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El Cajon
El Cajon 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 El Cajon for 2026 is expected to be lower than in 2025.
The city violent crime rate for El Cajon in 2025 was higher than the
national violent crime rate
average by 38.92% and the city property crime rate in El Cajon was lower than the
national property crime rate
average by 21.7%.
In 2025 the city violent crime rate in El Cajon was higher than the
violent crime rate in California
by 5.18% and the city property crime rate in El Cajon was lower than the
property crime rate in California
by 32.95%.
Property and Violent Crime
El Cajon Crime Statistics
Summary Report
2025 Crime (Actual Data)*
Incidents
Aggravated Assault
363
Arson
20
Burglary
130
Larceny and Theft
885
Motor Vehicle Theft
218
Murder and Manslaughter
5
Rape
36
Robbery
63
Crime Rate
(Total Incidents)
1,806
Property Crime
1,233
Violent Crime
467
2026 Crime (Projected Data)*
Incidents
Aggravated Assault
394
Arson
23
Burglary
104
Larceny and Theft
838
Motor Vehicle Theft
237
Murder and Manslaughter
2
Rape
29
Robbery
71
Crime Rate
(Total Incidents)
1,752
Property Crime
1,179
Violent Crime
496
Property and Violent Crime Totals
Actual versus Projected Crime Totals
City versus State versus National Crime Comparison
* The source of
actual
data on this El Cajon, 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 El Cajon 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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