Sunbow, Chula Vista, CA Property Crime Rates and Maps
Sunbow is a neighborhood of 10,000 residents in Chula Vista, about 4 miles southeast of downtown · Updated November 2026
How common is property crime in Sunbow?
Sunbow earns a B+ for property crime, with more property crime than the neighborhoods where 67% of Americans live. Theft makes up 34% of it. Burglary, the crime most likely to reach into a home, grades A, and vehicle theft grades C. Chula Vista as a whole grades B for property crime.
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Property crime CrimeGrade™
Safety score 696 of 1,000More property crime than most US neighborhoodsi What this means
33% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more property crime than Sunbow as a whole, and 67% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a property crime safety score of 823, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Sunbow scores 696.
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 Sunbow, Chula Vista, CA at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Sunbow in Chula Vista, 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 Sunbow
Theft runs low. Sunbow has 3.5 thefts a year per 1,000 residents, a small fraction of the US rate of 13.1.
Thefts from cars happen on streets and sidewalks far more often than nationally. In Chula Vista as a whole, 39% of reported thefts from cars happen on streets and sidewalks, against 18% nationally.
How Sunbow compares within Chula Vista
Every part of Sunbow where people live grades A or B for property crime on the national scale. Property crime grades across Sunbow run from A to B-.
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A or B 100%
Share of residents, by the property crime CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
Sunbow has less property crime than 5 of the 14 neighborhoods in Chula Vista. It covers much of the Sunbow and Otay Mesa West areas and the Lynwood Hills and Paseo Ranchoero areas.
Is property crime going up in Chula Vista?
Reported property crime in Chula Vista as a whole has fallen 21% since 2019. Burglaries, thefts and vehicle thefts went from about 14 to 11 a year per 1,000 residents (US: 18). In 2024 alone, property crime fell 15%.
Property crime, change since 2019
Chula VistaUnited States
Source: crime reports to the FBI from the police departments that serve Chula Vista. The charts follow crimes per resident.
Data table
Year
Property, Chula Vista
Property, US
2016
+14%
+15%
2017
+3%
+12%
2018
-5%
+4%
2019
+0%
+0%
2020
-16%
-8%
2021
-11%
-10%
2022
-8%
-6%
2023
-8%
-7%
2024
-21%
-15%
Property crime rates and types in Sunbow
CrimeGrade™ estimates Sunbow has about 10 reported property crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 57% less than the US as a whole and 31% less than Chula Vista as a whole.
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.
Vehicle theft is the most common property crime in Sunbow, about 38% of the total, followed by 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 Chula Vista
The Chula Vista Police Department polices Sunbow; these figures cover Chula Vista as a whole, 2022 to 2024.
In Chula Vista as a whole, 35% of burglaries hit homes, against 57% nationally. Car thefts happen most often on streets and sidewalks: 46% of them, against 27% nationally.
Crime
Most often at
Busiest time
Burglary
Stores and businesses (44%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Car theft
Streets and sidewalks (46%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Theft from cars
Streets and sidewalks (39%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Vandalism
Homes (28%)
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 Sunbow and nearby neighborhoods
Sunbow has less property crime than 5 of its 10 nearest neighborhoods.
Among the traits that tend to go with property crime, two set Sunbow apart: it has 2.2 stores and restaurants for every 1,000 residents, against 10.5 nationally, and a Walk Grade of D- (10 of 100) on BestNeighborhood, against 21 for the US as a whole. Places like that tend to report less theft and car theft, and theft runs low here.
Transit serviceBuses and trains an hour at the evening rush. Places with busy transit tend to report more theft. BestNeighborhood's Transit Grade for Sunbow: C- (27 of 100).NoneUS: noneLower than for 95% of residents of US city neighborhoods
Stores and restaurantsShops and restaurants draw crowds and parked cars. Places with many stores tend to report more theft and car theft.2.2 per 1,000 residentsUS: 10.5Lower than for 94% of residents of US city neighborhoods
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. 92% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.D- (10 of 100)US: 21Lower than for 92% of residents of US city neighborhoods
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Empty homesSeasonal and vacation homes are left out. Places with many empty homes tend to report more burglary, vandalism and arson.9.3% of homesUS: 7.1%Higher than for 76% of residents of US city neighborhoods
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 Sunbow
Property crime costs Sunbow about $1.0 million a year, or $102 per resident and about $385 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 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. Sunbow is the other kind of example: few people work in, shop in or visit it, so its crime per resident looks lower than its CrimeGrade™ suggests.
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.
