Escondido is a city of 175,700 in San Diego County, about 30 miles north of downtown San Diego · Updated November 2026
How common is property crime in Escondido?
Property crime in Escondido runs higher than in most US neighborhoods: a B+, with more property crime than the neighborhoods where 61% of Americans live. Theft makes up 54% of it. Burglary, the crime most likely to reach into a home, grades A-, and vehicle theft grades B+.
B+
Property crime CrimeGrade™
Safety score 747 of 1,000More property crime than most US neighborhoodsi What this means
39% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more property crime than Escondido as a whole, and 61% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a property crime safety score of 823, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Escondido scores 747.
Crime is concentrated in a small share of places, so most neighborhoods score high on the 0 to 1,000 scale. That is why a score in the 800s can still mean more property crime than most US neighborhoods.
How to read the map: each area's color compares its property crime with the homes, parked cars and people there, on one national scale, from green for the least to red for the most. Each area gets its own color, so a busy shopping center can show red while the homes beside it stay green. The interactive maps load faster on a strong connection. Compare high speed internet in Escondido, CA at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Escondido, and anyone thinking about buying or renting a home there.
Business and enterprise customers: this free map shows neighborhood areas. CrimeGrade™ business reports map crime at about 66-meter detail and estimate it for one address and type of business. See business reports
What stands out about property crime in Escondido
Car thefts run high in Central Escondido. In this part of central Escondido, they run at about triple the rate in the rest of Escondido.
Burglaries happen at stores and businesses far more often than nationally. In Escondido, 57% of reported burglaries happen at stores and businesses, against 28% nationally.
Where property crime is lowest and highest in Escondido
Low property crime is the norm across Escondido: 68% of residents live in areas graded A or B, and 10% in areas graded D or F. Property crime grades across Escondido run from A+ to F.
68%22%10%
A or B 68%C 22%D or F 10%
Share of residents, by the property crime CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
1East Canyon & Mission Bay-Escondido, southeastThefts run at less than half the rate in the rest of Escondido.A885
2Jesmond Dene, northwestBurglaries run at less than half the rate in the rest of Escondido.A867
3North Broadway, northCar thefts run about 30% lower here than in the rest of Escondido.A-814
4Vineyard & West Ridge, southwestCar thefts run about 40% lower here than in the rest of Escondido.A-811
5East Grove, northeastBurglaries run about 40% lower here than in the rest of Escondido.A-778
6Felicita, southClose to the rest of Escondido on most crimes.B+755
7Midway, eastThefts run about 80% higher here than in the rest of Escondido.B653
8Central Escondido, centralThefts run at about double the rate in the rest of Escondido.C+472
Neighborhood areas of Escondido, ranked by property crime CrimeGrade™; beside each grade is its safety score, from 0 to 1,000 (higher is safer). Each one combines several of the smaller areas on the map.
Is property crime going up in Escondido?
Reported property crime in Escondido peaked in 2022 and has fallen 20% since, back near its 2019 level. Burglaries, thefts and vehicle thefts went from about 16 to 15 a year per 1,000 residents (US: 18). Property crime changed little from 2023 to 2024.
Property crime, change since 2019
EscondidoUnited States
Source: crime reports to the FBI from the police department that serves Escondido. The charts follow crimes per resident.
Data table
Year
Property, Escondido
Property, US
2016
+38%
+15%
2017
+10%
+12%
2018
+15%
+4%
2019
+0%
+0%
2020
+13%
-8%
2021
+16%
-10%
2022
+16%
-6%
2023
+2%
-7%
2024
-7%
-15%
Property crime rates and types in Escondido
CrimeGrade™ estimates Escondido has about 17 reported property crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 27% less than the US as a whole and 37% less than California.
All property crime
Burglary
Vehicle theft
Reported crimes a year, per 1,000 residents. Property crime here includes vandalism, which the FBI's property crime rate leaves out.
Theft is the most common property crime in Escondido, about 54% of the total, followed by vandalism and vehicle theft.
Each CrimeGrade™ here compares a property crime with what it affects: homes for burglary and arson, parked cars for vehicle theft, people and parking for theft, homes and businesses for vandalism. Rates count crimes per 1,000 residents.
Select a crime's name to see its map above. CrimeGrade™ business reports map each crime at about 66-meter detail.
Where and when property crime happens in Escondido
Escondido has its own police department, and these figures come from its reports, 2022 to 2024.
Car thefts happen most often on streets and sidewalks: 39% of them, against 27% nationally.
Crime
Most often at
Busiest time
Burglary
Stores and businesses (57%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Car theft
Streets and sidewalks (39%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Theft from cars
Parking lots and garages (36%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Vandalism
Homes (25%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Shares of the crimes reported to police, 2022 to 2024. Reports with no time recorded are left out of the times.
Property crime in Escondido and nearby cities
Of the 10 cities closest to Escondido, 9 have less property crime. Rancho Santa Fe and Valley Center have the least.
Nearest first, with each place's distance from Escondido. Beside each property crime CrimeGrade™ is its safety score, from 0 to 1,000 (higher is safer).
Compared with cities of similar size and density, Escondido has more property crime than 54% of them.
Transit, parking lots and walkability in Escondido
Among the traits that tend to go with property crime, two set Escondido apart: it has 11 buses and trains an hour at the evening rush, where most Americans have none nearby, and 0.8 parking-lot spaces per resident, against 2.0 nationally. Places with busy transit tend to report more theft; here theft sits near the national middle.
Transit serviceBuses and trains an hour at the evening rush. Places with busy transit tend to report more theft. BestNeighborhood's Transit Grade for Escondido: C- (26 of 100).11 trips an hourUS: noneHigher than for 86% of US city residents
Parking lotsBig lots at stores, offices and apartment complexes. Places with more lot space tend to report more theft.0.8 spaces per residentUS: 2.0Lower than for 83% of US city residents
Walk GradeBestNeighborhood's grade for getting through daily life on foot, traced along real walking routes to shops, schools and parks. Walkable places tend to report more theft. 80% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.D+ (19 of 100)US: 21Higher than for 56% of US city residents
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Residents in dense blocksBlocks of 10,000 or more people per square mile. Dense neighborhoods tend to report more car theft.45% of residentsUS: 24%Higher than for 81% of US city residents
Empty homesSeasonal and vacation homes are left out. Places with many empty homes tend to report more burglary, vandalism and arson.3.6% of homesUS: 7.1%Lower than for 79% of US city residents
Stores and restaurantsShops and restaurants draw crowds and parked cars. Places with many stores tend to report more theft.9.0 per 1,000 residentsUS: 10.5Lower than for 64% of US city residents
These traits tend to go with more or less crime; none of them causes it on its own. Sources: Census job counts and housing figures, OpenStreetMap and Overture business listings, CrimeGrade™ parking estimates, NASA night-light imagery, US Forest Service tree cover, EPA transit data and BestNeighborhood's Walk Grade.
What property crime costs Escondido
Property crime costs Escondido about $23 million a year, or $129 per resident and about $389 per household: the value of what is stolen or damaged, plus the police, courts and prisons that respond.
Cost of property crime per resident, per year
How the cost breaks down
Pain and suffering add little to the cost of property crime, so this is close to its full cost.
Crime
Cost a year
Per resident
Burglary
$3.2 million
$18
Theft
$8.5 million
$48
Vehicle theft
$5.9 million
$33
Arson
$700,000
$4
Vandalism
$4.5 million
$25
Total
$23 million
$129
How CrimeGrade™ works
The property crime CrimeGrade™ covers burglary, theft, car theft, arson and vandalism, from A+ for the least crime to F for the most, on one scale for the whole country.
It weighs each property crime against what it affects: homes for burglary and arson, parked cars for car theft, and the people and parking around stores for theft.
The rates on this page count crimes for every 1,000 people who live here, the way police departments report them.
Comparisons with US neighborhoods use the Census Bureau's block groups, small areas of about 1,400 residents, and count the people who live in each. The figures count crimes reported to police; many crimes, shoplifting above all, never are. Behind the grades, CrimeGrade™ tested 21,607 factors from 125 data families. For business owners, paid CrimeGrade™ location reports estimate crime at a single address for each type of business.
Where the numbers come from
Crime reports that police departments file with the FBI
State crime records and city crime data, where they are published
Published research on what crime costs victims and communities
These are estimates of reported crime for whole areas, not a record of what happened on any one street. CrimeGrade™ updates them once a year and provides them free and without guarantee. Check local sources before you rely on them for a decision.
