San Bernardino is a city of 233,400 in San Bernardino County, about 12 miles north of downtown Riverside · Updated November 2026
How common is violent crime in San Bernardino?
San Bernardino grades D+ for violent crime, with more of it than the neighborhoods where 91% of Americans live. Assaults make up 87% of it, and most of those are simple assaults, which involve no weapon and no serious injury.
D+
Violent crime CrimeGrade™
Safety score 299 of 1,000More violent crime than nearly all US neighborhoodsi What this means
9% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more violent crime than San Bernardino as a whole, and 91% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a violent crime safety score of 860, a CrimeGrade™ of A. San Bernardino scores 299.
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 violent crime than most US neighborhoods.
How to read the map: each area's color compares its violent crime with the people who spend time there, on one national scale, from green for the least to red for the most. Each area gets its own color, so a busy downtown or nightlife strip can show red while the homes around it stay green. The interactive maps load faster on a solid connection. Compare high speed internet in San Bernardino, CA at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in San Bernardino, 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 about violent crime in San Bernardino
One part of San Bernardino stands out for robbery. Robberies in SBHS, Arrowview & Muscupiabe, in central San Bernardino, run at about double the rate in the rest of the city.
Aggravated assault at more than double the US rate. San Bernardino has 6.1 aggravated assaults a year per 1,000 residents, against 2.6 nationally.
Where violent crime is lowest and highest in San Bernardino
In San Bernardino, 17% of residents live in areas graded A or B for violent crime, 27% in areas graded C and 56% in areas graded D or F. Violent crime grades across San Bernardino run from A to F.
17%27%56%
A or B 17%C 27%D or F 56%
Share of residents, by the violent crime CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
1Yerdemont, Kendall & Hudson, northwestRobberies run at less than half the rate in the rest of San Bernardino.B678
2Wildwood Park & Nena, northeastRobberies run about 30% higher here than in the rest of San Bernardino.C+481
Neighborhood areas of San Bernardino, ranked by violent crime CrimeGrade™; beside each grade is its safety score, from 0 to 1,000 (higher is safer). Each one combines several of the smaller areas on the map.
Is violent crime going up in San Bernardino?
Reported violent crime in San Bernardino has fallen 32% since 2019. Murders, rapes, robberies and aggravated assaults went from about 13 to 9.0 a year per 1,000 residents (US: 3.7). In 2024 alone, violent crime fell 15%.
Violent crime, change since 2019
San BernardinoUnited States
Source: crime reports to the FBI from the police department that serves San Bernardino. The charts follow crimes per resident.
Data table
Year
Violent, San Bernardino
Violent, US
2016
+1%
+4%
2017
-2%
+4%
2018
+2%
+0%
2019
+0%
+0%
2020
+4%
+4%
2021
+2%
+6%
2022
-10%
+5%
2023
-20%
+2%
2024
-32%
-4%
Violent crime rates and types in San Bernardino
CrimeGrade™ estimates San Bernardino has about 23 reported violent crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 74% more than the US as a whole and 94% more than California.
All violent crime
Assaults
Robbery
Reported crimes a year, per 1,000 residents. Violent crime here includes simple assaults, which the FBI's violent crime rate leaves out.
Assault is the most common violent crime in San Bernardino, about 87% of the total. Murder and rape are far rarer, but they account for 42% of the cost of violent crime here.
Each CrimeGrade™ here compares a violent crime with the people who spend time in an area, not only the people who live there. 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.
Violent crime in San Bernardino and nearby cities
San Bernardino has the most violent crime of its 7 nearest cities.
Nearest first, with each place's distance from San Bernardino. Beside each violent crime CrimeGrade™ is its safety score, from 0 to 1,000 (higher is safer).
Compared with cities of similar size and density, San Bernardino has more violent crime than 99% of them.
Density, walkability and transit in San Bernardino
Among the traits that tend to go with violent crime, one sets San Bernardino apart: it has 47% of its residents in dense blocks, against 24% nationally. Places like that tend to report more robbery, and it runs high here.
Residents in dense blocksBlocks of 10,000 or more people per square mile. Dense neighborhoods tend to report more robbery.47% of residentsUS: 24%Higher than for 82% of US city residents
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 assault. 69% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.D+ (24 of 100)US: 21Higher than for 70% of US city residents
Transit serviceBuses and trains an hour at the evening rush. Places with busy transit tend to report more robbery. BestNeighborhood's Transit Grade for San Bernardino: D+ (21 of 100).5 trips an hourUS: noneHigher than for 70% of US city residents
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JobsJobs draw daytime crowds. Places with many jobs tend to report more robbery.48 for every 100 residentsUS: 45Higher than for 58% of US city residents
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 violent crime costs San Bernardino
Counting the pain and suffering of victims, violent crime costs San Bernardino about $685 million a year, or $2,933 per resident. The costs that reach a bill, such as medical care, lost work and the justice system, come to about $140 million, or $602 per resident.
Billed cost of violent crime per resident, per year
How the cost breaks down
Pain and suffering are about 79% of that full cost.
Crime
Cost a year
Per resident
Murder
$51 million
$219
Rape
$7.6 million
$33
Robbery
$17 million
$72
Assault
$65 million
$278
Total
$140 million
$602
How CrimeGrade™ works
The violent crime CrimeGrade™ covers murder, rape, robbery and assault, from A+ for the least crime to F for the most, on one scale for the whole country.
It weighs each violent crime against the people who spend time in an area, so a busy downtown is graded on its workers and visitors as well as its residents.
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
Published research on what crime costs victims and communities
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.
