Riverbank, CA carries a PlainCrime B safety grade with violent crime 53% below the U.S. average
According to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program for 2024, Riverbank, CA shows violent crime at 163.7 per 100,000 residents and property crime at 1,525.4 per 100,000. Violent crime runs 53% 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
163.7/100K violent
1525.4/100K property
-53% vs U.S.
What the 2024 FBI UCR record shows for Riverbank, CA
Comparable rate records
Riverbank's closest reported-rate comparisons are in the California cohort
The nearest comparable 2024 records to Riverbank's 163.7 violent-crime rate per 100,000 are Bear Valley (164.6), San Juan Capistrano (164.6), Belmont (164.8), Rocklin (164.8). 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.
2020–2024 direction
The reported violent-crime rate ended the window higher
Across 4 comparable reporting years, the rate moved from 111.4 per 100,000 in 2020 to 163.7 in 2024 (+46.9%). The highest observed value was 201.3 in 2022 and the lowest 111.4 in 2020. Years whose submission failed the completeness test are left out of this comparison rather than plotted as change.
Position in the state cohort
Riverbank reported a lower violent-crime rate than most comparable California cities
At 163.7 reported violent offenses per 100,000 residents in 2024, Riverbank ranks 375 of 458 — above 83 of the 457 other California cities whose 2024 submission passes this site’s completeness test. That is -50.9% 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.
Property-offense composition
Larceny-theft dominates the property total more than it does across the cohort
Larceny-theft is 88.5% of reported property offenses in Riverbank, against a cohort median of 69.5%. The remainder is burglary (20) and motor vehicle theft (24). Composition differences of this size usually track what kinds of places and property are present in a jurisdiction.
Offense mix
The reported mix leans further toward property offenses than the state cohort
Violent offenses are 9.7% of the 423 Part I offenses reported in Riverbank for 2024, against a median of 17.1% across comparable California cities — a gap of 7.4 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.
Property counts dominate Riverbank'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.
Riverbank's 2024 municipal footprint
Across 4.7 Census sq mi, Riverbank logged 81.1 property and 8.7 violent offenses per square mile in 2024.
Riverbank's 2024 book concentrates in larceny-theft (80% of 423 offenses; mix index 6,483).
Violent offenses are only 10% of the municipal total - a property-led book.
Density uses Census Gazetteer land area (4.7 sq mi); mix index is HHI x 10,000 on the offense-type shares above. Distinct from the per-100K rates in the hero.
Violent rate moved most (2023→2024)
Violent Crime Rate
+23.1%
133 → 163.7/100K
Property Crime Rate
-14.2%
1778 → 1525.4/100K
Property offenses lead Riverbank's 2024 record
Offense
Count
Rate /100K
vs CA
Property Crime
382
1525.4
1985.9
Larceny-Theft
338
1349.7
-
Motor Vehicle Theft
24
95.8
-
Burglary
20
79.9
-
Arson
4
16
-
Violent Crime
41
163.7
476.8
Aggravated Assault
23
91.8
-
Robbery
15
59.9
-
Rape
3
12
-
Murder
0
0
-
Riverbank 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.
Riverbank property crime rate trend
Lead series · rose across 4 comparable years · FBI UCR
Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program · split lines are the U.S. national averages
Riverbank Police Department
Reporting agency for Riverbank Summary Reporting (SRS)
Riverbank Police Department filed the 2024 UCR row behind Riverbank's 423 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 Riverbank in population. Their populations run from 24,817 to 25,485, against 25,043 here. Or use our
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Riverbank at 163.7/100K violent and 1,525.4/100K property - matched below outside California (≥10k pop, latest UCR vintage; not the in-state lists above).
In 2024, Riverbank reported 41 violent crimes and 382 property crimes, for a total of 423 reported offenses.
Is crime increasing or decreasing in Riverbank?
From 2023 to 2024, Riverbank's violent crime rate increased by 23.1%, and the property crime rate decreased by 14.2%.
What is the most common crime in Riverbank?
The most common crime type in Riverbank is larceny-theft, accounting for 79.9% of all reported crimes (338 incidents in 2024).
Mid-size read: Riverbank 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 Riverbank, CA rates use the reporting-year population on the municipal row.