Photo: Ranchomirageca · CC BY-SA 4.0Recorded crime per resident in Rancho Mirage fell 52% from 2023 to 2025
Its police logs show 2.1 violent crimes and 25.3 incidents of property crime per 1,000 residents a year, while in the rest of California the numbers are 4.9 and 21.4. Among its 3 neighbors with figures, only one records less crime per resident. Weighing it all, Rancho Mirage earns C− for safety (#261 of 416 graded towns in California), with more crime per resident than 78% of U.S. towns, on crimes its police reported over 2023 to 2025.
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. “Rest of CA” is every other California city and town in the FBI’s tables; the U.S. figure is the FBI’s national estimate as published, averaged over the three years. The FBI publishes no national homicide or robbery rate in our data, so those compare with all U.S. cities and towns in its tables.
What stands out about safety in Rancho Mirage
1 of the 3 graded towns next door reports less crime
Of the 3 California towns on Rancho Mirage’s borders, 3 have a Safety Grade: Cathedral City (C+), Palm Desert (C−), Palm Springs (D). Neighbors ↓
Among California towns, closer to the middle
California’s cities and towns report more crime than most states’, so Rancho Mirage’s place among its own towns differs from its national one: it reports less crime than 37% of the 416 California towns we grade, against 22% nationally. Safety Grade ↓
A job center
Rancho Mirage has 14,111 jobs based in town for 17,876 residents (Census LEHD), so some reports involve people who work or shop there rather than residents. How to read it ↓
Reported crime is falling
Crime reported per resident fell from 2023 to 2025 by more than ordinary year-to-year swings, on the grade’s own score. Trend ↓
Written from the FBI data on this page. Figures are crimes reported to police, not convictions.
What’s behind Rancho Mirage’s grade
Property crimes plus four times violent crimes reported to the FBI per resident, 2023–2025, on a national curve. Both violent and property crime are higher than in most U.S. towns; violent crime is the closer of the two to typical. Its violent rate (2.1) is below the FBI’s national estimate (3.6) but higher than in most individual towns: the national figure is weighted by people, and the grade counts towns.
Reported crime per resident, 2023 to 2025
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| Year | Rancho Mirage property | Rest of California property | Rancho Mirage violent | Rest of California violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 41.5 | 24.8 | 3.3 | 5.1 |
| 2023 | 35.4 | 24.9 | 2.7 | 5.4 |
| 2024 | 23.9 | 20.8 | 1.9 | 4.9 |
| 2025 | 16.6 | 18.5 | 1.7 | 4.3 |
Crimes per 1,000 residents
Reported crime per resident fell from 2023 to 2025, by more than ordinary year-to-year swings. Per 1,000 residents, 2022–2025, against the rest of California.
Violent crime, by year and by type
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| Year | Rancho Mirage | Rest of California | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 3.3 | 5.1 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 2.7 | 5.4 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 1.9 | 4.9 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 1.7 | 4.3 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
Rancho Mirage’s police reported 114 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 2.1 per 1,000 residents a year, against 4.9 in the rest of California and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
Crime in Rancho Mirage per 1,000 residents
Violent crime per 1,000 residents, 2025
Property crime per 1,000 residents, 2025
Crimes reported to police in 2025 per resident; one person can be the victim of more than one, and some reports involve visitors.
And about 2 violent crimes, in 2025. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.
334 crimes reported in 2025
2025 offenses reported
Offenses reported to police, not convictions. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting. The last row is counted outside the property total.
31 violent and 303 property, as reported to the FBI by Rancho Mirage’s police.
Nine people died in crashes on Rancho Mirage’s roads in 2019–2023
Rancho Mirage had 8 fatal crashes in five years, in which nine people died; 1 was a pedestrian and 2 were cyclists. 1 died in crash on an Interstate.
That is more than is typical for California towns of 5,000–25,000 people: at their median rate (5.6 deaths per 100,000 residents a year), a town of Rancho Mirage’s size would see about 5 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Rancho Mirage’s own rate (10.2) is context, not a ranking.
Deaths are counted where the crash happened, not where the people lived: a highway through town adds through-traffic deaths, and residents’ own risk on roads elsewhere isn’t here. Town rates sit below state and U.S. rates because a third of fatal crashes happen outside any town. Road safety is described here and is not part of the Safety Grade. Source: NHTSA Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), 2019–2023.
Rancho Mirage and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rancho Mirage | C− | 2.1 | 25.3 |
| Cathedral City | C+ | 3.0 | 12.4 |
| Palm Desert | C− | 2.5 | 28.4 |
| Palm Springs | D | 5.6 | 32.7 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
California towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rancho Mirage | C− | 2.1 | 25.3 |
| Arroyo Grande | B− | 2.6 | 8.3 |
| Truckee | C+ | 4.0 | 6.9 |
| Coalinga | C | 5.3 | 5.2 |
| Kerman | C | 3.8 | 14.5 |
| Hermosa Beach | C− | 3.6 | 25.7 |
The five graded California towns closest to Rancho Mirage’s population (17,876), by grade.
How reported crime compares across the town line. Tap a town to see its safety page.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- It’s reported crime. Only incidents reported to and recorded by police appear here. Many crimes are never reported to police.
- One number for all of Rancho Mirage. A town-wide rate doesn’t show where incidents happen, and that can differ a lot from one part of town to another.
- Visitors count too. Incidents involving people who work, shop or visit are counted against Rancho Mirage’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (18,249 in 2025); our figure for Rancho Mirage is 17,876 (2025 Census estimate).
- Gaps are real gaps. A missing year means the department didn’t report a full year, not that nothing happened.
How the grade is calculated, for every town: How TownRatings grades safety →
Questions about safety in Rancho Mirage
Is Rancho Mirage, CA safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Rancho Mirage reports more crime per resident than 78% of U.S. towns, a C− Safety Grade and #261 of 416 in California. Its police reported 2.1 violent crimes per 1,000 residents a year, against 4.9 in the rest of California and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
What is the crime rate in Rancho Mirage?
2.1 violent and 25.3 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025, as reported to the FBI. The rest of California reports 4.9 and 21.4; the FBI’s national estimate is 3.6 and 17.6.
Is Rancho Mirage safer than Cathedral City?
Cathedral City reports less crime per resident than Rancho Mirage: Cathedral City grades C+ for safety and Rancho Mirage C−. Cathedral City’s police reported 3.0 violent and 12.4 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Rancho Mirage?
Rancho Mirage’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Rancho Mirage”. Its figures are the ones on this page.
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Crime: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Crime Data Explorer: offenses known to law enforcement by city, 2025, and state and national rates. Counts are crimes reported to police, not convictions. The Safety Grade is our own summary of that data, not an official rating. Road deaths: NHTSA Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), 2019–2023. This isn’t an official statement of public safety. In an emergency, call 911.