San Diego Vandalism

San Diego · Vandalism · updated 2026-11-12

In 2025, the latest complete year, San Diego police open data recorded 6,000 vandalism incidents, 7.9% of all 76,420 incidents reported in the city that year and down 9.4% from 2024. That is about 427 per 100,000 residents, compared with 741 per 100,000 across the 57 US cities on TheCrimeMaps.com with complete 2025 data that list this crime type. So far in 2026, 5,203 vandalism incidents have been published.

Vandalism in San Diego by year

YearIncidentsPer 100Kvs prior year
2026 (year to date)5,203——
20256,000427down 9.4%
20246,625472down 3.5%
20236,865489down 5.2%
20227,242516down 12.7%
20218,296591up 7.8%
20207,694548—

Year rows reflect the months published by the source; partial years are labelled and never compared or turned into rates. Full archive: 47,925 vandalism incidents.

Neighborhoods with the most vandalism (2025)

  1. East Village 222 incidents
  2. North Park 204 incidents
  3. Pacific Beach 190 incidents
  4. Mission Valley East 181 incidents
  5. Mira Mesa 179 incidents
  6. Hillcrest 169 incidents
  7. University City 134 incidents
  8. Core-Columbia 130 incidents

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

Questions

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

6,000, according to San Diego Police Department open data as mapped by TheCrimeMaps.com.

Is vandalism going up or down in San Diego?

Reported vandalism was down 9.4% in 2025 compared with 2024, and down 17.1% 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.

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