This overview combines violent, property, and other offenses into a single grade for City Heights West. The dedicated violent crime and property crime pages go deeper on each. The map below shows the overall crime rate per 1,000 residents.
C+
Overall Crime Grade™
D+ |
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C- |
|
Other Crime Grade |
B+ |
$11.6 million
Cost of Crime™ for City Heights West, San Diego, CA
In 2025, crime will cost $1,779 per household.
On the map, green marks the parts of City Heights West with the least crime overall and red marks the most. Each area is weighted by the type and severity of every offense, so a place with rare but serious violent crime can grade differently from one with frequent petty theft. The Interpreting the Crime Maps section below explains how to read the colors.
The C+ overall grade blends the violent, property, and other grades shown above into one measure, set against the average US neighborhood, where City Heights West's combined rate is about the same as the norm. City Heights West sits in the 46th percentile, ahead of 46% of neighborhoods and behind 54%. The grade covers only City Heights West's official city boundaries. See the table below for nearby neighborhoods.
The overall crime rate in City Heights West is 38.57 per 1,000 residents in a typical year. Residents generally consider the southwest part of the neighborhood the safest. Your chance of being a victim ranges from 1 in 18 in the north areas to 1 in 33 in the southwest.
Counting total incidents instead of per-capita rates, the east parts of City Heights West, San Diego, CA report the most crime, about 166 cases per year. The southwest part reports the fewest, around 11 per year.
| City Heights West, San Diego, CA: | $592 |
|---|---|
| New Downtown, Los Angeles, CA: | $1496 |
| El Toro Marine Air Station, Ir: | $200 |
| California: | $491 |
| USA: | $464 |
Crime |
Cost to City Heights West |
Cost per City Heights West Resident |
|---|---|---|
Murder |
$2.46 million |
$125 |
Rape/Sexual Assault |
$571,873 |
$29 |
Robbery |
$940,794 |
$48 |
Assault |
$2.44 million |
$124 |
Kidnapping |
$121,215 |
$6 |
Vehicle Theft |
$1.76 million |
$90 |
Burglary |
$846,808 |
$43 |
Theft |
$1.63 million |
$83 |
Arson |
$92,334 |
$5 |
Vandalism |
$399,761 |
$20 |
Animal Cruelty |
$3,358 |
$0 |
Drug Crimes |
$257,500 |
$13 |
Identity Theft |
$93,472 |
$5 |
Total Cost of Crime |
$11,617,577 |
$592 |
Crime rates on the map are measured per resident, so areas with heavy visitor traffic can read high because crime follows crowds, even where few people live. The northwest part of the neighborhood holds more retail establishments, which lifts recorded crime around those blocks. A red area does not always mean the neighborhood is unsafe for residents.
Airports, parks, and transit hubs create the same effect. Major airports draw large crowds with few residents nearby, so they read as high-crime spots. Parks and recreational areas do the same, and of City Heights West's 19,618 residents few live beside them. Before assuming an area is unsafe, weigh both the per-capita rate and the total number of incidents, and note what sits nearby.
The interactive maps load faster on a strong connection. Compare high speed internet in City Heights West, San Diego, CA at ISP Reports.The tables below show which crimes are used to calculate the Crime Grades above. All crime rates are shown as the number of crimes per 1,000 City Heights West residents in a standard year.
Crime Type |
Crime Rate |
|---|---|
Assault |
4.335 |
Robbery |
1.525 |
Rape |
0.4808 |
Murder |
0.0667 |
Total Violent Crime |
6.407 (D+) |
Crime Type |
Crime Rate |
|---|---|
Theft |
16.05 |
Vehicle Theft |
5.796 |
Burglary |
4.759 |
Arson |
0.1949 |
Total Property Crime |
26.80 (C-) |
Crime Type |
Crime Rate |
|---|---|
Kidnapping |
0.1019 |
Drug Crimes |
1.774 |
Vandalism |
2.852 |
Identity Theft |
0.6156 |
Animal Cruelty |
0.0231 |
Total "Other" Rate |
5.367 (B+) |
Compared to surrounding neighborhoods, the rate of crime in City Heights West is similar. The table below shows Crime Grades for neighborhoods close to City Heights West.
Nearby Neighborhood | Overall Crime Grade | Violent Crime Grade | Property Crime Grade |
|---|---|---|---|
C | D+ | D+ | |
C | D+ | D+ | |
C- | D | D | |
C | D+ | D+ | |
C- | C- | D+ | |
C+ | C- | C | |
C+ | C- | C- | |
B- | C | C | |
C | C | D+ | |
C | D+ | D+ |
City Heights West is similar versus other neighborhoods of the same size for crime. The table below compares crime in neighborhoods with comparable overall population in the neighborhood‘s boundaries.
Similar Neighborhood | Overall Crime Grade | Violent Crime Grade | Property Crime Grade |
|---|---|---|---|
C- | B- | B- | |
B | C | C | |
C | D- | D- | |
C | C | C | |
B- | C | C | |
C | C | C | |
C- | C | C | |
F | D+ | D+ | |
D | C | C | |
A | A | A |
Considering only the crime rate, City Heights West is less safe than the California state average and less safe than the national average.
Safety and school performance are separate topics, but both shape moving decisions. Using SchoolGrade data, schools in City Heights West, San Diego, CA average SchoolGrade of D-, with 22% actual proficiency versus 34% projected; overall, schools underperform expectations. See City Heights West schools on SchoolGrade
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