San Ysidro is a city of 28,800 in San Diego County, about 13 miles southeast of downtown San Diego · Updated November 2026
How common is property crime in San Ysidro?
San Ysidro grades D for property crime, with more of it than the neighborhoods where 88% 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 F.
D
Property crime CrimeGrade™
Safety score 227 of 1,000More property crime than most US neighborhoodsi What this means
12% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more property crime than San Ysidro as a whole, and 88% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a property crime safety score of 823, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. San Ysidro scores 227.
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 San Ysidro, CA at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in San Ysidro, 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 San Ysidro
Burglaries are less common than the crime level suggests. Property crime in San Ysidro runs 84% above the US rate, but burglaries run 23% below it: 1.8 a year per 1,000 residents, against 2.4 nationally.
Car thefts run high. San Ysidro has car thefts at more than triple the US rate: 12.8 a year per 1,000 residents, against 2.7 nationally.
Where property crime is lowest and highest in San Ysidro
High property crime is widespread across San Ysidro: 89% of residents live in areas graded D or F, and the rest in areas graded C. Property crime grades across San Ysidro run from C+ to F.
11%89%
C 11%D or F 89%
Share of residents, by the property crime CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
Is property crime going up in San Ysidro?
Reported property crime in San Ysidro has fallen 14% since 2019. Burglaries, thefts and vehicle thefts went from about 19 to 17 a year per 1,000 residents (US: 18). Property crime changed little from 2023 to 2024.
Property crime, change since 2019
San YsidroUnited States
Source: crime reports to the FBI from the police department that serves San Ysidro. The charts follow crimes per resident.
Data table
Year
Property, San Ysidro
Property, US
2016
+7%
+15%
2017
-3%
+12%
2018
+1%
+4%
2019
+0%
+0%
2020
-8%
-8%
2021
+6%
-10%
2022
-5%
-6%
2023
-6%
-7%
2024
-14%
-15%
Property crime rates and types in San Ysidro
CrimeGrade™ estimates San Ysidro has about 44 reported property crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 84% more than the US as a whole and 58% more 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 San Ysidro, about 54% of the total, followed by vehicle theft and vandalism.
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 San Ysidro
The San Diego Police Department polices San Ysidro; these figures cover San Diego as a whole, 2022 to 2024.
In San Diego as a whole, 44% of burglaries hit homes, against 57% nationally. Car thefts happen most often on streets and sidewalks: 54% of them, against 27% nationally.
Crime
Most often at
Busiest time
Burglary
Homes (44%)
Night (midnight to 6 am)
Car theft
Streets and sidewalks (54%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Theft from cars
Homes (39%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Vandalism
Homes (37%)
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 San Ysidro and nearby cities
San Ysidro has the most property crime of its 10 nearest cities.
Nearest first, with each place's distance from San Ysidro. 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, San Ysidro has more property crime than 85% of them.
Among the traits that tend to go with property crime, two set San Ysidro apart: it has 17.5 stores and restaurants for every 1,000 residents, against 10.5 nationally, and 84% of its residents in dense blocks, against 24% nationally. Places like that tend to report more theft, and it runs high here.
Stores and restaurantsShops and restaurants draw crowds and parked cars. Places with many stores tend to report more theft.17.5 per 1,000 residentsUS: 10.5Higher than for 93% of US city residents
Residents in dense blocksBlocks of 10,000 or more people per square mile. Dense neighborhoods tend to report more car theft.84% of residentsUS: 24%Higher than for 93% 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. 66% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.D+ (23 of 100)US: 21Higher than for 70% of US city residents
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Lit at nightSatellite images show which neighborhoods are lit at night, a sign of busy streets and businesses. Brightly lit places tend to report more theft and vandalism.100% where people liveUS: 78%Higher than for 92% of US city residents
Transit serviceBuses and trains an hour at the evening rush. Places with busy transit tend to report more theft. BestNeighborhood's Transit Grade for San Ysidro: C- (27 of 100).NoneUS: noneLower than for 84% of US city residents
JobsJobs draw daytime crowds. Places with many jobs tend to report more theft.35 for every 100 residentsUS: 45Lower than for 62% 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 San Ysidro
Property crime costs San Ysidro about $11 million a year, or $376 per resident and about $1,282 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
$470,000
$16
Theft
$3.5 million
$122
Vehicle theft
$5.7 million
$197
Arson
$87,000
$3
Vandalism
$1.1 million
$37
Total
$11 million
$376
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
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.
