Coachella arrest count

Indio police said 203 people were arrested across both weekends of the 2026 Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival, down slightly from last year. (ktla.com) Police reported 97 arrests during the first weekend, April 10-12, and 106 during the second weekend, April 17-19, at the Empire Polo Club in Indio, California. (cbsnews.com) The most common allegations were drug possession, public intoxication or drug-and-alcohol intoxication, and false identification, according to Indio police and local coverage of the arrest totals. (ktla.com) Weekend 1 accounted for 59 drug-possession arrests, 14 false-identification arrests and three intoxication arrests, while Weekend 2 accounted for 52 drug-possession arrests, 13 false-identification arrests and eight intoxication arrests. (usatoday.com) (kesq.com) Coachella runs over two three-day weekends, so police release separate tallies and then a combined total after the festival ends. This year’s combined figure landed just above 200 after both weekends were counted. (ktla.com) (eastbaytimes.com) The arrest count is one of the few public snapshots of how law enforcement handled one of the country’s biggest music festivals. CBS Los Angeles said the event typically draws more than 120,000 people a day. (cbsnews.com) Police also issued citations outside the arrest total. Coverage of the second weekend said officers wrote 85 citations for unlawful use of disabled placards, while first-weekend coverage said they wrote 32. (kesq.com) (patch.com) The final count closes out Coachella’s 2026 law-enforcement tally just days before Stagecoach returns to the same Indio grounds for the next major festival weekend. (ktla.com)