Theft per Capita in San Diego
The map below shows theft per 1,000 San Diego residents.
The map below shows theft per 1,000 San Diego residents.
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Your yearly chance of being a victim of theft in San Diego is about 1 in 24.
Theft costs the average San Diego resident about $216 per year.
Crime Grade's theft map shows the safest places in San Diego in green. The most dangerous areas in San Diego are in red, with moderately safe areas in yellow. Crime rates on the map are weighted by the type and severity of the crime.
The F grade means the rate of theft is much higher than the average US city. San Diego is in the 2nd percentile for safety, meaning 98% of cities are safer and 2% of cities are more dangerous. This analysis applies to San Diego's proper boundaries only. See the table on nearby places below for nearby cities.
The rate of theft in San Diego is 41.74 per 1,000 residents during a standard year. People who live in San Diego generally consider the southeast part of the city to be the safest.
Your chance of being a victim of theft in San Diego may be as high as 1 in 21 in the east neighborhoods, or as low as 1 in 33 in the southeast part of the city.
By a simple count ignoring population, more theft occurs in the south parts of San Diego, TX: about 74 per year. The west part of San Diego has fewer cases of theft with only 1 in a typical year.
The chart below compares the theft rate in San Diego to the Texas state average and the national average. All rates are the number of crimes per 1,000 residents in a standard year.
| San Diego, TX: | 41.74 |
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| Texas: | 15.54 |
| USA: | 13.00 |
Considering only the theft rate, San Diego is less safe than the Texas state average and less safe than the national average.
See how CrimeGrade calculates these grades and rates on the CrimeGrade methodology page.
Theft is projected to cost the residents of San Diego about $1,263,016 in 2025, or roughly $216 per resident. This is part of San Diego's overall Cost of Crime™. See the full cost-of-crime breakdown for San Diego, including every crime type and how San Diego compares to other cities.
Remember that theft rates are measured per resident. Places with heavy daytime traffic, like shopping districts, airports, and parks, can look more dangerous than they are for the people who live there. See a full guide to reading San Diego's crime maps on the San Diego overall crime page.
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Nearby City | Overall Crime Grade | Violent Crime Grade | Property Crime Grade | Theft Crime Grade |
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D- | D- | D- | D- | |
D- | D- | D- | D- | |
C+ | D+ | B- | A- | |
F | D | F | F | |
D- | D- | D- | D- | |
D+ | D- | D | D | |
F | F | F | F | |
F | F | F | F | |
F | D | F | F | |
F | D- | F | F |
San Diego is higher versus other cities of the same size for theft. The table below compares theft in cities with comparable overall population.
Similar City | Overall Crime Grade | Violent Crime Grade | Property Crime Grade | Theft Crime Grade |
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D- | D- | D- | D- | |
B+ | B+ | B+ | C+ | |
D- | D- | D- | D | |
C+ | C- | C- | C | |
D | D | D | D+ | |
A- | C- | C- | A | |
A- | B- | B- | A- | |
B+ | A | A | C+ | |
B+ | B+ | B+ | B- | |
A+ | A+ | A+ | B+ |
Safety and school performance are separate topics, but both shape moving decisions. Using SchoolGrade data, schools in San Diego, TX average SchoolGrade of D-, with 23% actual proficiency versus 22% projected; overall, schools meet expectations. See San Diego schools on SchoolGrade
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