San Juan Capistrano, CA Property Crime Rates and Non-Violent Crime Maps

Property Crime per Capita in San Juan Capistrano

Property crime covers theft, burglary, vehicle theft, and arson, offenses against belongings rather than people. The map below shows the property crime rate per 1,000 San Juan Capistrano residents.

 

San Juan Capistrano, CA Map of Property Crime Rates
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Overall Crime Grade™

D
Property Crime Grade
D
Other Crime Grade
A-

$8.40 million

Cost of Crime™ for San Juan Capistrano, CA

In 2025, property crime will cost $473 per household.

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On the map, green marks the parts of San Juan Capistrano with the least property crime and red marks the most, weighted by the type and severity of each offense. Property crime is the most common category of crime, so these maps track closely with where stores, parking, and daytime foot traffic sit. The Interpreting the Crime Maps section below explains why busy commercial blocks can look worse than the neighborhoods around them.

The D grade reflects how often theft, burglary, vehicle theft, and arson happen in San Juan Capistrano against the average US city, where the rate is higher than the norm. San Juan Capistrano sits in the 19th percentile for property-crime safety, ahead of 19% of cities and behind 81%. The grade covers only San Juan Capistrano's official city boundaries. See the table below for nearby cities.

The property crime rate in San Juan Capistrano is 21.72 per 1,000 residents in a typical year. Residents generally point to the northeast part of the city as the safest for their belongings. Your odds of a property-crime loss range from 1 in 26 in the central neighborhoods to 1 in 160 in the northeast.

Counting total incidents instead of per-capita rates, the southwest parts of San Juan Capistrano, CA report the most property crime, about 279 cases per year. The southeast part reports the fewest, around 21 per year.

The Cost of Crime™ in San Juan Capistrano, CA

Property crime in San Juan Capistrano is projected to cost $8,395,297 in 2025, about $162 per resident and $473 per household. That equals 0.2% of the median household income. All of it is measurable loss: replaced vehicles, repaired break-ins, stolen goods, and the policing and courts that respond. Because property crime leaves a repair bill rather than a lasting injury, these tangible costs make up its full economic toll. They split into:
  1. Criminal justice system costs (law enforcement, courts, and imprisonment): 65.9%
  2. Direct costs to victims (damaged property, medical expenses, and lost wages): 27.0%
  3. Lost economic contribution from offenders (time in prison or repeat offenses): 7.0%

How Much Does Property Crime Cost in San Juan Capistrano Compared to Other Cities?

San Juan Capistrano, CA: $162
Lodi, CA: $686
Rescue, CA: $65
California: $183
USA: $136

Property crime costs $162 per resident each year in San Juan Capistrano, which is $26 more than the national average and $20 less than California's state average. The comparison below uses cities similar to San Juan Capistrano:
  • In Lodi, CA, crime costs $686 per person, which is $524 more than in San Juan Capistrano.
  • In Rescue, CA, crime costs $65 per person, which is $98 less than in San Juan Capistrano

2025 Projected Property Crime Cost by Type

The table below breaks the property-crime total into its four offenses for San Juan Capistrano, with the projected cost per resident.
Crime
Cost to San Juan Capistrano
Cost per San Juan Capistrano Resident
Vehicle Theft
$1.58 million
$31
Burglary
$3.00 million
$58
Theft
$3.51 million
$68
Arson
$303,253
$6
Total Cost of Property Crime
$8,395,297
$162

How the Property Crime Cost Is Estimated

Property crime carries no pain-and-suffering figure in this model. Its cost is the replacement and repair value of what was taken or damaged, plus the policing, courts, and lost offender productivity that follow. Stolen and damaged property has a market price, which is why this total is easier to pin down than the human cost of violent crime in San Juan Capistrano, CA. All Cost of Crime figures come from scholarly research on the cost of crime. Read more about our methodology here.

Interpreting the Property Crime Maps

Property crime rates are measured per resident, so places where shoppers and commuters outnumber residents read high. Stores are where shoplifting, theft, and vehicle break-ins happen, yet almost nobody lives there, so the per-capita rate climbs. How strongly this shows on the map depends on retail density; the central part of the city has more retail establishments. A red commercial strip does not mean the homes nearby are unsafe.

Parking lots and transit stops follow the same pattern: heavy daytime traffic, few residents, so per-capita property crime reads high. To judge a residential block, weigh both the per-capita rate and the total number of incidents, and note what sits nearby.

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San Juan Capistrano Property Crime Breakdown

The table below shows which non-violent crimes are used to calculate the Crime Grade above. All property crime rates are shown as the number of crimes per 1,000 San Juan Capistrano residents in a standard year.

Crime Type
Crime Rate
Theft
13.10
Vehicle Theft
1.977
Burglary
6.400
Arson
0.2429
Total Property Crime
21.72 (D)

Crime Maps and Rates for Nearby Cities

Compared to surrounding cities, the rate of property crime in San Juan Capistrano is lower. The table below shows Crime Grades for cities close to San Juan Capistrano.

Nearby City
Overall Crime Grade
Violent Crime Grade
Property Crime Grade
C+
C
D+
D
D
D-
D-
D-
F
F
F
F
D-
D-
F
F
D-
F
D
D+
D-
B
B-
C
D
D
D-
D+
D-
D

Crime Maps and Rates for City with Similar Populations

San Juan Capistrano is higher versus other cities of the same size for property crime. The table below compares crime in cities with comparable overall population in the city‘s boundaries.

Similar City
Overall Crime Grade
Violent Crime Grade
Property Crime Grade
A+
A+
A+
D+
C-
C-
F
F
F
D
C-
C-
D
D-
D-
D+
B+
B+
D
D+
D+
C+
A-
A-
B
B
B
B+
B+
B+

Considering only the property crime rate, San Juan Capistrano is as safe as the California state average and less safe than the national average.

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