Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2024
Moreno Valley, CA Crime Grade
How Moreno Valley 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 2024, the violent crime rate in Moreno Valley, CA was 272.5 per 100,000 residents (582 incidents over a population of 213,581). That puts Moreno Valley 25% below the U.S. rate of 364.7 and 43% below the California statewide rate of 478.7.
That ranks Moreno Valley #2,504 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 34% of them, and #164 of 371 in California. Violent crime is down 14% year over year and down 32% over the last five years.
Moreno Valley, CA crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- C (7/10)
- California Grade
- B (5/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 272.5 / 100k
- National rank
- #2,504 of 3,771
- CA rank
- #164 of 371
- Safer than
- 34% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- down 14%
- 5-year change
- down 32%
- Population
- 213,581
- Reporting agency
- Moreno Valley Police Department
- Data year
- 2024 · FBI UCR
Reported by Moreno Valley Police Department (FBI ORI CA033320X) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
Violent crime rate, 5-year trend
Per 100,000 residents. Moreno Valley (red), California (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Moreno Valley vs. U.S., 2024 — 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 | 2019 | 2020 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violent crime | 401.5(847) | 387.0(833) | 369.6(791) | 317.8(678) | 272.5(582) |
| Murder | 7.1(15) | 7.9(17) | 4.7(10) | 3.7(8) | 3.3(7) |
| Rape | 9.0(19) | 13.0(28) | 10.3(22) | 9.8(21) | 8.9(19) |
| Robbery | 137.5(290) | 113.8(245) | 111.7(239) | 98.0(209) | 85.2(182) |
| Aggravated assault | 247.9(523) | 252.3(543) | 243.0(520) | 206.2(440) | 175.1(374) |
| Property crime | 2627.3(5,543) | 2387.4(5,139) | 2043.8(4,374) | 1949.9(4,160) | 1667.8(3,562) |
| Burglary | 457.9(966) | 341.0(734) | 298.1(638) | 292.0(623) | 234.1(500) |
| Larceny | 1653.7(3,489) | 1500.5(3,230) | 1350.4(2,890) | 1270.7(2,711) | 1171.9(2,503) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 511.4(1,079) | 539.8(1,162) | 392.0(839) | 382.0(815) | 259.9(555) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Moreno Valley, 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 Moreno Valley 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 Moreno Valley calculated?
- Moreno Valley'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 Moreno Valley 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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