San Diego Homicide

San Diego · Homicide · updated 2026-11-12

In 2025, the latest complete year, San Diego police open data recorded 40 homicide incidents, 0.1% of all 76,420 incidents reported in the city that year and down 11.1% from 2024. That is about 2.8 per 100,000 residents, compared with 8.8 per 100,000 across the 59 US cities on TheCrimeMaps.com with complete 2025 data that list this crime type. So far in 2026, 40 homicide incidents have been published.

Homicide in San Diego by year

YearIncidentsPer 100Kvs prior year
2026 (year to date)40——
2025402.8down 11.1%
2024453.2down 16.7%
2023543.8down 11.5%
2022614.3down 7.6%
2021664.7up 17.9%
2020564.0—

Year rows reflect the months published by the source; partial years are labelled and never compared or turned into rates. Full archive: 362 homicide incidents.

Neighborhoods with the most homicide (2025)

  1. Ocean Beach 3 incidents
  2. Logan Heights 2 incidents
  3. Kearney Mesa 2 incidents
  4. Linda Vista 2 incidents
  5. Teralta West 2 incidents
  6. Swan Canyon 2 incidents
  7. Park West 2 incidents
  8. Mission Valley East 1 incident

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

Questions

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

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

Is homicide going up or down in San Diego?

Reported homicide was down 11.1% in 2025 compared with 2024, and down 34.4% 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

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