Hillcrest, San Diego

San Diego · neighborhood · updated 2026-11-12

Latest 24h2 incidents
2026 to date1,568 incidents (through 2026-11-10)
2025 full year1,708 incidents
Full archive13,163 incidents · 2020–2026

About this neighborhood

2025 snapshot (full-year). Hillcrest recorded 1,708 incidents in 2025 (2.2% of San Diego incidents in the same source period). These are raw police open-data counts, not a personal-safety score.

The latest 24-hour layer contains 2 incidents in Hillcrest. Short windows can move sharply from day to day.

Year-over-year context

Hillcrest had 1,771 incidents in 2024 and 1,708 in 2025, a 3.6% decrease. Comparisons depend on consistent source coverage and neighborhood boundaries.

2025 category breakdown

Other712
Assault297
Theft265
Vandalism169
Theft from vehicle78
Auto theft72

Across 2020–2026, this neighborhood has 13,163 incidents in the current archive. Missing categories or periods reflect what the source publishes; missing is not zero.

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