According to accesslocal.tv, Riverside County is suddenly the 2nd most dangerous county in California! The article goes on to say that over the course of a year, the crime rate went to 41.15 per 1,000 people and the serous crime rate is 19.5, which is higher than the national average of 22.7. It lists violent crimes such as attack, rape, robbery and murder as the most common crimes in Riverside county. They link a lot of crimes to drugs.
Riverside County is almost 7,400 square miles and nearly 2.4 million people call Riverside County home. Riverside county's population is the tenth largest in the United States.
Full story at accesslocal.tv.