ZIP 92128 covers Rancho Bernadino in San Diego, about 20 miles north of downtown · Updated November 2026
Is ZIP 92128 in San Diego safe?
Yes. Most US neighborhoods have little crime, and ZIP 92128 has less than most of them: its overall CrimeGrade™ is A, safer than the neighborhoods where 66% of Americans live. Violent crime grades better than property crime here, A+ against A-. San Diego as a whole grades B+. Its neighborhoods are much alike, from A+ to A-; see the map below.
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Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 900 of 1,000Safer than most US neighborhoodsi What this means
66% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than ZIP 92128 as a whole, and 34% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. ZIP 92128 scores 900.
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 crime than most US neighborhoods.
How to read the map: each area's color compares its crime with the people, homes and cars there, on one national scale, from green for the least crime 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 ZIP 92128, San Diego, CA at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in ZIP 92128 in San Diego, 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 in ZIP 92128
Simple assaults are uncommon. ZIP 92128 has simple assaults at a small fraction of the US rate: 1.8 a year per 1,000 residents, against 9.7 nationally.
Car thefts happen on streets and sidewalks far more often than nationally. In San Diego as a whole, 54% of reported car thefts happen on streets and sidewalks, against 27% nationally.
How ZIP 92128 compares within San Diego
Every part of ZIP 92128 where people live grades A or B on the national scale. Grades across ZIP 92128 run from A+ to A-; 81% of residents live in areas with less crime than the typical US neighborhood.
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A or B 100%
Share of residents, by the overall CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
ZIP 92128 has less crime than 29 of the 37 ZIP codes in San Diego.
Is crime going up in San Diego?
Since 2019, reported violent crime in San Diego as a whole is up 11% and property crime is down 14%. Murders, rapes, robberies and aggravated assaults went from about 3.7 to 4.1 a year per 1,000 residents (US: 3.7); burglaries, thefts and vehicle thefts from about 19 to 17 (US: 18). Neither changed much from 2023 to 2024.
Violent crime, change since 2019
Property crime, change since 2019
San DiegoUnited States
Source: crime reports to the FBI from the police departments that serve San Diego. The charts follow crimes per resident.
Data table
Year
Violent, San Diego
Violent, US
Property, San Diego
Property, US
2016
+4%
+4%
+7%
+15%
2017
+1%
+4%
-3%
+12%
2018
+3%
+0%
+1%
+4%
2019
+0%
+0%
+0%
+0%
2020
+4%
+4%
-8%
-8%
2021
+15%
+6%
+6%
-10%
2022
+17%
+5%
-5%
-6%
2023
+14%
+2%
-6%
-7%
2024
+11%
-4%
-14%
-15%
Crime rates and types in ZIP 92128
CrimeGrade™ estimates ZIP 92128 has about 16 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 58% less than the US as a whole and 50% less than San Diego as a whole.
Overall crime
Violent crime
Property crime
Reported crimes a year, per 1,000 residents. These figures include simple assaults and vandalism, which the FBI's violent and property crime rates leave out.
Theft is the most common crime in ZIP 92128, about 50% of everything reported, and it also accounts for the largest share of what crime costs here.
Each CrimeGrade™ compares a crime with what it affects: people for assaults and robbery, homes for burglary, parked cars for vehicle theft. 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 crime happens in San Diego
The San Diego Police Department polices ZIP 92128; 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. Thefts from cars happen most often at homes: 39% of them, against 34% 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)
Robbery
Stores and businesses (46%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Aggravated assault
Homes (36%)
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.
How ZIP 92128 compares with nearby ZIP codes
ZIP 92128 has more crime than 7 of its 10 nearest ZIP codes. ZIP 92145 and ZIP 92067 have the least crime nearby.
Crime costs ZIP 92128 about $379 a year per household, counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, 69% less than the US figure of $1,205.
Cost of crime per resident, per year
Counting the pain and suffering of victims, which comes almost entirely from violent crime, the full cost comes to about $19 million a year, or $390 per resident.
How CrimeGrade™ works
A CrimeGrade™ shows how much crime an area has compared with the rest of the country, from A+ for the least crime to F for the most. Every neighborhood in the US is graded on the same scale, so a B in ZIP 92128 means the same as a B anywhere else.
CrimeGrade™ starts from the crimes people report to police and measures each kind of crime against what it affects: people for assaults, homes for burglaries, parked cars for car thefts.
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.
Schools in ZIP 92128, San Diego, CA average a SchoolGrade of A+: 65% of students test proficient, against 60% projected for schools like them. Overall, they meet expectations. See schools in ZIP 92128 on SchoolGrade
