Coachella arrests total

Police arrested 203 people across both weekends of the 2026 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival, according to post-festival figures released this week. (ktla.com) The Indio Police Department reported 106 arrests during the festival’s second weekend after reporting 97 arrests during the first weekend on April 14. (cbsnews.com) Weekend 2 arrests included 52 for alleged drug possession, 13 for fake identification, and eight for public intoxication; police grouped another 33 cases into other alleged offenses such as driving under the influence, domestic violence, trespassing, and battery. (ktla.com) Weekend 1 arrests were also led by drug-possession cases, with 59 arrests in that category, plus 14 for false identification, three for drug or alcohol intoxication, one property-crime arrest, and 20 cases listed as other. (patch.com) The 203-arrest total was slightly lower than last year’s combined count. KTLA reported the decline after Indio police released the second-weekend numbers on April 21. (ktla.com) That year-over-year dip came even as Coachella remained a two-weekend event at the Empire Polo Club in Indio, where police track arrests, citations, and traffic conditions as part of the city’s annual festival operations. (kesq.com) Police also issued 85 citations during Weekend 2 for unlawful use of a disabled placard, a separate enforcement category that did not count toward the arrest total. (kesq.com) The final tally leaves Coachella 2026 with just over 200 arrests, driven largely by drug-possession cases across both weekends. (usatoday.com)