Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Palm Springs, CA Crime Grade
How Palm 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 Palm Springs, CA was 499.4 per 100,000 residents (228 incidents over a population of 45,657). That puts Palm Springs Infinity% above the U.S. rate of 0.0 and 20% above the California statewide rate of 415.5.
Violent crime rate, 5-year trend
Per 100,000 residents. Palm Springs (red), California (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Palm 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 | 525.0(257) | 699.5(318) | 584.3(266) | 607.8(276) | 499.4(228) |
| Murder | 10.2(5) | 11.0(5) | 2.2(1) | 11.0(5) | 6.6(3) |
| Rape | 55.2(27) | 72.6(33) | 70.3(32) | 72.7(33) | 63.5(29) |
| Robbery | 120.5(59) | 147.4(67) | 123.0(56) | 147.6(67) | 109.5(50) |
| Aggravated assault | 339.1(166) | 468.5(213) | 388.8(177) | 376.6(171) | 319.8(146) |
| Property crime | 3470.7(1,699) | 4986.5(2,267) | 3729.7(1,698) | 3252.9(1,477) | 2919.6(1,333) |
| Burglary | 755.8(370) | 866.6(394) | 612.8(279) | 385.4(175) | 389.9(178) |
| Larceny | 2145.0(1,050) | 3145.4(1,430) | 2554.6(1,163) | 2369.7(1,076) | 2111.4(964) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 551.6(270) | 943.6(429) | 529.4(241) | 475.7(216) | 403.0(184) |
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: Palm 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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