San Diego Assault

San Diego · Assault · updated 2026-11-12

In 2025, the latest complete year, San Diego police open data recorded 10,517 assault incidents, 13.8% of all 76,420 incidents reported in the city that year and down 0.9% from 2024. That is about 749 per 100,000 residents, compared with 1,325 per 100,000 across the 60 US cities on TheCrimeMaps.com with complete 2025 data that list this crime type. So far in 2026, 9,368 assault incidents have been published.

Assault in San Diego by year

YearIncidentsPer 100Kvs prior year
2026 (year to date)9,368——
202510,517749down 0.9%
202410,613756down 1.1%
202310,730764up 1.0%
202210,623756up 3.2%
202110,289733up 8.3%
20209,501676—

Year rows reflect the months published by the source; partial years are labelled and never compared or turned into rates. Full archive: 71,641 assault incidents.

Neighborhoods with the most assault (2025)

  1. East Village 636 incidents
  2. Pacific Beach 349 incidents
  3. Gaslamp 311 incidents
  4. Hillcrest 297 incidents
  5. Core-Columbia 296 incidents
  6. North Park 242 incidents
  7. Mira Mesa 236 incidents
  8. Ocean Beach 230 incidents

Neighborhood names as published by the police feed; counts are not adjusted for population.

Questions

How many assault incidents were reported in San Diego in 2025?

10,517, according to San Diego Police Department open data as mapped by TheCrimeMaps.com.

Is assault going up or down in San Diego?

Reported assault was down 0.9% in 2025 compared with 2024, and down 1.0% compared with 2022 (roughly flat over three years).

Where does this data come from?

Source: San Diego Police Department open data. TheCrimeMaps.com groups each published offense into a crime type; counts are police-reported incidents, not convictions, and some reports are reclassified or removed by the source later.

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