The Safest and Most Dangerous Places in Coronado, CA
Coronado is a city of 19,900 in San Diego County, about 3 miles south of downtown San Diego · Updated November 2026
Is Coronado, CA safe?
Yes. An overall CrimeGrade™ of A- means crime in Coronado is low. Most US neighborhoods have little crime too, so Coronado sits near the middle: 46% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime, and 54% in neighborhoods with less. Violent crime grades A and property crime B+. What matters most is the neighborhood: grades within Coronado run from A to B-, so check the map below.
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Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 815 of 1,000About as safe as the typical US neighborhoodi What this means
46% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than Coronado as a whole, and 54% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Coronado scores 815.
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 Coronado, CA at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Coronado, 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 Coronado
Vehicle theft stands out among A-graded cities. For the typical resident of an A-graded US city, the figure is 0.93 car thefts a year per 1,000 residents; Coronado has 3.3.
Burglaries run above the US rate. Coronado has less crime than the US as a whole, 17% below the US rate, but more burglaries: 3.2 a year per 1,000 residents, against 2.4 nationally.
The safest and least safe parts of Coronado
Every part of Coronado where people live grades A or B on the national scale. Grades across Coronado run from A to B-; 28% 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.
Within Coronado, the northwest side has the least crime and the center the most.
Is crime going up in Coronado?
Reported property crime in Coronado has risen 28% since 2019. Too few violent crimes are reported here each year for a reliable violent crime trend. Burglaries, thefts and vehicle thefts went from about 13 to 16 a year per 1,000 residents (US: 18). In 2024 alone, property crime fell 20%.
Property crime, change since 2019
CoronadoUnited States
Source: crime reports to the FBI from the police department that serves Coronado. The charts follow crimes per resident.
Data table
Year
Property, Coronado
Property, US
2016
+12%
+15%
2017
+13%
+12%
2018
+4%
+4%
2019
+0%
+0%
2020
+9%
-8%
2021
+32%
-10%
2022
+35%
-6%
2023
+60%
-7%
2024
+28%
-15%
Crime rates and types in Coronado
CrimeGrade™ estimates Coronado has about 31 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 17% less than the US as a whole and 22% less than California.
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 makes up about 35% of crime reported in Coronado. Assault is less common but costs more, because each one does far more harm.
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.
The Coronado Police Department's 2024 count of burglary fell far below its usual level, a sign of a reporting break, so CrimeGrade™ used the department's earlier years instead.
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 Coronado
Coronado has its own police department, and these figures come from its reports, 2022 to 2024.
In Coronado, 41% of burglaries hit homes, against 57% nationally. Thefts from cars happen most often on streets and sidewalks: 66% of them, against 18% nationally.
Crime
Most often at
Busiest time
Burglary
Homes (41%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Car theft
Streets and sidewalks (49%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Theft from cars
Streets and sidewalks (66%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Vandalism
Other places (35%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Aggravated assault
Homes (33%)
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 Coronado compares with nearby cities
Coronado has less crime than 9 of its 10 nearest cities; only Bonita has less.
Two things set Coronado apart: it has 15.7 stores and restaurants for every 1,000 residents, against 10.5 nationally, and a Walk Grade of C- (32 of 100) on BestNeighborhood, against 21 for the US as a whole. Even so, 65% of residents in Coronado live in car-dependent areas, where most errands take a car. Places like that tend to report more theft; here theft sits near the national middle.
Stores and restaurantsShops and restaurants draw crowds and parked cars. Places with many stores tend to report more theft.15.7 per 1,000 residentsUS: 10.5Higher than for 90% of US city residents
Transit serviceBuses and trains an hour at the evening rush. Places with busy transit tend to report more theft and robbery. BestNeighborhood's Transit Grade for Coronado: D+ (24 of 100).NoneUS: noneLower than for 84% 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 and assault.C- (32 of 100)US: 21Higher than for 83% of US city residents
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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.9.4% of homesUS: 7.1%Higher than for 83% of US city residents
Residents in dense blocksBlocks of 10,000 or more people per square mile. Dense neighborhoods tend to report more robbery and car theft.43% of residentsUS: 24%Higher than for 79% of US city residents
JobsJobs draw daytime crowds. Places with many jobs tend to report more theft and robbery.52 for every 100 residentsUS: 45Higher than for 65% 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 crime costs Coronado
Crime costs Coronado about $982 a year per household, counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, 19% 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 $22 million a year, or $1,093 per resident.
How the cost breaks down
Crime
Cost a year
Per resident
Murder
$620,000
$31
Rape
$690,000
$35
Robbery
$270,000
$14
Assault
$2.1 million
$108
Burglary
$570,000
$29
Theft
$1.1 million
$56
Vehicle theft
$1,000,000
$50
Arson
$63,000
$3
Vandalism
$780,000
$39
Total
$7.3 million
$365
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 Coronado 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
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.
Schools in Coronado, CA average a SchoolGrade of C+: 37% of students test proficient, against 35% projected for schools like them. Overall, they exceed expectations. See schools in Coronado on SchoolGrade
