Richmond Crime Map
California · Latest 24h · updated 2026-11-12
| Latest 24h | 15 incidents, 2 violent (2026-11-11) |
|---|---|
| 2026 YTD | 5,844 incidents through October |
| 2025 (full year) | 6,394 incidents |
| Full archive | 81,324 incidents (2016–2026) |
| Per 100K / year | 5,543 |
Source: Richmond Police Department open data.
About crime in Richmond
Latest mapped day. Richmond recorded 15 incidents on 2026-11-11, including 2 violent-category incidents. This is a short-window snapshot of police open data, not a personal-safety score.
Year-over-year context
Richmond recorded 7,821 incidents in 2024 and 6,394 in 2025, a 18.2% decrease. Year-to-year comparisons depend on consistent source coverage and reporting definitions.
Latest 24h (2026-11-11) category breakdown
| Other | 10 |
| Assault | 2 |
| Auto theft | 2 |
| Theft | 1 |
Across 2016–2026, the current archive contains 81,324 incidents for Richmond. Missing categories or periods reflect what the source publishes; missing is not zero.
Richmond crime overview
Essay updated 2026-11-12 · figures above are from the latest data
TL;DR. Richmond, California recorded 6,394 police-reported incidents in calendar year 2025. Other was the most reported category with 2,104 incidents, or 32.9% of the total, followed by auto theft and theft. Violent-category incidents totaled 1,015. The 2025 total was down 18.2% from 7,821 in 2024. January–October 2026 figures show 5,844 incidents, up 8.9% from 5,368 in the same months of 2025.
About this data
TheCrimeMaps crime map for Richmond, California, plots police-reported incidents published through Richmond Police Department open data. Each point reflects a department record placed by location and date, with filters for offense type and time period. The public archive holds 81,324 incidents from 2016 to 2026, and the citywide display is current through November 2026.
In calendar year 2025, a complete 12-month period, Richmond recorded 6,394 police-reported incidents. That equals 5,543 reported incidents per 100,000 residents in 2025, calculated with the U.S. Census 2024 population estimate of 115,353 for the city. Violent-category incidents, defined as assault plus sexual assault, robbery, shooting and homicide, totaled 1,015 in 2025, or 15.9% of the total, for a rate of 879.9 reported violent incidents per 100,000 residents.
Recent trend
Richmond recorded 6,394 incidents in complete year 2025, a decline of 18.2% from 7,821 in complete year 2024. That 2025 figure is below 7,736 in 2023, 7,124 in 2022 and 7,162 in 2021, and well below 11,841 in 2017 and 8,670 in 2018. The series also includes 8,523 in 2019 and 7,483 in 2020. For the current partial window, January–October 2026 totaled 5,844 incidents, an increase of 8.9% from 5,368 in the same months of 2025 on a like-for-like basis.
Category breakdown
In 2025, Other was the most reported category with 2,104 incidents, or 32.9% of the total. The source groups weapons offenses, threats, harassment, drugs, impaired and dangerous driving and other crime under Other, with other crime alone accounting for 1,288 incidents, or 20.1% of all incidents. Auto theft ranked second with 857 incidents, or 13.4%, followed by Theft in third with 824 incidents, or 12.9%. Assault accounted for 722 incidents, or 11.3%, while Vandalism added 613 incidents, or 9.6%, and Burglary added 606 incidents, or 9.5%. Together, the six listed categories account for all 6,394 incidents reported in calendar year 2025.
What this means
Richmond’s 2025 picture centers on 6,394 incidents, down from 7,821 in 2024 and below every complete year since 2018, including 8,670 in 2018 and 11,841 in 2017. Other dominates the mix at 2,104 incidents, or 32.9%, ahead of Auto theft at 857 incidents, or 13.4%, and Theft at 824 incidents, or 12.9%. Assault follows at 722 incidents, or 11.3%. The closeness of auto theft and theft, plus the weight of Other, defines the current distribution.
FAQ
How many crimes were reported in Richmond in 2025?
Richmond had 6,394 police-reported incidents in calendar year 2025, which covers 12 months of complete data. That equals 5,543 reported incidents per 100,000 residents based on the U.S. Census Bureau Vintage 2024 population estimate of 115,353. Violent-category incidents totaled 1,015, or 15.9% of the yearly total.
What was the most common crime category in Richmond in 2025?
The largest group in 2025 was Other, with 2,104 incidents, or 32.9% of the 6,394 total. In this dataset Other includes other crime with 1,288 reports, impaired & dangerous driving with 254, weapons offenses with 218, threats with 158, drugs with 157, and harassment with 29. Among specific offenses, auto theft ranked next with 857 incidents.
Did reported crime in Richmond go up or down in 2025?
Reported incidents declined year over year, falling 18.2% from 7,821 in complete calendar year 2024 to 6,394 in complete calendar year 2025. For the current window, January–October 2026 had 5,844 incidents, up 8.9% from 5,368 in the same months of 2025. The archive year series also shows 7,736 incidents in 2023 and 7,124 in 2022.
Which Richmond neighborhoods had the most reported incidents in 2025?
The 2025 dataset used for this page does not provide a ranked breakdown of named neighborhoods, so the 6,394 incidents are reported only at the city level. That means readers should not attribute the total, or the 722 assaults and 606 burglaries, to any specific area within Richmond. Citywide rates such as 879.9 violent-category incidents per 100,000 residents also apply to Richmond as a whole.
Where does Richmond crime data on this page come from?
The figures come from the Richmond Police Department, the upstream open-data source for this Richmond page. That department is the source for the 6,394 police-reported incidents in calendar year 2025, including the category counts for auto theft, theft, assault, vandalism and burglary. The all-years archive of 81,324 incidents from 2016 through 2026 is also drawn from that departmental reporting.
How current is the Richmond crime data?
The data are current through November 2026. The headline total of 6,394 incidents describes the complete 12-month calendar year 2025, while the archive extends from 2016 through 2026 with 81,324 incidents combined. The year series lists 6,016 incidents so far in partial-year 2026, and the same-months comparison covers January–October 2026 with 5,844 incidents.
Explore Richmond
By category
- Richmond Assault (7,469)
- Richmond Sexual assault (590)
- Richmond Robbery (2,571)
- Richmond Shooting (3)
- Richmond Homicide (127)
- Richmond Burglary (8,450)
- Richmond Auto theft (10,531)
- Richmond Theft from vehicle (3,082)
- Richmond Theft (10,982)
- Richmond Bike theft (9)
- Richmond Vandalism (7,766)
- Richmond Fraud (1,227)
- Richmond Other (28,517)
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Neighborhoods
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