Crime rate & statistics
San Diego Crime Rate & Safety Statistics
How San Diego's reported crime measures up nationally, with the context the headline numbers usually leave out.
Key indices
San Diego crime at a glance
Index values are scaled so that 100 equals the U.S. average.
Your odds
Estimated victimization risk
Calibrated against national benchmark rates and expressed as everyday odds.
Trend
Is crime rising or falling in San Diego?
Reported incidents per month over the most recent year of data.
Context
How to read these numbers
San Diego generally posts lower crime rates than most large U.S. cities, and that holds for both property and violent categories. Even so, the citywide average smooths over meaningful gaps between coastal residential communities and denser mid-city and downtown neighborhoods.
We estimate rates per 100,000 residents from San Diego's reported incidents, then express them as everyday odds — roughly a “1 in N” annual chance for a household. Index values are calibrated so 100 equals the national average, and each area gets a letter grade fitted to an A-to-F curve drawn from cities across the country.