San Diego Burglary
San Diego · Burglary · updated 2026-11-12
In 2025, the latest complete year, San Diego police open data recorded 2,103 burglary incidents, 2.8% of all 76,420 incidents reported in the city that year and down 20.8% from 2024. That is about 150 per 100,000 residents, compared with 412 per 100,000 across the 59 US cities on TheCrimeMaps.com with complete 2025 data that list this crime type. So far in 2026, 1,506 burglary incidents have been published.
Burglary in San Diego by year
| Year | Incidents | Per 100K | vs prior year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (year to date) | 1,506 | — | — |
| 2025 | 2,103 | 150 | down 20.8% |
| 2024 | 2,656 | 189 | down 7.6% |
| 2023 | 2,875 | 205 | down 14.0% |
| 2022 | 3,342 | 238 | down 3.5% |
| 2021 | 3,465 | 247 | up 3.1% |
| 2020 | 3,361 | 239 | — |
Year rows reflect the months published by the source; partial years are labelled and never compared or turned into rates. Full archive: 19,308 burglary incidents.
Neighborhoods with the most burglary (2025)
- Sorrento Valley 107 incidents
- Kearney Mesa 105 incidents
- Pacific Beach 87 incidents
- East Village 70 incidents
- La Jolla 66 incidents
- North Park 61 incidents
- San Ysidro 59 incidents
- University City 56 incidents
Neighborhood names as published by the police feed; counts are not adjusted for population.
Questions
How many burglary incidents were reported in San Diego in 2025?
2,103, according to San Diego Police Department open data as mapped by TheCrimeMaps.com.
Is burglary going up or down in San Diego?
Reported burglary was down 20.8% in 2025 compared with 2024, and down 37.1% compared with 2022 (falling 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.
Other crime types in San Diego
- San Diego other 33,636 in 2025
- San Diego theft 12,418 in 2025
- San Diego assault 10,517 in 2025
- San Diego vandalism 6,000 in 2025
- San Diego theft from vehicle 4,789 in 2025
- San Diego auto theft 4,249 in 2025
- San Diego robbery 962 in 2025
- San Diego fraud 898 in 2025
- San Diego sexual assault 808 in 2025
- San Diego homicide 40 in 2025