San Diego, CA crime rate
In 2025 the San Diego Police Department reported 375.8 violent crimes and 1,555.6 property crimes per 100,000 residents it covers. The FBI's estimates for California and the US for the same year are beside each number.
Data as of 2025 (FBI), checked October 30, 2026. How we got these numbers
How does San Diego compare with California and the US?
Arson has no FBI state or US estimate, so its row shows San Diego only.
What offenses were reported in San Diego, 2025?
| Offense | Reported | Per 100k | California | US | vs 2024 | vs 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violent crime | ||||||
| Violent crime | 5,296 | 375.8 | 432.7 | 327.6 | down 9.3% | down 6.9% |
| Murder | 25 | 1.8 | 3.5 | 4.1 | down 33.3% | down 60.9% |
| Rape | 338 | 24.0 | 33.4 | 36.1 | up 8.1% | down 33.1% |
| Robbery | 838 | 59.5 | 94.9 | 49.4 | down 22.7% | down 22.8% |
| Aggravated assault | 4,095 | 290.5 | 301.0 | 238.0 | down 7.0% | up 1.5% |
| Property crime | ||||||
| Property crime | 21,925 | 1,555.6 | 1,792.2 | 1,534.8 | down 8.2% | down 20.0% |
| Burglary | 2,068 | 146.7 | 275.1 | 193.6 | down 22.5% | down 40.6% |
| Larceny-theft | 15,527 | 1,101.6 | 1,200.5 | 1,144.1 | up 0.4% | down 10.3% |
| Motor vehicle theft | 4,206 | 298.4 | 316.7 | 197.0 | down 24.8% | down 35.0% |
| Arson | 124 | 8.8 | Not estimated | Not estimated | down 11.1% | down 19.3% |
Reported = offenses known to the San Diego Police Department and sent to the FBI. California and US are FBI estimates for the same year. Changes compare rates of full years only.
San Diego's own count
| Offense | Year | FBI count | City count |
|---|---|---|---|
| Murder | 2025 | 25 | 27 |
| Murder | 2024 | 37 | 36 |
| Robbery | 2025 | 838 | 962 |
| Robbery | 2024 | 1,069 | 1,080 |
| Aggravated assault | 2025 | 4,095 | 4,351 |
| Aggravated assault | 2024 | 4,341 | 4,528 |
| Burglary | 2025 | 2,068 | 2,059 |
| Burglary | 2024 | 2,628 | 2,686 |
| Motor vehicle theft | 2025 | 4,206 | 4,261 |
| Motor vehicle theft | 2024 | 5,513 | 5,447 |
City count: 2025 Annual Crime Statistics Report, San Diego Police Department, sandiego.gov, checked October 29, 2026. The city counts some crimes differently from the FBI (for example by victim instead of by incident), so the two numbers don't always match.
Violent crime rate, 2021 to 2025
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| Year | San Diego | United States | California |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 403.8 | 387.0 | 481.2 |
| 2022 | 434.4 | 388.7 | 503.6 |
| 2023 | 425.1 | 379.5 | 506.9 |
| 2024 | 414.4 | 362.9 | 475.3 |
| 2025 | 375.8 | 327.6 | 432.7 |
Property crime rate, 2021 to 2025
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| Year | San Diego | United States | California |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 1,944.6 | 1,832.3 | 2,165.3 |
| 2022 | 1,840.9 | 1,973.8 | 2,361.5 |
| 2023 | 1,831.4 | 1,934.1 | 2,326.1 |
| 2024 | 1,693.7 | 1,761.1 | 1,964.9 |
| 2025 | 1,555.6 | 1,534.8 | 1,792.2 |
Is San Diego safe?
We don't rate cities as safe or unsafe. What the FBI's numbers show: in 2025 the violent crime rate the San Diego Police Department reported, 375.8 per 100,000 residents, was lower than California's 432.7, and higher than the US rate of 327.6 (FBI estimates). It fell 9.3% from 2024.
What these numbers can't tell you:
- How crime differs between neighborhoods (the FBI publishes agency totals only).
- Crimes nobody reported to the police.
- How many offenses involved visitors and commuters, who are not in the population count.
The 5,296 violent crimes San Diego police reported to the FBI in 2025 make a rate of 375.8 per 100,000 residents covered by the San Diego Police Department. That rate was below the California estimate of 432.7, and above the US rate of 327.6. Property crime showed the same split: 1,555.6 per 100,000, below the state's 1,792.2, and slightly above the national 1,534.8.
Since 2021 violent crime has fallen 6.9% from 403.8, and property crime 20.0% from 1,944.6. The California violent estimate went from 481.2 to 432.7 in the same years. From 2024 to 2025, violent crime fell 9.3% and property crime 8.2%.
Murder fell the most of the violent offenses from 2021 to 2025, 60.9%, to 1.8 per 100,000, with 25 homicides in 2025. That murder rate was lower than both the state's 3.5 and the US 4.1. Aggravated assault had the largest rise in that group since 2021, 1.5%, and made up 77% of violent crime.
Burglary fell the most of the property offenses since 2021, 40.6%, and motor vehicle theft fell the most in the last year, 24.8%. All 12 months were sent for each of the 5 years shown, and NIBRS reporting began in 2021. The department had 1.63 police employees per 1,000 residents in 2025.
The San Diego County Sheriff's Office, state park rangers on the coast, Harbor Police and community college police report separately, so their cases are not included.
Written from the numbers on this page. Every figure and every comparison is checked against the stored FBI data before publishing.
Police employees, 2025: 1.63 per 1,000 residents (1,757 officers, 534 civilians), FBI Crime Data Explorer. Shown as context, not as a measure of crime.
Other California cities
The nearest California cities with a page, in alphabetical order. VC = violent crime per 100,000, 2025.
Sources
- FBI Crime Data Explorer, San Diego Police Department (ORI CA0371100), offenses known to law enforcement and police employees, 2021 to 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026. Crime Data Explorer
- FBI Crime Data Explorer, California and United States estimated crime (Summary Reporting System estimates), 2021 to 2025.
- FBI, "UCR Statistics: Their Proper Use" (why we don't rank cities).
Every stored file behind this page (11)
- San Diego Police Department (CA0371100): violent crime, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_CA0371100_violent_crime__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- San Diego Police Department (CA0371100): murder, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_CA0371100_homicide__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- San Diego Police Department (CA0371100): rape, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_CA0371100_rape__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- San Diego Police Department (CA0371100): robbery, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_CA0371100_robbery__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- San Diego Police Department (CA0371100): aggravated assault, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_CA0371100_aggravated_assault__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- San Diego Police Department (CA0371100): property crime, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_CA0371100_property_crime__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- San Diego Police Department (CA0371100): burglary, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_CA0371100_burglary__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- San Diego Police Department (CA0371100): larceny-theft, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_CA0371100_larceny__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- San Diego Police Department (CA0371100): motor vehicle theft, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_CA0371100_motor_vehicle_theft__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- San Diego Police Department (CA0371100): arson, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_CA0371100_arson__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- San Diego Police Department (CA0371100): police employees, 2021 to 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/pe_agency_CA0371100__from-2021-to-2025.json)