San Diego Theft from vehicle
San Diego · Theft from vehicle · updated 2026-11-12
In 2025, the latest complete year, San Diego police open data recorded 4,789 theft from vehicle incidents, 6.3% of all 76,420 incidents reported in the city that year and down 16.2% from 2024. That is about 341 per 100,000 residents, compared with 634 per 100,000 across the 46 US cities on TheCrimeMaps.com with complete 2025 data that list this crime type. So far in 2026, 4,077 theft from vehicle incidents have been published.
Theft from vehicle in San Diego by year
| Year | Incidents | Per 100K | vs prior year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (year to date) | 4,077 | — | — |
| 2025 | 4,789 | 341 | down 16.2% |
| 2024 | 5,718 | 407 | down 6.0% |
| 2023 | 6,080 | 433 | down 3.9% |
| 2022 | 6,325 | 450 | down 25.4% |
| 2021 | 8,478 | 604 | up 20.9% |
| 2020 | 7,014 | 499 | — |
Year rows reflect the months published by the source; partial years are labelled and never compared or turned into rates. Full archive: 42,481 theft from vehicle incidents.
Neighborhoods with the most theft from vehicle (2025)
- Pacific Beach 190 incidents
- North Park 160 incidents
- Mira Mesa 160 incidents
- Mission Valley East 155 incidents
- University City 141 incidents
- La Jolla 138 incidents
- Kearney Mesa 121 incidents
- Serra Mesa 104 incidents
Neighborhood names as published by the police feed; counts are not adjusted for population.
Questions
How many theft from vehicle incidents were reported in San Diego in 2025?
4,789, according to San Diego Police Department open data as mapped by TheCrimeMaps.com.
Is theft from vehicle going up or down in San Diego?
Reported theft from vehicle was down 16.2% in 2025 compared with 2024, and down 24.3% 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 auto theft 4,249 in 2025
- San Diego burglary 2,103 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