Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Indio, CA Crime Grade
How Indio 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
7/10
vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population
California
5/10
vs. California cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in Indio, CA was 264.9 per 100,000 residents (253 incidents over a population of 95,514). That puts Indio Infinity% above the U.S. rate of 0.0 and 36% below the California statewide rate of 415.5.
That ranks Indio #2,462 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 35% of them, and #158 of 371 in California. Violent crime is roughly flat year over year and down 54% over the last five years.
Indio, CA crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- C (7/10)
- California Grade
- B (5/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 264.9 / 100k
- National rank
- #2,462 of 3,771
- CA rank
- #158 of 371
- Safer than
- 35% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- roughly flat
- 5-year change
- down 54%
- Population
- 95,514
- Reporting agency
- Indio Police Department
- Data year
- 2025 · FBI UCR
Reported by Indio Police Department (FBI ORI CA0330900) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About Indio, CA
Also known as
- Indian Wells
History
Created in 1876 as a railroad siding for the Sunset Route of the Southern Pacific Railroad. Incorporated in 1930.
Name history sourced from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) — public-domain federal geographic-names data.
Violent crime rate, 5-year trend
Per 100,000 residents. Indio (red), California (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Indio 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 | 572.8(534) | 336.2(308) | 402.7(376) | 265.0(250) | 264.9(253) |
| Murder | 7.5(7) | 7.6(7) | 6.4(6) | 1.1(1) | 6.3(6) |
| Rape | 39.7(37) | 30.6(28) | 20.4(19) | 23.3(22) | 25.1(24) |
| Robbery | 104.1(97) | 50.2(46) | 66.4(62) | 30.7(29) | 52.3(50) |
| Aggravated assault | 421.6(393) | 247.8(227) | 309.5(289) | 209.9(198) | 181.1(173) |
| Property crime | 1489.0(1,388) | 1683.3(1,542) | 1802.6(1,683) | 1231.8(1,162) | 751.7(718) |
| Burglary | 301.4(281) | 240.2(220) | 224.9(210) | 101.8(96) | 77.5(74) |
| Larceny | 792.8(739) | 1053.4(965) | 1192.1(1,113) | 897.8(847) | 518.2(495) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 381.9(356) | 371.2(340) | 361.0(337) | 223.7(211) | 148.7(142) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Indio, CA Crime Grade?
- FBI Uniform Crime Reporting via the Crime Data Explorer. Agency-level data, pulled directly. No third-party aggregators, no proprietary score.
- What metric does the Indio Crime Grade use?
- Violent crime rate per 100,000 residents (murder + rape + robbery + aggravated assault), most recent fully-reported year.
- How is the national decile for Indio calculated?
- Indio's rate placed against all FBI-reporting U.S. cities with population ≥ 25,000. 1 = safest.
- How is the California state decile calculated?
- Same calculation restricted to California cities with population ≥ 10,000.
- How do decile scores convert to a letter grade?
- 1–3 = A · 4–5 = B · 6–7 = C · 8 = D · 9–10 = F.
- How often is the Indio Crime Grade refreshed?
- Twice a year. The FBI typically releases the prior year's full data each September.
- What are the limits of this Crime Grade?
- The FBI relies on local agency reporting. Rates reflect what was reported, not what occurred.
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