Sky Line is a neighborhood of 12,500 residents in San Diego, about 8 miles east of downtown · Updated November 2026
Is Sky Line in San Diego safe?
With an overall CrimeGrade™ of B-, Sky Line has moderate crime by national standards. Most US neighborhoods have less: 78% of Americans live in neighborhoods with less crime. Violent crime grades B and property crime C. San Diego as a whole grades B+. What matters most is the neighborhood: grades within Sky Line run from B+ to C+, so check the map below.
B-
Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 582 of 1,000Less safe than most US neighborhoodsi What this means
22% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than Sky Line as a whole, and 78% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Sky Line scores 582.
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 Sky Line, San Diego, CA at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Sky Line 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 Sky Line
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.
Theft runs low. Sky Line has 6.2 thefts a year per 1,000 residents, about half the US rate of 13.1.
How Sky Line compares within San Diego
Most of Sky Line grades well: 55% of residents live in areas graded A or B, and the rest in areas graded C. Grades across Sky Line run from B+ to C+; every part of Sky Line has more crime than the typical US neighborhood.
55%45%
A or B 55%C 45%
Share of residents, by the overall CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
Sky Line has less crime than 26 of the 81 neighborhoods in San Diego. It covers much of the Mission Bay, Paradise Hills, and Bay Terraces 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
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 Sky Line
CrimeGrade™ estimates Sky Line has about 26 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 29% less than the US as a whole and 17% 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.
The largest share of crime reported in Sky Line is assault, about 38% of the total. It also makes up 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 Sky Line; 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 Sky Line compares with nearby neighborhoods
Of the 10 neighborhoods closest to Sky Line, 7 have less crime. Bay Terraces and Alta Vista have the least.
Two things set Sky Line apart: it has 1.1% of its homes standing empty, against 7.1% nationally, and 6 jobs for every 100 residents, against 45 for the US as a whole. Places like that tend to report less burglary, vandalism and arson, yet burglary and vandalism run higher here than that would suggest.
Empty homesSeasonal and vacation homes are left out. Places with many empty homes tend to report more burglary, vandalism and arson.1.1% of homesUS: 7.1%Lower than for 98% of residents of US city neighborhoods
JobsJobs draw daytime crowds. Places with many jobs tend to report more theft and robbery.6 for every 100 residentsUS: 45Lower than for 96% 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. 81% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.D (18 of 100)US: 21Lower than for 78% of residents of US city neighborhoods
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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 Sky Line: C- (28 of 100).NoneUS: noneLower than for 95% 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 Sky Line
Crime costs Sky Line about $1,369 a year per household, counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, 14% more 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 $16 million a year, or $1,267 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 Sky Line 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. Sky Line is the other kind of example: few people work in, shop in or visit it, so its crime per resident looks lower than its CrimeGrade™ suggests.
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 Sky Line, San Diego, CA average a SchoolGrade of D: 26% of students test proficient, against 22% projected for schools like them. Overall, they meet expectations. See schools in Sky Line on SchoolGrade
