Rancho Bernadino is a neighborhood of 41,800 residents in San Diego, about 20 miles north of downtown · Updated November 2026
Is Rancho Bernadino in San Diego safe?
Yes. Most US neighborhoods have little crime, and Rancho Bernadino has less than most of them: its overall CrimeGrade™ is A, safer than the neighborhoods where 75% 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 923 of 1,000Safer than most US neighborhoodsi What this means
75% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than Rancho Bernadino as a whole, and 25% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Rancho Bernadino scores 923.
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 Rancho Bernadino, San Diego, CA at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Rancho Bernadino 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 Rancho Bernadino
Aggravated assaults and thefts both run low. In Rancho Bernadino, each runs at less than half the US rate: 0.81 aggravated assaults and 4.7 thefts a year per 1,000 residents, against 2.6 and 13.1 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 Rancho Bernadino compares within San Diego
Every part of Rancho Bernadino where people live grades A or B on the national scale. Grades across Rancho Bernadino run from A+ to A-; 95% of residents live in areas with less crime than the typical US neighborhood.
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Share of residents, by the overall CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
Rancho Bernadino has less crime than 74 of the 81 neighborhoods in San Diego. It covers much of the Rancho Bernadino, Scripps Ranch, and Tierrasanta areas.
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
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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 Rancho Bernadino
CrimeGrade™ estimates Rancho Bernadino has about 12 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 68% less than the US as a whole and 62% 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 Rancho Bernadino, about 40% of everything reported, but assault costs more, because each one does 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.
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 Rancho Bernadino; 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 Rancho Bernadino compares with nearby neighborhoods
Rancho Bernadino has less crime than 8 of its 10 nearest neighborhoods; only Scripps Ranch and Black Mountain Ranch have less.
Nearest first, with each place's distance from Rancho Bernadino. Beside each overall CrimeGrade™ is its safety score, from 0 to 1,000 (higher is safer).
Compared with neighborhoods of similar size and density, Rancho Bernadino is safer than 99% of them.
Night lighting, walkability and transit in Rancho Bernadino
One thing sets Rancho Bernadino apart: it has a Walk Grade of D- (9 of 100) on BestNeighborhood, against 21 for the US as a whole. Places like that tend to report less theft and assault, and they run low here.
Lit at nightSatellite images show which neighborhoods are lit at night, a sign of busy streets and businesses. Brightly lit places tend to report more theft and vandalism.93% where people liveUS: 78%Lower than for 97% of residents of US city neighborhoods
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. 95% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.D- (9 of 100)US: 21Lower than for 94% of residents of US city neighborhoods
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 Rancho Bernadino: D- (12 of 100).under 1 trip an hourUS: noneLower than for 90% of residents of US city neighborhoods
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Residents in dense blocksBlocks of 10,000 or more people per square mile. Dense neighborhoods tend to report more robbery and car theft.17% of residentsUS: 24%Lower than for 83% of residents of US city neighborhoods
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 Rancho Bernadino
Crime costs Rancho Bernadino about $302 a year per household, counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, 75% 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 $14 million a year, or $338 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 Rancho Bernadino 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 Rancho Bernadino, San Diego, CA average a SchoolGrade of A+: 61% of students test proficient, against 57% projected for schools like them. Overall, they meet expectations. See schools in Rancho Bernadino on SchoolGrade
