Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
San Diego, CA Crime Grade
How San Diego grades for violent crime against every other reporting U.S. city — and against the rest of California — based on the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting data.
National
8/10
vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population
California
7/10
vs. California cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in San Diego, CA was 372.0 per 100,000 residents (5,243 incidents over a population of 1,409,432). That puts San Diego Infinity% above the U.S. rate of 0.0 and 10% below the California statewide rate of 415.5.
That ranks San Diego #2,933 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 22% of them, and #234 of 371 in California. Violent crime is down 10% year over year and down 8% over the last five years.
San Diego, CA crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- D (8/10)
- California Grade
- C (7/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 372.0 / 100k
- National rank
- #2,933 of 3,771
- CA rank
- #234 of 371
- Safer than
- 22% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- down 10%
- 5-year change
- down 8%
- Population
- 1,409,432
- Reporting agency
- San Diego Police Department
- Data year
- 2025 · FBI UCR
Reported by San Diego Police Department (FBI ORI CA0371100) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About San Diego, CA
Also known as
- San Miguel
- Davis' Folly
- New San Diego
- Graytown
Location
On San Diego Bay, 11 km (7 mi) northwest of Chula Vista and 20.8 km (13 mi) north of the California-Mexico State boundary. (US-T121)
Name history sourced from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) — public-domain federal geographic-names data.
Violent crime rate, 5-year trend
Per 100,000 residents. San Diego (red), California (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
San Diego vs. U.S., 2025 — by offense
Rates per 100,000 residents for each offense category.
Full data, last 5 years
Rates per 100,000 residents. Raw counts in parentheses.
| Offense | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violent crime | 403.6(5,790) | 433.8(5,977) | 424.8(5,855) | 413.7(5,747) | 372.0(5,243) |
| Murder | 4.6(66) | 3.8(53) | 3.0(42) | 2.7(37) | 1.7(24) |
| Rape | 35.7(512) | 31.7(437) | 23.2(320) | 22.2(308) | 23.3(328) |
| Robbery | 77.1(1,106) | 93.7(1,291) | 87.4(1,205) | 77.0(1,069) | 58.0(818) |
| Aggravated assault | 286.2(4,106) | 304.5(4,196) | 311.1(4,288) | 311.9(4,333) | 289.0(4,073) |
| Property crime | 1943.9(27,888) | 1840.6(25,360) | 1830.7(25,234) | 1692.8(23,513) | 1539.0(21,691) |
| Burglary | 247.0(3,543) | 240.1(3,308) | 203.2(2,801) | 189.1(2,626) | 144.5(2,036) |
| Larceny | 1227.7(17,614) | 1102.7(15,193) | 1124.5(15,499) | 1097.2(15,240) | 1088.6(15,343) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 458.3(6,575) | 485.0(6,683) | 493.1(6,796) | 396.7(5,510) | 297.2(4,189) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the San Diego, CA Crime Grade?
- FBI Uniform Crime Reporting via the Crime Data Explorer. Agency-level data, pulled directly. No third-party aggregators, no proprietary score.
- What metric does the San Diego Crime Grade use?
- Violent crime rate per 100,000 residents (murder + rape + robbery + aggravated assault), most recent fully-reported year.
- How is the national decile for San Diego calculated?
- San Diego's rate placed against all FBI-reporting U.S. cities with population ≥ 25,000. 1 = safest.
- How is the California state decile calculated?
- Same calculation restricted to California cities with population ≥ 10,000.
- How do decile scores convert to a letter grade?
- 1–3 = A · 4–5 = B · 6–7 = C · 8 = D · 9–10 = F.
- How often is the San Diego Crime Grade refreshed?
- Twice a year. The FBI typically releases the prior year's full data each September.
- What are the limits of this Crime Grade?
- The FBI relies on local agency reporting. Rates reflect what was reported, not what occurred.
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