Code Description 240 Assault

187 Homicide 242 Battery

207 Kidnapping 245 Assault with a deadly weapon

207A Kidnapping attempt 246 Shooting at inhabited dwelling

211 Robbery 261 Rape

211A Robbery alarm 261A Attempted rape

211S Robbery alarm, silent 273A Child neglect

213 Use of illegal explosives 273D Domestic violence - Felony

215 Carjacking 288 Lewd conduct

217 Assault with intent to murder 311 Indecent exposure

219 Cutting 314 Indecent exposure

227 Public Indecency with Handicapped 374B Illegal dumping

Public Indecency with 390 Drunk

227D
Handicapped unconscious
390D Drunk, unconscious 484 Theft (definition)

415 Disturbance Grand theft (value >= $950, or certain

487
livestock)

417 Person with a gun

488 Petty theft (value < $950)

417K Person with a knife

Drunk Driving - Felony (great bodily
501
injury or death)
419 Dead human body

502 Drunk Driving

428 Child Molest

503 Auto theft

444 Officer-Involved Shooting

504 Tampering with a vehicle

459 Burglary

505A Reckless driving

459A Burglar alarm

507 Public nuisance

459S Burglar alarm, silent

510 Speeding or racing vehicles

470 Forgery

586 Illegal parking

Hit and run - Felony (great bodily injury
480
or death)
594 Malicious mischief

481 Hit and run - Misdemeanor

604 Throwing missiles
647 Lewd conduct (various subsections) 502 23152 Misdemeanor Drunk Driving[3]

653M Threatening phone calls Stolen Vehicle (also a penal code

503 10851
section, 487A, Grand Theft Auto)

Please note: "500" codes are only radio codes

that substitute for other code sections.
504 10854 Tampering with a Motor Vehicle
Example: a "503" is not Penal Code section
503 (which is Embezzlement). All of the "500"
codes, generally, involve vehicles and are 505 23103 Reckless Driving
thus grouped together (except 594, which is a
legitimate Penal Code). Additionally, "390"
(and variants) are also radio codes only (CPC 510 23109 Speed Contest / Racing
647(f) is the legally enforced section "public
intoxication").
586 22500 Illegal Parking
In California, some radio codes in the 400–
599 range that refer to vehicle violations are
left over from the California Vehicle Code
(CVC) which was revised in 1971. Some
agencies, such as the California Highway
Patrol (CHP) use the current vehicle code
numbers while municipal and county police
agencies, especially the Los Angeles Police
Department (LAPD) still use the 500 series.

Old New Description

480 20001 Felony Hit and Run

481 20002 Misdemeanor Hit and Run

501 23151 Felony Drunk Driving