San Diego Theft

San Diego · Theft · updated 2026-11-12

In 2025, the latest complete year, San Diego police open data recorded 12,418 theft incidents, 16.2% of all 76,420 incidents reported in the city that year and down 0.9% from 2024. That is about 884 per 100,000 residents, compared with 1,637 per 100,000 across the 60 US cities on TheCrimeMaps.com with complete 2025 data that list this crime type. So far in 2026, 11,433 theft incidents have been published.

Theft in San Diego by year

YearIncidentsPer 100Kvs prior year
2026 (year to date)11,433——
202512,418884down 0.9%
202412,532892up 11.9%
202311,197797up 7.1%
202210,456744down 1.5%
202110,614756up 3.0%
202010,308734—

Year rows reflect the months published by the source; partial years are labelled and never compared or turned into rates. Full archive: 78,958 theft incidents.

Neighborhoods with the most theft (2025)

  1. San Ysidro 850 incidents
  2. Mission Valley East 798 incidents
  3. Midway District 788 incidents
  4. La Jolla 617 incidents
  5. University City 575 incidents
  6. Pacific Beach 429 incidents
  7. East Village 389 incidents
  8. North Park 384 incidents

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

Questions

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

12,418, according to San Diego Police Department open data as mapped by TheCrimeMaps.com.

Is theft going up or down in San Diego?

Reported theft was down 0.9% in 2025 compared with 2024, and up 18.8% compared with 2022 (rising 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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