San Diego Crime Map

California · Latest 24h · updated 2026-11-12

Latest 24h	100 incidents, 15 violent (2026-11-10)
2026 YTD	64,227 incidents through October
2025 (full year)	76,420 incidents
Full archive	549,603 incidents (2020–2026)
Per 100K / year	5,441

Source: San Diego Police Department open data.

About crime in San Diego

Latest mapped day. San Diego recorded 100 incidents on 2026-11-10, including 15 violent-category incidents. This is a short-window snapshot of police open data, not a personal-safety score.

Year-over-year context

San Diego recorded 79,069 incidents in 2024 and 76,420 in 2025, a 3.4% decrease. Year-to-year comparisons depend on consistent source coverage and reporting definitions.

Latest 24h (2026-11-10) category breakdown

Other	78
Assault	13
Theft	5
Vandalism	2
Robbery	2

Where incidents were mapped

Core-Columbia: 13
East Village: 13
Midway District: 7
Sherman Heights: 6
Pacific Beach: 4
Bay Terraces: 3
Grantville: 3
Rolando Park: 3

Across 2020–2026, the current archive contains 549,603 incidents for San Diego. Missing categories or periods reflect what the source publishes; missing is not zero.

San Diego crime overview

Essay updated 2026-11-12 · figures above are from the latest data

TL;DR. San Diego police reported 76,420 incidents in 2025, according to San Diego Police Department data through November 2026 on TheCrimeMaps. Other was the most reported category with 33,636 incidents, followed by Theft at 12,418 and Assault at 10,517. Reported incidents fell 3.4% from 79,069 in 2024. January–October 2026 totaled 64,227 incidents, up 0.2% from 64,101 in the same months of 2025. East Village led neighborhoods with 4,909 incidents.

About this data

TheCrimeMaps plots police-reported incidents in San Diego, California, using open data from the San Diego Police Department. The map covers calendar year 2025, with 76,420 police-reported incidents in that 12-month period. Violent-category incidents, defined as assault plus sexual assault plus robbery plus shooting plus homicide, totaled 12,327 in 2025, or 16.1% of all incidents.

The 2025 rate was 5,441.3 reported incidents per 100,000 residents in 2025, based on the U.S. Census Bureau Vintage 2024 population estimate of 1,404,452 for the city. The violent rate was 877.7 reported incidents per 100,000 residents. These are rates of police-reported incidents, not measures of personal risk. Data on TheCrimeMaps are current through November 2026, with 2025 representing a complete year of 12 months with data. The archive totals 549,603 incidents for 2020–2026 combined.

Recent trend

Reported incidents declined 3.4% from 79,069 in 2024 to 76,420 in 2025, based on two consecutive complete calendar years. Earlier complete years ranged from 85,254 in 2021 to 78,240 in 2023, with 84,656 in 2020, 79,859 in 2022 and 79,069 in 2024. For the same January–October window, reports were flat, with 64,227 in January–October 2026 compared with 64,101 in January–October 2025, an increase of 0.2%. The 2026 full-year count remains partial and is not compared as an annual change in this comparison.

Category breakdown

Other was the largest grouping in 2025, with 33,636 incidents, or 44% of the total. The source groups many incident types under Other, including Other crime with 22,569 incidents, or 29.5% of all incidents, and Drugs with 7,618 incidents, or 10% of all incidents. Theft ranked second with 12,418 incidents, or 16.2%, followed by Assault with 10,517 incidents, or 13.8%. Beyond the top three, Vandalism accounted for 6,000 incidents, or 7.9%, Theft from vehicle for 4,789 incidents, or 6.3%, and Auto theft for 4,249 incidents, or 5.6%. Together, the six listed groupings account for the 76,420 police-reported incidents in calendar year 2025.

Where incidents concentrate

In 2025, East Village recorded 4,909 incidents, or 6.4%, followed by Pacific Beach with 2,786 incidents, or 3.6%, Midway District with 2,746 incidents, or 3.6%, Core-Columbia with 2,712 incidents, or 3.5%, and San Ysidro with 2,223 incidents, or 2.9%. These five are ranked among 126 named neighborhoods by incidents in 2025. Neighborhood totals reflect where incidents were reported, and counts follow where people live, work and visit, so they are not a risk score. Mission Valley East, Gaslamp and North Park followed next in the 2025 ranking.

What this means

San Diego’s 2025 total of 76,420 sits below every earlier complete year from 84,656 in 2020 to 79,069 in 2024, with 85,254 in 2021 as the archive high. What stands out is the weight of Other at 33,636, or 44%, alongside Theft at 12,418, or 16.2%, and Assault at 10,517, or 13.8%. East Village at 4,909, or 6.4%, stands apart from Pacific Beach at 2,786, or 3.6%, and Midway District at 2,746, or 3.6%.

FAQ

How many crimes were reported in San Diego in 2025?
San Diego had 76,420 police-reported incidents in calendar year 2025. That total includes 12,327 violent-category incidents, which were assault, sexual assault, robbery, shooting and homicide combined and represented 16.1% of the 2025 total. The archive from 2020 through 2026 contains 549,603 incidents across all years in the archive combined.

What type of crime was reported most in San Diego in 2025?
Other was the largest category in 2025 with 33,636 incidents, or 44% of the 76,420 total. In 2025, that Other group included Other crime with 22,569 reports, Drugs with 7,618 reports, Impaired & dangerous driving with 1,614 reports, Weapons offenses with 942 reports and Threats with 893 reports. Theft was next with 12,418 reports.

Did reported crime go up or down in San Diego from 2024 to 2025?
Reported incidents decreased from 79,069 in 2024 to 76,420 in 2025, a change of -3.4% across two consecutive complete calendar years. Both years had 12 months of data. For the same months of January–October in both years, 64,227 incidents were recorded in 2026 compared with 64,101 in 2025, a change of 0.2%.

Which San Diego neighborhoods had the most reported incidents in 2025?
Among 126 named neighborhoods ranked by incidents in 2025, East Village had the highest count with 4,909 incidents, or 6.4% of the city total. Pacific Beach followed with 2,786 incidents and Midway District with 2,746 incidents, both at 3.6%. Core-Columbia had 2,712 incidents, San Ysidro had 2,223 incidents and Mission Valley East had 2,198 incidents.

Where does this San Diego crime data come from?
The figures on this page come from the San Diego Police Department, the open-data source cited for San Diego, California. That source provided the 76,420 police-reported incidents in calendar year 2025, including 10,517 assault reports and 12,418 theft reports. The 2025 period covers 12 months of data.

How up to date is the San Diego crime data?
Data is current through November 2026. The headline total of 76,420 incidents describes complete calendar year 2025 with 12 months of data. The archive also includes 66,105 incidents in 2026, which has 11 months with data and is partial, so 2026 should not be compared as a full year.

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