The Safest and Most Dangerous Places in Mission Hills-San Diego, San Diego, CA: Crime Maps and Statistics

Crime per Capita in Mission Hills-San Diego

This overview combines violent, property, and other offenses into a single grade for Mission Hills-San Diego. The dedicated violent crime and property crime pages go deeper on each. The map below shows the overall crime rate per 1,000 residents.

 

Mission Hills-San Diego, San Diego, CA Map of Crime Rates
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D+

Overall Crime Grade™

C-
D-
Other Crime Grade
B

$3.02 million

Cost of Crime™ for Mission Hills-San Diego, San Diego, CA

In 2025, crime will cost $1,613 per household.

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On the map, green marks the parts of Mission Hills-San Diego 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.

Is Mission Hills-San Diego, San Diego, CA Safe?

The D+ overall grade blends the violent, property, and other grades shown above into one measure, set against the average US neighborhood, where Mission Hills-San Diego's combined rate is higher than the norm. Mission Hills-San Diego sits in the 24th percentile, ahead of 24% of neighborhoods and behind 76%. The grade covers only Mission Hills-San Diego's official city boundaries. See the table below for nearby neighborhoods.

The overall crime rate in Mission Hills-San Diego is 54.01 per 1,000 residents in a typical year. Residents generally consider the northwest part of the neighborhood the safest. Your chance of being a victim ranges from 1 in 12 in the southwest areas to 1 in 33 in the northwest.

Counting total incidents instead of per-capita rates, the southwest parts of Mission Hills-San Diego, San Diego, CA report the most crime, about 72 cases per year. The northwest part reports the fewest, around 4 per year.

The Cost of Crime™ in Mission Hills-San Diego, San Diego, CA

Across all crime types, the projected cost of crime in Mission Hills-San Diego for 2025 is $3,021,358, about $680 per resident and $1,613 per household. That equals 0.7% of the median household income. These figures cover tangible costs, which include:
  1. Criminal justice system costs (law enforcement, courts, and imprisonment): 56.1%
  2. Direct costs to victims (damaged property, medical expenses, and lost wages): 33.5%
  3. Lost economic contribution from offenders (time in prison or repeat offenses): 10.3%

How Much Does Crime Cost in Mission Hills-San Diego Compared to Other Neighborhoods?

Mission Hills-San Diego, San Diego, CA: $680
New Downtown, Los Angeles, CA: $1496
El Toro Marine Air Station, Ir: $200
California: $491
USA: $464

The overall cost of crime per resident in Mission Hills-San Diego is $680 per year, which is $216 more than the national average and $189 more than San Diego's city average. The comparison below uses neighborhoods similar to Mission Hills-San Diego:
  • In New Downtown, Los Angeles, CA, crime costs $1,496 per person, which is $816 more than in Mission Hills-San Diego.
  • In El Toro Marine Air Station, Ir, crime costs $200 per person, which is $480 less than in Mission Hills-San Diego

2025 Projected Cost by Type of Crime

The table below shows the total cost of crime to the residents of Mission Hills-San Diego for the year 2025 along with the projected cost per resident.
Crime
Cost to Mission Hills-San Diego
Cost per Mission Hills-San Diego Resident
Murder
$599,316
$135
Rape/Sexual Assault
$126,451
$28
Robbery
$208,573
$47
Assault
$439,676
$99
Kidnapping
$31,156
$7
Vehicle Theft
$396,035
$89
Burglary
$367,638
$83
Theft
$626,197
$141
Arson
$30,158
$7
Vandalism
$90,182
$20
Animal Cruelty
$1,073
$0
Drug Crimes
$83,394
$19
Identity Theft
$21,509
$5
Total Cost of Crime
$3,021,358
$680

The Intangible Cost of Crime in Mission Hills-San Diego, San Diego, CA

The totals above count tangible costs only. Violent crime also carries a human cost, the pain and trauma borne by victims and their families, which research-based methods estimate so it can be compared across places. That intangible cost in Mission Hills-San Diego totals $4,808,157 ($1,082 per resident), and all of it comes from violent crime rather than property loss. Added to the tangible costs, the full estimate reaches $7,829,515 ($1,762 per resident). All Cost of Crime figures come from scholarly research on the cost of crime. Read more about our methodology here.

Interpreting the Crime Maps

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 east 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, of which Mission Hills-San Diego has 1, do the same, and of Mission Hills-San Diego's 4,443 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.

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Mission Hills-San Diego Crime Breakdown

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 Mission Hills-San Diego residents in a standard year.

Violent Crime Rates

Crime Type
Crime Rate
Assault
3.446
Robbery
1.492
Rape
0.4694
Murder
0.0718
Total Violent Crime
5.479 (C-)
 
 

 


Property Crime Rates

Crime Type
Crime Rate
Theft
27.21
Vehicle Theft
5.756
Burglary
9.123
Arson
0.2811
Total Property Crime
42.37 (D-)
 
 

 


Other Crime Rates

Crime Type
Crime Rate
Kidnapping
0.1157
Drug Crimes
2.537
Vandalism
2.841
Identity Theft
0.6255
Animal Cruelty
0.0326
Total "Other" Rate
6.152 (B)

 


Crime Maps and Rates for Nearby Neighborhoods

Compared to surrounding neighborhoods, the rate of crime in Mission Hills-San Diego is similar. The table below shows Crime Grades for neighborhoods close to Mission Hills-San Diego.

Nearby Neighborhood
Overall Crime Grade
Violent Crime Grade
Property Crime Grade
C-
C
D
D-
D-
F
B
C
B-
D+
D
D-
D-
D-
F
D-
D-
F
D-
D-
D-
C
D+
D+
B-
C
C
F
F
F

Crime Maps and Rates for Neighborhood with Similar Populations

Mission Hills-San Diego is lower 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
D+
D
D
B
A+
A+
F
F
F
D-
D+
D+
F
D-
D-
D-
D+
D+
A-
B-
B-
C
D-
D-
F
F
F
A+
A+
A+

Considering only the crime rate, Mission Hills-San Diego 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 Mission Hills-San Diego, San Diego, CA average SchoolGrade of D, with 25% actual proficiency versus 41% projected; overall, schools underperform expectations. See Mission Hills-San Diego schools on SchoolGrade

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