2026 OCAP State of the Child Report

SAFE HOMES AND COMMUNITIES

Rate of Substantiated Child Abuse Allegations per 1,000 Children 2015 - 2024 Riverside County California

Total Number of Children with Child Abuse Allegations and Substantiated Allegations 2015 to 2024

Child Abuse/Neglect Allegations

Substantiated Allegations

10

9.4

45k

9.2

9.7

8.6

9.5

9

8.4

35

8.3

9.1

8.1

8.1

41,154

42,342

41,932

39,617

8

40,408

40,093

38,753

38,906

25

8.4

37,309

7.9

7.7

33,466

7.6

6.6

7.5

7

15

6.2

6.7

5.7

6

5

5,671

5,266

4,968

5,062

5,191

5,087

5,786

5,535

5,708

5,685

5.6

5 0

0

2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024

2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024

Rate of Substantiated Child Abuse Allegations per 1,000 Children 2015 - 2024

Cause General Neglect Sexual Abuse Emotional Abuse

Cause Physical Abuse Severe Neglect

80.8

5.6 3.1 1.5 0.01

4.7 2.8 1.4

At Risk, Sibling Abused

Caretaker Absence/Incapacity

Exploitation

Rate of Substantiated Child Abuse Allegations per 1,000 Children by City of Residence and Supervisorial District 2024

Rates per 1,000 Children

14

4

9

0.0 - 5.3 5.4 - 9.4

10

2

2 1 5 25 18 23

1

20

9.5 - 12.8 12.9 - 14.8 14.9 - 40.0

8

6

4

26

22

24

21

11

13

12

5

17

7

16

15

3

28

19

27

4

1 Banning.................14.5 2 Beaumont................7.1 3 Blythe...................35.6 4 Calimesa.................4.0 5 Canyon Lake ............ 2.4 6 Cathedral City........ 12.8 7 Coachella...............11.8 8 Corona.....................8.1 9 Desert Hot Springs.25.6 10 Eastvale..................2.9

11 Hemet...................23.3 12 Indian Wells .............5.3 13 Indio......................14.8 14 Jurupa Valley ...........6.3 15 La Quinta ................9.4 16 Lake Elsinore...........14.3 17 Menifee....................7.1 18 Moreno Valley..........8.2 19 Murrieta..................7.7 20 Norco......................6.6

21 Palm Desert............ 11.5 22 Palm Springs...........15.2 23 Perris .....................14.7 24 Rancho Mirage.........6.0 25 Riverside ................ 11.2 26 San Jacinto............. 11.9 27 Temecula.................5.3 28 Wildomar.................8.2

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Riverside County DPSS, O ce of Research, Assessment, and Data Services (RADS). (2025). CWS/CMS 2025 Q2.

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