City Heights West, San Diego, CA Violent Crime Rates and Maps

C+

Violent Crime Grade	D+
Property Crime Grade	C-
Other Crime Grade	B+

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$6.41 million

Cost of Crime™ for City Heights West, San Diego, CA

In 2025, violent crime will cost $982 per household.

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On the map, green marks the parts of City Heights West with the least violent crime and red marks the most, weighted by the type and severity of each offense. Violent crime concentrates where people gather after dark, near nightlife, bars, and transit, more than on residential streets. The Interpreting the Crime Maps section below explains how to read those hot spots.

The D+ grade reflects how often assault, robbery, rape, and murder occur in City Heights West against the average US neighborhood, where the rate is higher than the norm. City Heights West sits in the 28th percentile for violent-crime safety, ahead of 28% of neighborhoods and behind 72%. The grade covers only City Heights West's official city boundaries. See the table below for nearby neighborhoods.

The violent crime rate in City Heights West is 6.407 per 1,000 residents in a typical year. Residents generally consider the southwest part of the neighborhood the safest. Your chance of being a victim ranges from 1 in 125 in the northwest areas to 1 in 245 in the southwest.

Counting total incidents instead of per-capita rates, the east parts of City Heights West, San Diego, CA report the most violent crime, about 29 cases per year. The southwest part reports the fewest, around 2 per year.

The Cost of Crime™ in City Heights West, San Diego, CA

The tangible cost of violent crime in City Heights West is projected at $6,412,231 for 2025, about $327 per resident and $982 per household. That equals 1.1% of the median household income, and it counts only the bills that can be totaled: emergency care, lost wages, and the justice response. The larger cost, the harm to victims, comes later on this page. These tangible costs split into:

Criminal justice system costs (law enforcement, courts, and imprisonment): 43.8%
Direct costs to victims (damaged property, medical expenses, and lost wages): 42.5%
Lost economic contribution from offenders (time in prison or repeat offenses): 13.5%

How Much Does Violent Crime Cost in City Heights West Compared to Other Neighborhoods?

City Heights West, San Diego, CA:	$327
Downtown San Francisco, San Fr:	$824
El Toro Marine Air Station, Ir:	$82
California:	$264
USA:	$258

The tangible cost of violent crime is $327 per resident each year in City Heights West, which is $69 more than the national average and $63 more than San Diego's city average. The comparison below uses neighborhoods similar to City Heights West:

In Downtown San Francisco, San Fr, crime costs $824 per person, which is $497 more than in City Heights West.
In El Toro Marine Air Station, Ir, crime costs $82 per person, which is $244 less than in City Heights West

2025 Projected Violent Crime Cost by Type

The table below breaks the violent-crime total into its four offenses for City Heights West, with the projected cost per resident.

Crime	Cost to City Heights West	Cost per City Heights West Resident
Murder	$2.46 million	$125
Rape/Sexual Assault	$571,873	$29
Robbery	$940,794	$48
Assault	$2.44 million	$124
Total Cost of Violent Crime	$6,412,231	$327

The Human Cost of Violent Crime in City Heights West, San Diego, CA

Much of what violent crime costs never reaches a bill. Pain, trauma, and lost quality of life for victims and their families typically outweigh the medical and legal totals above. Research-based methods put a figure on that harm so it can be compared across places. By those methods, the human cost of violent crime in City Heights West totals $20,187,906 ($1,029 per resident). Added to the tangible costs, the full estimate reaches $26,600,137 ($1,356 per resident). This human toll is what sets violent crime apart from property crime in City Heights West, San Diego, CA, where the loss is mostly replaceable property. All Cost of Crime figures come from scholarly research on the cost of crime. Read more about our methodology here.

Interpreting the Violent Crime Maps

Violent crime rates are measured per resident, so places packed with visitors after dark read high even when few people live there. Bars, clubs, event venues, and transit hubs draw the crowds where assaults and robberies cluster. How strongly this shows on the map depends on the commercial base; the northwest part of the neighborhood has more retail establishments. A red block full of bars and venues does not mean the homes around it are dangerous.

Transit stations show the same effect: large moving crowds, few residents, so per-capita violent crime reads high. Before judging a residential street, weigh both the per-capita rate and the total count of incidents, and note what draws crowds nearby.

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City Heights West Violent Crime Breakdown

The table below shows which offenses feed the Violent Crime Grade above, each as crimes per 1,000 City Heights West residents in a standard year.

Crime Type	Crime Rate
Assault	4.335
Robbery	1.525
Rape	0.4808
Murder	0.0667
Total Violent Crime	6.407 (D+)

Individual City Heights West Crime Maps & Stats

Crime Maps and Rates for Nearby Neighborhoods

Compared to surrounding neighborhoods, the rate of violent crime in City Heights West is similar. The table below shows Crime Grades for neighborhoods close to City Heights West.

Nearby Neighborhood	Overall Crime Grade	Violent Crime Grade	Property Crime Grade
East San Diego, San Diego, CA	C	D+	D+
City Heights East, San Diego, CA	C	D+	D+
North Park San Diego, San Diego, CA	C-	D	D
Normal Heights, San Diego, CA	C	D+	D+
Ridgeview-Webster, San Diego, CA	C-	C-	D+
Kensington, San Diego, CA	C+	C-	C
Talmadge, San Diego, CA	C+	C-	C-
Oak Park, San Diego, CA	B-	C	C
El Cerritos, San Diego, CA	C	C	D+
University Heights, San Diego, CA	C	D+	D+

Crime Maps and Rates for Neighborhood with Similar Populations

City Heights West is higher versus other neighborhoods of the same size for violent 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
Au-Tenleytown, Washington, DC	C-	B-	B-
Baker-Zachary Area, Baker, LA	B	C	C
Bario Logan, San Diego, CA	C	D-	D-
Whiskey Point, Chicago, IL	C	C	C
Westside, Santa Cruz, CA	B-	C	C
Chinquapin Park-Belvedere, Baltimore, MD	C	C	C
Villa Carolina, Carolina, PR	C-	C	C
Central Boulder, Boulder, CO	F	D+	D+
Vance Jackson, San Antonio, TX	D	C	C
Orangecrest, Riverside, CA	A	A	A

Considering only the violent crime rate, City Heights West is less safe than the California state average and less safe than the national average.

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