Riverside Assault
Riverside · Assault · updated 2026-11-12
In 2020, the latest complete year, Riverside police open data recorded 764 assault incidents, 7.4% of all 10,322 incidents reported in the city that year and down 18.3% from 2019. That is about 236 per 100,000 residents, compared with 1,323 per 100,000 across the 34 US cities on TheCrimeMaps.com with complete 2020 data that list this crime type.
Assault in Riverside by year
| Year | Incidents | Per 100K | vs prior year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 (partial year) | 146 | — | — |
| 2020 | 764 | 236 | down 18.3% |
Year rows reflect the months published by the source; partial years are labelled and never compared or turned into rates. Full archive: 4,450 assault incidents.
Neighborhoods with the most assault (2020)
Neighborhood names as published by the police feed; counts are not adjusted for population.
Questions
How many assault incidents were reported in Riverside in 2020?
764, according to Riverside Police Department open data as mapped by TheCrimeMaps.com.
Is assault going up or down in Riverside?
Reported assault was down 18.3% in 2020 compared with 2019, and down 11.9% compared with 2017 (falling over three years).
Where does this data come from?
Source: Riverside Police Department open data. TheCrimeMaps.com groups each published offense into a crime type; counts are police-reported incidents, not convictions, and some reports are reclassified or removed by the source later.
Other crime types in Riverside
- Riverside theft 4,678 in 2020
- Riverside theft from vehicle 2,699 in 2020
- Riverside burglary 1,552 in 2020
- Riverside robbery 371 in 2020
- Riverside sexual assault 129 in 2020
- Riverside bike theft 109 in 2020
- Riverside homicide 20 in 2020