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San Diego Crime Rate Report (California)

San Diego crime statistics report an overall downward trend in crime based on data from 27 years with violent crime decreasing and property crime decreasing. Based on this trend, the crime rate in San Diego for 2026 is expected to be lower than in 2025.

The city violent crime rate for San Diego in 2025 was higher than the national violent crime rate average by 13.63% and the city property crime rate in San Diego was higher than the national property crime rate average but only by 0.27%.

In 2025 the city violent crime rate in San Diego was lower than the violent crime rate in California by 13.97% and the city property crime rate in San Diego was lower than the property crime rate in California by 14.13%.

Property and Violent Crime
San Diego Property Crime vs. State and National Per Capita
San Diego Violent Crime vs. State and National Per Capita

San Diego Crime Statistics
Summary Report

2025 Crime (Actual Data)*Incidents
Aggravated Assault4,075
Arson123
Burglary2,050
Larceny and Theft15,447
Motor Vehicle Theft4,194
Murder and Manslaughter24
Rape330
Robbery818
Crime Rate (Total Incidents)29,102
Property Crime21,691
Violent Crime5,247
2026 Crime (Projected Data)*Incidents
Aggravated Assault4,470
Arson120
Burglary2,038
Larceny and Theft14,482
Motor Vehicle Theft5,639
Murder and Manslaughter38
Rape254
Robbery922
Crime Rate (Total Incidents)29,570
Property Crime22,159
Violent Crime5,684

Property and Violent Crime Totals

San Diego Property Crime

San Diego Violent Crime

Actual versus Projected Crime Totals

San Diego Crime 2025

San Diego Crime 2026

City versus State versus National Crime Comparison

San Diego Property Crime vs. State and National Comparison

San Diego Violent Crime vs. State and National Comparison
* The source of actual data on this San Diego, California crime rate report is the FBI Report of Offenses Known to Law Enforcement for the corresponding year or years. Arson numbers are reported inconsistently. Zero values may indicate the data was not available. The projected crime rate data displayed above was generated from the trends found in the years of actual reported crime data on file. In this case, the San Diego crime report data for 2026 was projected from 27 years of actual data. The last year of actual available crime data, as reported above, was 2025.

The FBI cautions the data users against comparing yearly statistical data solely on the basis of their population coverage. The comparisons made herein are thus, only meaningful upon further examination of all variables that affect crime in each reported city, state or other reported jurisdicition.



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