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Riverside County captain reports 2025 Q2 trends: assaults up in new reporting, vehicle thefts down
Summary
A Riverside County Sheriff's captain told the council that reporting changes (EDP codes) account for a rise in recorded aggravated assaults; vehicle thefts declined and fireworks enforcement produced dozens of citations and about 1,300 pounds of confiscated fireworks during the Fourth of July weekend.
A Riverside County Sheriff's Office representative reviewed April'June 2025 calls-for-service and crime trends for Lake Elsinore at the July 8 council meeting, highlighting that a change in reporting practices made year-to-year comparisons for aggravated assaults unreliable.
"What happened in 2025 is the way that we are reporting to the FBI has totally changed. We're using EDP codes now," the captain said, explaining that incidents previously not coded as aggravated assaults now appear in that statistic. The captain noted…
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