancho Mirage 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
Rancho Mirage Police Department
Reporting agency for Rancho Mirage Summary Reporting (SRS)
Rancho Mirage Police Department filed the 2024 UCR row behind Rancho Mirage's 466 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
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Rancho Mirage at 188.3/100K violent and 2,392.6/100K property - matched below outside California (≥10k pop, latest UCR vintage; not the in-state lists above).
In 2024, Rancho Mirage reported 34 violent crimes and 432 property crimes, for a total of 466 reported offenses.
Is crime increasing or decreasing in Rancho Mirage?
From 2023 to 2024, Rancho Mirage's violent crime rate decreased by 31.1%, and the property crime rate decreased by 32.5%.
What is the most common crime in Rancho Mirage?
The most common crime type in Rancho Mirage is larceny-theft, accounting for 64.2% of all reported crimes (299 incidents in 2024).
Mid-size read: Rancho Mirage 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 Rancho Mirage, CA rates use the reporting-year population on the municipal row.