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San Marcos Crime Rate Report (California)

San Marcos crime statistics report an overall downward trend in crime based on data from 26 years with violent crime decreasing and property crime decreasing. Based on this trend, the crime rate in San Marcos for 2026 is expected to be lower than in 2025.

The city violent crime rate for San Marcos in 2025 was lower than the national violent crime rate average by 68.55% and the city property crime rate in San Marcos was lower than the national property crime rate average by 74.82%.

In 2025 the city violent crime rate in San Marcos was lower than the violent crime rate in California by 76.19% and the city property crime rate in San Marcos was lower than the property crime rate in California by 78.44%.

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

San Marcos Crime Statistics
Summary Report

2025 Crime (Actual Data)*Incidents
Aggravated Assault77
Arson6
Burglary45
Larceny and Theft251
Motor Vehicle Theft79
Murder and Manslaughter0
Rape3
Robbery20
Crime Rate (Total Incidents)564
Property Crime375
Violent Crime100
2026 Crime (Projected Data)*Incidents
Aggravated Assault132
Arson8
Burglary72
Larceny and Theft281
Motor Vehicle Theft94
Murder and Manslaughter1
Rape3
Robbery36
Crime Rate (Total Incidents)636
Property Crime447
Violent Crime171

Property and Violent Crime Totals

San Marcos Property Crime

San Marcos Violent Crime

Actual versus Projected Crime Totals

San Marcos Crime 2025

San Marcos Crime 2026

City versus State versus National Crime Comparison

San Marcos Property Crime vs. State and National Comparison

San Marcos Violent Crime vs. State and National Comparison
* The source of actual data on this San Marcos, 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 Marcos crime report data for 2026 was projected from 26 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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