Robbery per Capita in Kensington
The map below shows robbery per 1,000 Kensington residents.
The map below shows robbery per 1,000 Kensington residents.
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Your yearly chance of being a victim of robbery in Kensington is about 1 in 759.
Robbery costs the average Kensington resident about $41 per year.
Crime Grade's robbery map shows the safest places in Kensington in green. The most dangerous areas in Kensington are in red, with moderately safe areas in yellow. Crime rates on the map are weighted by the type and severity of the crime.
The D grade means the rate of robbery is higher than the average US neighborhood. Kensington is in the 20th percentile for safety, meaning 80% of neighborhoods are safer and 20% of neighborhoods are more dangerous. This analysis applies to Kensington's proper boundaries only. See the table on nearby places below for nearby neighborhoods.
The rate of robbery in Kensington is 1.318 per 1,000 residents during a standard year. People who live in Kensington generally consider the northeast part of the neighborhood to be the safest.
Your chance of being a victim of robbery in Kensington may be as high as 1 in 466 in the southwest neighborhoods, or as low as 1 in 1,029 in the northeast part of the neighborhood.
By a simple count ignoring population, more robbery occurs in the northeast parts of Kensington, San Diego, CA: about 1 per year. The west part of Kensington has fewer cases of robbery with only 0 in a typical year.
The chart below compares the robbery rate in Kensington to the California state average and the national average. All rates are the number of crimes per 1,000 residents in a standard year.
| Kensington, San Diego, CA: | 1.318 |
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| California: | 1.197 |
| USA: | 0.6421 |
Considering only the robbery rate, Kensington is less safe than the California state average and less safe than the national average.
See how CrimeGrade calculates these grades and rates on the CrimeGrade methodology page.
Robbery is projected to cost the residents of Kensington about $198,343 in 2025, or roughly $41 per resident. This is part of Kensington's overall Cost of Crime™. See the full cost-of-crime breakdown for Kensington, including every crime type and how Kensington compares to other neighborhoods.
Remember that robbery 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 Kensington's crime maps on the Kensington overall crime page.
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Nearby Neighborhood | Overall Crime Grade | Violent Crime Grade | Property Crime Grade | Robbery Crime Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
C | D+ | D+ | D- | |
C+ | C- | C- | D | |
C | D+ | D+ | D- | |
C | D+ | D+ | D- | |
C+ | D+ | C- | D- | |
C | C | D+ | D | |
C | C | D+ | D- | |
C- | D | D | D- | |
B- | C+ | C+ | D+ | |
C | D+ | D+ | D- |
Kensington is higher versus other neighborhoods of the same size for robbery. The table below compares robbery in neighborhoods with comparable overall population.
Similar Neighborhood | Overall Crime Grade | Violent Crime Grade | Property Crime Grade | Robbery Crime Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
D- | F | F | D- | |
A- | C+ | C+ | D+ | |
B | B- | B- | D+ | |
D- | F | F | D- | |
D+ | D | D | D | |
C | D- | D- | D | |
B- | C | C | B | |
A | A- | A- | B+ | |
A+ | A+ | A+ | A+ | |
C+ | D- | D- | F |
Safety and school performance are separate topics, but both shape moving decisions. Using SchoolGrade data, schools in Kensington, San Diego, CA average SchoolGrade of F, with 18% actual proficiency versus 38% projected; overall, schools underperform expectations. See Kensington schools on SchoolGrade
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