San Diego, United States: crime rates by area
No Safety score: fewer than 30 comparable places, or figures not complete.
Questions about crime in San Diego
- Which areas of San Diego have the least crime?
- Lowest crime among the 112 neighbourhoods of San Diego with a Safety score: Torrey Highlands (10/10), North City (10/10), Wooded Area (10/10). Highest crime among the 112 neighbourhoods of San Diego with a Safety score: Mission Valley West (1/10), East Village (1/10), Midway District (1/10).
Neighbourhoods in San Diego
- Adams North 5/10
- Allied Gardens 8/10
- Alta Vista
- Azalea/Hollywood Park 5/10
- Balboa Park
- Barrio Logan 3/10
- Bay Ho 9/10
- Bay Park 6/10
- Bay Terraces 8/10
- Birdland 2/10
- Black Mountain Ranch 10/10
- Border
- Broadway Heights
- Burlingame
- Carmel Mountain 7/10
- Carmel Valley 9/10
- Castle 4/10
- Cherokee Point 5/10
- Chollas Creek 8/10
- Chollas View 4/10
- Clairemont Mesa East 6/10
- Clairemont Mesa West 8/10
- Colina Del Sol 3/10
- College East 5/10
- College West 8/10
- Core-Columbia 1/10
- Corridor 4/10
- Cortez 2/10
- Del Cerro 7/10
- Del Mar Heights 9/10
- East Village 1/10
- Egger Highlands 4/10
- El Cerrito 2/10
- Emerald Hills 5/10
- Encanto 7/10
- Fairmont Park 5/10
- Fairmont Village 4/10
- Fox Canyon 6/10
- Gaslamp
- Golden Hill 6/10
- Grant Hill 2/10
- Grantville 2/10
- Harborview 1/10
- Hillcrest 2/10
- Horton Plaza 4/10
- Islenair
- Jamacha Lomita 7/10
- Kearny Mesa 1/10
- Kensington 6/10
- La Jolla 6/10
- La Playa 6/10
- Lake Murray 8/10
- Lincoln Park 2/10
- Linda Vista 4/10
- Little Italy 1/10
- Logan Heights 3/10
- Loma Portal 9/10
- Marina 5/10
- Midtown 4/10
- Midway District 1/10
- Mira Mesa 9/10
- Miramar 8/10
- Miramar Ranch North 10/10
- Mission Bay 10/10
- Mission Bay Park
- Mission Beach 1/10
- Mission Hills 7/10
- Mission Valley East 1/10
- Mission Valley West 1/10
- Morena 5/10
- Mountain View 4/10
- Mt Hope 5/10
- Nestor 7/10
- Normal Heights 7/10
- North City 10/10
- North Clairemont 5/10
- North Park 5/10
- Oak Park 6/10
- Ocean Beach 2/10
- Ocean Crest 7/10
- Old Town
- Otay Mesa 1/10
- Otay Mesa West 7/10
- Pacific Beach 3/10
- Palm City 3/10
- Paradise Hills 9/10
- Park West 3/10
- Petco Park
- Point Loma Heights 6/10
- Qualcomm
- Rancho Bernardo 9/10
- Rancho Encantada 10/10
- Rancho Penasquitos 9/10
- Redwood Village/Rolando Park 7/10
- Ridgeview/Webster 4/10
- Rolando 2/10
- Roseville / Fleet Ridge 7/10
- Sabre Springs 10/10
- San Carlos 10/10
- San Pasqual 10/10
- San Ysidro 3/10
- Scripps Ranch 9/10
- Serra Mesa 8/10
- Shelltown 6/10
- Sherman Heights 1/10
- Skyline 8/10
- Sorrento Valley 3/10
- South Park 8/10
- Southcrest 2/10
- Stockton 3/10
- Sunset Cliffs 9/10
- Swan Canyon 4/10
- Talmadge 3/10
- Teralta East 3/10
- Teralta West 2/10
- Tierrasanta 9/10
- Tijuana River Valley 10/10
- Torrey Highlands 10/10
- Torrey Pines 10/10
- Torrey Preserve
- University City 8/10
- University Heights 6/10
- Valencia Park 6/10
- Wooded Area 10/10
Other places nearby
Mayors of San Diego since 2010
San Diego: Mayor Todd Gloria (Democrat, nonpartisan office). Governor: Gavin Newsom (Democrat)
Todd Gloria · Democrat, nonpartisan office
since December 2024
San Diego ▼ −8% · USA ▼ −10%
Offences reported to the FBI per 1,000 people, the year before the term vs its latest year
Todd Gloria · Democrat, nonpartisan office
December 2020 – December 2024
San Diego ▲ +2% · USA ▼ −6%
Offences reported to the FBI per 1,000 people, the year before the term vs its latest year
Kevin Faulconer · Republican, nonpartisan office
December 2016 – December 2020
San Diego ▼ −14% · USA ▼ −15%
Offences reported to the FBI per 1,000 people, the year before the term vs its latest year
Kevin Faulconer · Republican, nonpartisan office
March 2014 – December 2016
San Diego ▼ −12% · USA ▼ −7%
Offences reported to the FBI per 1,000 people, the year before the term vs its latest year
Todd Gloria · Democrat, nonpartisan office
August 2013 – March 2014
Too early to compare
Bob Filner · Democrat, nonpartisan office
December 2012 – August 2013
San Diego ▼ −1% · USA ▼ −4%
Offences reported to the FBI per 1,000 people, the year before the term vs its latest year
In some cities an appointed manager or police chief, not the mayor, runs the police; in some counties the sheriff mainly runs the jail and the courts.
Mayors: Hilbig, Archived Campaign Websites of U.S. Mayoral Candidates (CC BY 4.0) and city sites. Sheriffs: Mavridis, US Sheriff Election Data (CC BY 4.0), MIT Election Data + Science Lab (CC0) and county election offices. Crime: FBI Crime Data Explorer.
