Photo: Toglenn · CC BY-SA 4.0Recorded crime in Yucca Valley, without a grade
Yucca Valley’s police reported to the FBI for 2024 and 2025 but not 2023, so there is no Safety Grade: the grade needs all three years, 2023–2025. The nearest town with a Safety Grade is Desert Hot Springs, 13 miles away, graded C. Widen the search to 25 miles and 4 graded towns turn up.
For every 1,000 residents, about 11 property crimes reported
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 5 violent crimes, in 2025. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.
The years Yucca Valley’s police reported
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| Year | Yucca Valley | Rest of California | Yucca Valley | Rest of California |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 12.1 | 24.8 | 6.1 | 5.1 |
| 2023 | not reported | 25.0 | not reported | 5.4 |
| 2024 | 9.6 | 20.8 | 6.1 | 4.9 |
| 2025 | 10.8 | 18.5 | 5.3 | 4.3 |
Crimes per 1,000 residents
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents, against the rest of California. A year the department didn’t report in full is a gap, not a zero.
353 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.
117 violent and 236 property, as reported to the FBI by Yucca Valley’s police.
The nearest California towns with a Safety Grade
| Town | Grade | Distance | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Desert Hot Springs | C | 13 mi | 4.9 | 12.2 |
| Cathedral City | C+ | 20 mi | 3.0 | 12.4 |
| Palm Springs | D | 23 mi | 5.6 | 32.7 |
| Rancho Mirage | C− | 25 mi | 2.1 | 25.3 |
| Palm Desert | C− | 27 mi | 2.5 | 28.4 |
| Indio | C+ | 29 mi | 3.1 | 12.5 |
Straight-line distance from the center of Yucca Valley. Nearby towns can differ a lot from Yucca Valley.
Each town’s own police figures, per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
21 people died in crashes on Yucca Valley’s roads in 2019–2023
Yucca Valley had 21 fatal crashes in five years, in which 21 people died; 6 were pedestrians.
That is 19.3 deaths per 100,000 residents a year, above the median for California towns of 5,000–25,000 people (5.6, 355 towns).
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.
Yucca Valley and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Joshua Tree | — | — | — |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Joshua Tree is an unincorporated community (a census-designated place) with no police department of its own.
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 Yucca Valley. 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 Yucca Valley’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (21,881 in 2025); our figure for Yucca Valley is 21,887 (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 Yucca Valley
Is Yucca Valley, CA safe?
There is no Safety Grade for Yucca Valley. The nearest California towns with a grade are Desert Hot Springs (C, 13 mi), Cathedral City (C+, 20 mi), Palm Springs (D, 23 mi).
Who polices Yucca Valley?
Yucca Valley’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Yucca Valley”. Its figures are the ones on this page.
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Neighbors looking out for each other in Yucca Valley.
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.