La Mesa, CA Murder Rates and Murder Maps

Crime Grade's murder map shows the safest places in La Mesa in green. The most dangerous areas in La Mesa are in red, with moderately safe areas in yellow. Crime rates on the map are weighted by the type and severity of the crime.

Is La Mesa, CA Safe from Murder?

The B grade means the rate of murder is slightly lower than the average US city. La Mesa is in the 68th percentile for safety, meaning 32% of cities are safer and 68% of cities are more dangerous. This analysis applies to La Mesa's proper boundaries only. See the table on nearby places below for nearby cities.

The rate of murder in La Mesa is 0.0423 per 1,000 residents during a standard year. People who live in La Mesa generally consider the north part of the city to be the safest.

Your chance of being a victim of murder in La Mesa may be as high as 1 in 15,057 in the southwest neighborhoods, or as low as 1 in 48,459 in the north part of the city.

By a simple count ignoring population, more murder occurs in the southwest parts of La Mesa, CA: about 1 per year. The central part of La Mesa has fewer cases of murder with only 0 in a typical year.

How La Mesa's Murder Rate Compares

The chart below compares the murder rate in La Mesa to the California state average and the national average. All rates are the number of crimes per 1,000 residents in a standard year.

Considering only the murder rate, La Mesa is safer than the California state average and safer than the national average.

See how CrimeGrade calculates these grades and rates on the CrimeGrade methodology page.

The Cost of Murder in La Mesa, CA

Murder is projected to cost the residents of La Mesa about $5,138,305 in 2025, or roughly $80 per resident. This is part of La Mesa's overall Cost of Crime™. See the full cost-of-crime breakdown for La Mesa, including every crime type and how La Mesa compares to other cities.

Interpreting the Murder Map

Remember that murder rates are measured per resident. Places with heavy daytime traffic, like shopping districts, airports, and parks, can look more dangerous than they are for the people who live there. See a full guide to reading La Mesa's crime maps on the La Mesa overall crime page.

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Individual La Mesa Crime Maps & Stats

Murder Maps and Rates for Nearby Cities

Compared to surrounding cities, the rate of murder in La Mesa is similar. The table below shows Crime Grades for cities close to La Mesa.

Nearby City	Overall Crime Grade	Violent Crime Grade	Property Crime Grade	Murder Crime Grade
Lemon Grove, CA	D	D	D-	D+
Casa de Oro-Mount Helix, CA	D+	D+	D	B+
Spring Valley, CA	C	C-	D+	B
La Presa, CA	C	C-	D+	C-
El Cajon, CA	D+	D	D	B+
Bostonia, CA	D+	D+	D	B+
Santee, CA	C+	C	C-	A+
Rancho San Diego, CA	C+	C-	C-	A
San Diego, CA	D+	D+	D	B
Bonita, CA	D+	D+	D-	A-

Murder in City with Similar Populations

La Mesa is lower versus other cities of the same size for murder. The table below compares murder in cities with comparable overall population.

Similar City	Overall Crime Grade	Violent Crime Grade	Property Crime Grade	Murder Crime Grade
Brentwood, TN	D+	C-	C-	D
Bristol, CT	C+	A	A	A-
Coeur d'Alene, ID	C	B	B	A+
Tigard, OR	D-	C-	C-	C+
Moore, OK	B-	B-	B-	C-
Phenix City, AL	C-	D+	D+	D+
Pico Rivera, CA	C-	C-	C-	A-
Pontiac, MI	D	F	F	D-
Santee, CA	C+	C	C	A+
Sheboygan, WI	C-	C+	C+	D+

Safety and school performance are separate topics, but both shape moving decisions. Using SchoolGrade data, schools in La Mesa, CA average SchoolGrade of C-, with 33% actual proficiency versus 36% projected; overall, schools don't meet expectations. See La Mesa schools on SchoolGrade

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