Riverside Theft
Riverside · Theft · updated 2026-11-12
In 2020, the latest complete year, Riverside police open data recorded 4,678 theft incidents, 45.3% of all 10,322 incidents reported in the city that year and down 10.5% from 2019. That is about 1,445 per 100,000 residents, compared with 1,594 per 100,000 across the 34 US cities on TheCrimeMaps.com with complete 2020 data that list this crime type.
Theft in Riverside by year
| Year | Incidents | Per 100K | vs prior year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 (partial year) | 944 | — | — |
| 2020 | 4,678 | 1,445 | down 10.5% |
Year rows reflect the months published by the source; partial years are labelled and never compared or turned into rates. Full archive: 28,042 theft incidents.
Neighborhoods with the most theft (2020)
Neighborhood names as published by the police feed; counts are not adjusted for population.
Questions
How many theft incidents were reported in Riverside in 2020?
4,678, according to Riverside Police Department open data as mapped by TheCrimeMaps.com.
Is theft going up or down in Riverside?
Reported theft was down 10.5% in 2020 compared with 2019, and down 13.9% 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 from vehicle 2,699 in 2020
- Riverside burglary 1,552 in 2020
- Riverside assault 764 in 2020
- Riverside robbery 371 in 2020
- Riverside sexual assault 129 in 2020
- Riverside bike theft 109 in 2020
- Riverside homicide 20 in 2020