Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Desert Hot Springs, CA Crime Grade
How Desert Hot Springs grades for violent crime against every other reporting U.S. city — and against the rest of California — based on the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting data.
National
9/10
vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population
California
8/10
vs. California cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in Desert Hot Springs, CA was 481.5 per 100,000 residents (165 incidents over a population of 34,267). That puts Desert Hot Springs Infinity% above the U.S. rate of 0.0 and 16% above the California statewide rate of 415.5.
Violent crime rate, 5-year trend
Per 100,000 residents. Desert Hot Springs (red), California (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Desert Hot Springs vs. U.S., 2025 — by offense
Rates per 100,000 residents for each offense category.
Full data, last 5 years
Rates per 100,000 residents. Raw counts in parentheses.
| Offense | 2020 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violent crime | 749.8(218) | 671.3(221) | 488.1(163) | 491.9(166) | 481.5(165) |
| Murder | 13.8(4) | 12.1(4) | 9.0(3) | 8.9(3) | 5.8(2) |
| Rape | 44.7(13) | 51.6(17) | 35.9(12) | 29.6(10) | 49.6(17) |
| Robbery | 134.1(39) | 109.3(36) | 62.9(21) | 118.5(40) | 84.6(29) |
| Aggravated assault | 557.2(162) | 498.1(164) | 380.3(127) | 334.8(113) | 341.4(117) |
| Property crime | 1664.7(484) | 1549.1(510) | 1449.4(484) | 1206.0(407) | 1041.8(357) |
| Burglary | 491.8(143) | 303.7(100) | 326.4(109) | 272.6(92) | 227.6(78) |
| Larceny | 464.3(135) | 540.7(178) | 557.0(186) | 551.1(186) | 510.7(175) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 694.8(202) | 695.6(229) | 560.0(187) | 376.3(127) | 300.6(103) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting via the Crime Data Explorer. Agency-level data, pulled directly. No third-party aggregators, no proprietary score.
- Metric: Violent crime rate per 100,000 residents (murder + rape + robbery + aggravated assault), most recent fully-reported year.
- National decile: Desert Hot Springs's rate placed against all FBI-reporting U.S. cities with population ≥ 25,000. 1 = safest.
- State decile: Same calculation restricted to California cities with population ≥ 10,000.
- Letter grade: 1–3 = A · 4–5 = B · 6–7 = C · 8 = D · 9–10 = F.
- Refresh: Twice a year. The FBI typically releases the prior year's full data each September.
- Limits: The FBI relies on local agency reporting. Rates reflect what was reported, not what occurred.
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