Media reports have seen arrests at the highly popular Coachella Music Festival and the subsequent country music festival stage cocks, along with a double-digit percentage increase in arrests.
According to the Indio Police Department, 223 arrests were made at Coachella, which will be held twice in a row over the weekends of April 11-13 and 18-20 this year.
The festival’s arrests, which have the capacity of 125,000 people a day, were due to drug and alcohol addiction, possession of illegal drugs, property crimes, including theft, and false identification.
In total, arrests have increased by 16.5% from 193 arrests in 2024, Daily Breeze reported.
Festival attendees will be seen on the first weekend of the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival at the Empire Polo Club in Indio, California on April 13, 2025 (Photo: Amy Harris/Invision/AP)
The outlet also said that handicap placard violations have been cited.
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Stagecoach, where campers have access to the site since April 24th, the festival itself was run from April 25th to 27th.
Indio PD recorded 151 arrests this year, up 20% from 2024. Los Angeles Daily News.
Of these arrests, 91 were made for unspecified violations, while 54 were made for false identification, and three were made for public addiction, as three were suspected of possession of drugs.
Like Coachella fans, handicap placard violations have also increased, with 86 citations issued, reported by outlets, up 3% from last year.
