SearchSystems Editorial

Reviewed and updated October 9, 2026 by the SearchSystems.net editorial team. The arrest counts are the ones each agency reported to the FBI, as the FBI held them on October 8, 2026. The jail figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data. Every office link was opened and checked against the office's own site between September 23, 2026 and October 2, 2026.

About this guide

Riverside County, California, has about 2.5 million residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Riverside County Sheriff's Office, 28 city agencies and 13 campus, state or other agencies. An arrest leaves the same records whoever makes it: the arresting agency's report, the record of anyone held at the county jail, and, if the District Attorney files charges, a case in the Superior Court of California, County of Riverside. This guide says who keeps each one, what it costs and who may see it, with the arrest counts each agency reported.

This guide covers who makes arrests, how many arrests, booking and the jail, finding an arrest, copies, cities and common questions.

Related guides: Riverside County public records, California arrest records, California inmate search and California criminal records.

Who Makes Arrests in Riverside County

The Riverside County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Riverside County. It reported 3,583 arrests for 2023, its latest complete year.

The FBI lists 28 cities in Riverside County with a reporting agency of their own, with the Census population and what each reported, the largest twelve first; the rest are named in the cities section below:

  • Riverside, 323,757 residents: 8,041 arrests reported for 2025.
  • Moreno Valley, 213,919 residents: 2,963 arrests reported for 2023.
  • Corona, 161,540 residents: 3,858 arrests reported for 2025.
  • Menifee, 117,041 residents: 1,257 arrests reported for 2025.
  • Murrieta, 112,539 residents: 1,534 arrests reported for 2025.
  • Temecula, 112,431 residents: 1,462 arrests reported for 2023.
  • Jurupa Valley, 108,154 residents: 1,401 arrests reported for 2023.
  • Indio, 94,275 residents: 2,298 arrests reported for 2025.
  • Hemet, 92,912 residents: 2,282 arrests reported for 2025.
  • Perris, 83,032 residents: 1,403 arrests reported for 2022.
  • Lake Elsinore, 73,595 residents: 924 arrests reported for 2023.
  • Eastvale, 70,751 residents: 324 arrests reported for 2023.

A city on that list is reported separately whether the officers are the city's own or the sheriff's under contract; the FBI's list does not say which.

The FBI's agency list also places these agencies in Riverside County: the University of California at Riverside, Mt. San Jacinto College and Riverside Community College (campus police); the Highway Patrol's Indio, Riverside, San Gorgonio Pass, Blythe and Temecula Area Offices, the Highway Patrol at Desert Hills Commercial Vehicle Enforcement Facility and the Highway Patrol at Rainbow Commercial Vehicle Enforcement Facility (state police); California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection at Riverside and California State Parks at Inland Empire (state agency); Union Pacific Railroad in Riverside County (other).

How Many Arrests Each Agency Reports in Riverside County

Each agency reports its arrests to the FBI by month, and the FBI publishes them on the Crime Data Explorer. These are the full-year totals, all offenses, as the FBI held them on October 8, 2026; a year with months missing or not reported is left out.

  • Riverside: 8,041 for 2025, 7,946 for 2024, 7,423 for 2023, 9,635 for 2022, 10,150 for 2020 and 11,111 for 2019; 2021 is missing months.
  • Corona: 3,858 for 2025, 3,063 for 2024, 2,667 for 2023, 3,528 for 2022, 2,392 for 2020 and 3,842 for 2019; 2021 is missing months.
  • Palm Springs: 2,531 for 2025, 1,966 for 2024, 1,927 for 2023, 2,428 for 2022, 2,307 for 2020 and 3,119 for 2019; 2021 is missing months.
  • Indio: 2,298 for 2025, 1,134 for 2023, 1,955 for 2022, 2,133 for 2020 and 2,277 for 2019; 2021 and 2024 are missing months.
  • Hemet: 2,282 for 2025, 2,252 for 2024, 1,989 for 2023, 2,274 for 2022, 2,566 for 2020 and 3,971 for 2019; 2021 is missing months.
  • Murrieta: 1,534 for 2025, 1,486 for 2024, 1,475 for 2023, 1,521 for 2022, 3,007 for 2020 and 3,102 for 2019; 2021 is missing months.
  • Desert Hot Springs: 1,275 for 2025, 1,104 for 2024, 1,199 for 2023, 663 for 2022, 722 for 2020 and 663 for 2019; 2021 is missing months.
  • Menifee: 1,257 for 2025, 1,152 for 2024, 1,058 for 2023 and 1,057 for 2022.
  • Cathedral City: 1,102 for 2025, 877 for 2024, 894 for 2023, 1,315 for 2022, 1,282 for 2020 and 1,754 for 2019; 2021 is missing months.
  • Beaumont: 605 for 2025, 516 for 2024, 543 for 2023, 514 for 2022, 670 for 2021 and 1,010 for 2020.
  • Banning: 386 for 2025, 496 for 2024, 451 for 2023, 595 for 2022, 1,109 for 2020 and 1,138 for 2019; 2021 is missing months.
  • Blythe: 329 for 2025, 337 for 2024, 383 for 2023, 468 for 2022, 482 for 2020 and 688 for 2019; 2021 is missing months.

Together, the 13 agencies with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 25,498 arrests that year. The 12 of them with both 2025 and 2024 complete reported 23,200 in 2025 against 21,195 in 2024, up 9.5 percent.

Through August 2026, the 11 agencies with every month so far on file reported 15,268 arrests, against 14,503 in the same months of 2025.

Booking: Where People Arrested in Riverside County Are Held

A person kept in custody after an arrest in Riverside County is held at the county jail, whichever agency made the arrest, apart from the short stay some city departments' own holding cells allow; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked at all. The jail's record of each person held, with the charges, is a public record of the arrest, and the court file takes over from there.

On an average day in 2025 the jail held about 3,760 people, down from about 3,790 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2023, the last year with a capacity figure, was 4,975 beds, and it ran at 76 percent of it that year. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.

SearchSystems opened and checked the custody page of the Riverside County Sheriff's Office at riversidesheriff.org/213/Inmate-Information (page title: Inmate Information | Riverside County Sheriff, CA), which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 23, 2026.

That page is the place to look for someone who was booked recently; a person cited and released at the scene, or held only a few hours by a city department, will not be on it.

A sentence of more than a year is served in state prison; the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation lists its inmates at cdcr.ca.gov/search.

How to Find Out About an Arrest in Riverside County

For Riverside County the place to look is the custody page of the Riverside County Sheriff's Office described above, for anyone booked into the county jail.

California does not let the public search another person's statewide criminal history. The record kept by the California Department of Justice goes to the person it belongs to and to employers and agencies the law authorizes; for everyone else the court's own case index is the public record of an arrest that led to a charge.

Getting a Copy of an Arrest Record in Riverside County

The report of an arrest is released by the agency that made it; the jail and the court hold their own records of the same event, but not the report. Under the California Public Records Act the agency must answer within 10 days, with up to 14 more days in unusual circumstances, and it may charge the direct cost of copying only, not staff time.

  • An arrest by the Riverside County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit.
  • An arrest in Riverside, Moreno Valley, Corona, Menifee, Murrieta, Temecula or another of the cities listed above: the records unit of the agency that reports for that city; the city guides linked above name each city's records office.
  • An arrest by the University of California at Riverside, the Highway Patrol's Indio, Riverside, San Gorgonio Pass, Blythe and Temecula Area Offices or the Highway Patrol at Desert Hills Commercial Vehicle Enforcement Facility: the records office of the agency involved.
  • Any county record that is not posted: the county records request page SearchSystems verified is at riversidecountyca.nextrequest.com (page title: Public RecordsNextRequest | Modern FOIA & Public Records Request Software).
  • Your own statewide record: a Record Review through Live Scan fingerprinting, form BCIA 8016RR, $25.

Cities in Riverside County: Who Reports the Arrests

The FBI lists a separate arrest reporting agency for every one of the 28 cities in Riverside County: the twelve named above and Beaumont, San Jacinto, Palm Desert, Cathedral City, Palm Springs, Coachella, La Quinta, Wildomar, Desert Hot Springs, Banning, Norco, Rancho Mirage, Blythe, Canyon Lake, Calimesa and Indian Wells.

Wherever in the county the arrest happens, a person kept in custody goes to the county jail and the case goes to the Superior Court of California, County of Riverside.

SearchSystems has a guide to the offices of these cities in Riverside County, with the 2024 Census Bureau population; a city with its own arrest records guide opens there:

Frequently Asked Questions

How many arrests are made in Riverside County each year?

Riverside reported 8,041 arrests to the FBI for 2025, and the 13 agencies with every month of 2025 on file reported 25,498 between them.

How do I find out if someone is in jail in Riverside County?

Look on the custody page of the Riverside County Sheriff's Office at riversidesheriff.org/213/Inmate-Information. It covers people booked into the county jail.

Where are people arrested in Riverside County booked?

Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Riverside County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.

Are arrest records public in Riverside County?

The court files of criminal cases in the Superior Court of California, County of Riverside are public and can be looked up through the court. The statewide criminal history kept by the California Department of Justice is not public; you can get your own for $25. The arrest report itself is released by the agency that made the arrest, under the California Public Records Act.

How do I get a copy of an arrest report in Riverside County?

From the agency that made the arrest: the Riverside County Sheriff's Office for its own arrests, or the agency that reports for the city where it happened. Under the California Public Records Act the answer is due within 10 days, with up to 14 more days in unusual circumstances; the county records request page SearchSystems verified is at riversidecountyca.nextrequest.com.

Is this the official Riverside County website?

No. SearchSystems.net is an independent public records guide, online since 1997. It links to the official county, court and state offices described above and does not hold records, charge for them or take requests.