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Keeping track of crime activity in Downtown San Diego, as compared to other major areas of San Diego. Scroll down past this list to see the figures from previous years.
Totals for 2011 - In order of least violent crimes reported to the police (downtown neighborhoods are in red). Figure in parenthesis is from 2010.
Neighborhood Total Property Total Violent Improved Ranking Year-over-Year? 1 Midtown 132 11 Improved 2 Scripps Ranch 248 11 Improved 3 Little Italy 181 (109) 12 (11) Same Position 4 Del Mar Heights 117 12 Worse 5 Mission Bay 218 12 Worse 6 Mission Hills 172 17 Worse 7 Kensington 117 18 Improved 8 South Park 96 19 Worse 9 Horton Plaza 293 (269) 24 (22) Worse 10 Carmel Valley 390 28 Improved 11 Cortez Hill 182 (151) 29 (27) Worse 12 University City 939 36 Improved 13 Rancho Bernardo 455 38 Same Position 14 Bay Park 306 41 Worse 15 Tierrasanta 360 43 Improved 16 Marina District 222 (172) 44 (30) Worse 17 Golden Hill 204 44 Worse 18 Rancho PQ 353 45 Worse 19 College 390 46 Improved 20 University Heights 293 46 Worse 21 La Jolla 936 50 Improved 22 Normal Heights 266 52 Worse 23 Mission Beach 467 54 Worse 24 Linda Vista 380 87 Improved 25 Clairemont 771 90 Worse 26 Mira Mesa 994 101 Improved 27 Gaslamp 262 (219) 115 (122) Same Position 28 Hillcrest 666 140 Worse 29 Mission Valley 1832 140 Same Position 30 Core / Columbia 450 (418) 177 (180) Same Position 31 North Park 943 192 Improved 32 East Village 480 (628) 200 (253) Same Position 33 Pacific Beach 1678 215 Worse Totals for 2010 - In order of least violent crimes reported to the police (downtown neighborhoods are in red). Figure in parenthesis is from 2009.
Neighborhood Total Property Total Violent Improved Ranking Year-over-Year? 1 Del Mar Heights 126 3 Same (5 years in a row) 2 Mission Hills 160 7 Same Position 3 Little Italy 109 (125) 11 (11) Same Position 4 South Park 94 12 Improved 5 Midtown 142 14 Improved 6 Scripps Ranch 260 14 Moved down 7 Mission Bay 214 15 Improved 8 Horton Plaza 269 (223) 22 (22) Same Position 9 Kensington 134 27 Moved down 10 Cortez Hill 151 (115) 27 (32) Improved 11 Marina District 172 (158) 30 (41) Same Position 12 Bay Park 351 36 Improved 13 Rancho Bernardo 513 38 Improved 14 Rancho PQ 448 42 Improved 15 University City 1081 43 Improved 16 Golden Hill 219 45 Improved 17 Carmel Valley 384 45 Moved Down 18 University Heights 346 47 Moved Down 19 Tierrasanta 372 49 Moved Down 20 Mission Beach 315 49 Moved Down 21 Normal Heights 267 58 Improved 22 La Jolla 913 63 Moved Down 23 Clairemont 824 83 Improved 24 College 449 91 Improved 25 Linda Vista 385 93 Moved Down 26 Hillcrest 603 115 Moved Down 27 Gaslamp 219 (193) 122 (91) Moved Down 28 Mira Mesa 1098 138 Improved 29 Mission Valley 1816 149 Improved 30 Core / Columbia 418 (360) 180 (146) Moved Down 31 Pacific Beach 1426 226 Improved 32 East Village 628 (410) 253 (237) Moved Down 33 North Park 975 256 Moved Down Totals for 2009 - In order of least violent crimes reported. Figure in parenthesis is from the previous year.
Neighborhood Murder Rape Robbery Agg. Assault Res. Burglary Com. Burglary Theft Auto Theft Total Property Total Violent No. 1 Little Italy 0 0 6 5 19 12 75 19 125 11 (14) No. 2 Horton Plaza 0 1 6 15 3 12 201 7 223 22 (27) No. 3 Cortez Hill 0 6 2 24 13 3 72 27 115 32 (36) No. 4 Marina District 0 3 17 21 11 1 117 29 158 41 (32) No. 5 Gaslamp 2 9 19 61 0 5 178 10 193 91 (109) No. 6 Core / Columbia (Including Embarcadero) 2 8 49 87 21 23 270 46 360 146 (170) No. 7 East Village (Including Ballpark) 3 8 79 147 40 13 267 90 410 237 (201) Totals for 2008 - In order of least violent crimes reported to the police (downtown neighborhoods are in red). Figure in parenthesis is from the previous year.
Neighborhood Total Property Total Violent Improved Ranking Year-over-Year? 1 Del Mar Heights 137 (156) 1 (5) #1 Three years in a row! 2 Mission Hills 211 (266) 13 (10) Yes, moved up 1 3 Little Italy 145 (170) 14 (10) N 4 Scripps Ranch 302 (372) 16 (16) Yes, moved up 2 5 Kensington 206 (204) 18 (16) Same 6 Midtown 194 (224) 19 (11) N 7 South Park 159 (161) 19 (17) Same 8 Horton Plaza 250 (270) 27 (49) Yes, moved up 8! 9 Mission Bay 314 (321) 31 (19) N 10 Carmel Valley 571 (631) 31 (30) Same 11 Marina District 212 (206) 32 (38) Same 12 University Heights 309 (337) 36 (42) Yes, moved up 2 13 Cortez Hill 131 (195) 36 (23) N 14 Rancho Bernardo 762 (831) 40 (39) N 15 Bay Park 445 (583) 40 (42) N 16 Tierrasanta 391 (436) 47 (51) Yes, moved up 1 17 Mission Beach 416 (499) 51 (77) Yes, moved up 4 18 Golden Hill 355 (426) 51 (45) N 19 Rancho PQ 627 (579) 52 (70) Same 20 La Jolla 1021 (1204) 55 (66) N 21 University City 1259 (1365) 59 (76) N 22 Normal Heights 330 (354) 85 (97) Yes, moved up 2 23 Hillcrest 765 (766) 102 (102) Yes, moved up 2 24 Linda Vista 440 (463) 105 (114) Yes, moved up 2 25 College 620 (626) 107 (84) N 26 Gaslamp 189 (190) 109 (89) N 27 Clairemont 620 (999) 130 (120) Yes, moved up 1 28 Core / Columbia 453 (435) 170 (124) Yes, moved up 1 29 Mira Mesa 1395 (1319) 173 (172) N 30 Mission Valley 2428 (2678) 174 (120) N 31 East Village 495 (467) 201 (189) Same 32 North Park 1353 (1476) 201 (223) Same 33 Pacific Beach 1637 (1882) 226 (258) Same Totals for 2007 - in order of least violent crimes occurring. Downtown in red. Figure in parenthesis is from 2006.
Neighborhood Total Property Total Violent Improved Ranking YOY? 1 Del Mar Heights 156 (179) 5 (5) #1 two years in a row 2 Little Italy 170 (165) 10 (14) Yes, moved up 1 3 Mission Hills 266 (232) 10 (22) Yes, moved up 2 4 Midtown 224 (183) 11 (13) N 5 Kensington 204 (221) 16 (20) N 6 Scripps Ranch 372 (344) 16 (23) Same 7 South Park 161 (172) 17 (24) Same 8 Mission Bay 321 (334) 19 (38) Yes, moved up 4 9 Cortez Hill 195 (174) 23 (25) N 10 Carmel Valley 631 (750) 30 (53) Yes, moved up 7 11 Marina District 206 (268) 38 (40) Yes, moved up 2 12 Rancho Bernardo 831 (663) 39 (37) N 13 Bay Park 583 (457) 42 (38) N 14 University Heights 337 (411) 42 (42) Same 15 Golden Hill 426 (443) 45 (53) Yes, moved up 1 16 Horton Plaza 270 (276) 49 (35) N 17 Tierrasanta 436 (558) 51 (51) N 18 La Jolla 1204 (1541) 66 (72) Yes, moved up 2 19 Rancho PQ 579 (614) 70 (60) Same 20 University City 1365 (1682) 76 (56) N 21 Mission Beach 499 (579) 77 (82) Same 22 College 626 (665) 84 (87) Same 23 Gaslamp 190 (175) 89 (89) Same 24 Normal Heights 354 (377) 97 (95) Same 25 Hillcrest 766 (745) 102 (116) Yes, moved up 1 26 Linda Vista 463 (536) 114 (101) N 27 Mission Valley 2678 (2870) 120 (172) Yes, moved up 3 28 Clairemont 999 (1032) 120 (125) N 29 Core / Columbia 435 (461) 124 (136) N 30 Mira Mesa 1319 (1548) 172 (170) N 31 East Village 467 (537) 189 (183) Same 32 North Park 1476 (1533) 223 (233) Same 33 Pacific Beach 1882 (2000) 258 (272) Same Totals for 2006 - in order of least violent crimes occurring. Downtown in red. Figure in parenthesis is from 2005.
Neighborhood Total Property Total Violent Improved Year-over-Year? 1 Del Mar Heights 179 (205) 5 (9) Yes, improved 1 position 2 Midtown 183 (216) 13 (13) Yes, improved 3 positions 3 Little Italy 165 (161) 14 (6) N (was #1 in 2005) 4 Kensington 221 (194) 20 (20) Yes, improved 4 positions 5 Mission Hills 232 (245) 22 (9) N 6 Scripps Ranch 344 (342) 23 (20) Yes, improved 1 position 7 South Park 172 (169) 24 (19) N 8 Cortez Hill 174 (238) 25 (41) Yes, improved 5 positions 9 Horton Plaza 276 (318) 35 (28) Yes, improved 1 position 10 Rancho Bernardo 663 (705) 37 (37) Y, improved 2 positions 11 Bay Park 457 (586) 38 (36) Same 12 Mission Bay 334 (329) 38 (17) N 13 Marina District 268 (225) 40 (47) Yes, improved 1 position 14 University Heights 411 (453) 42 (53) Y, improved 2 positions 15 Tierrasanta 558 (599) 51 (56) Y, improved 2 positions 16 Golden Hill 443 (456) 53 (59) Y, improved 2 positions 17 Carmel Valley 750 (677) 53 (27) N 18 University City 1682 (1762) 56 (74) Y, improved 2 positions 19 Rancho PQ 614 (608) 60 (52) N 20 La Jolla 1541 (1343) 72 (75) Y, improved 1 position 21 Mission Beach 579 (543) 82 (78) Y, improved 1 position 22 College 665 (664) 87 (91) Y, improved 2 positions 23 Gaslamp 175 (156) 89 (66) N 24 Normal Heights 377 (353) 95 (84) N 25 Linda Vista 536 (636) 101 (141) Y, improved 3 positions 26 Hillcrest 745 (917) 116 (120) N 27 Clairemont 1032 (1292) 125 (133) N 28 Core / Columbia 461 (491) 136 (156) Yes, improved 1 position 29 Mira Mesa 1548 (1634) 170 (187) Y, improved 2 positions 30 Mission Valley 2870 (2418) 172 (137) N 31 East Village 537 (549) 183 (183) N 32 North Park 1533 (1688) 233 (294) Same 33 Pacific Beach 2000 (2641) 272 (273) Same Total for 2005 - in order of least violent crimes occurring. Downtown in red. Figure in parenthesis is from 2004 (scroll down for 2004).
Neighborhood Total Property Total Violent Improved Ranking? Little Italy 161 (190) 6 (15) Yes, improved 3 positions Del Mar Heights 205 (157) 9 (11) Same Mission Hills 245 (252) 9 (12) Same Midtown 216 (262) 13 (28) Yes, improved 4 positions Mission Bay 329 (342) 17 (40) Yes, improved 8 positions South Park 169 (220) 19 (11) N (was #1 in 2004) Scripps Ranch 342 (359) 20 (24) N Kensington 194 (211) 20 (25) N Carmel Valley 677 (586) 27 (34) Y, improved 1 position Horton Plaza 318 (322) 28 (38) N Bay Park 586 (544) 36 (59) Y, improved 5 positions Rancho Bernardo 705 (975) 37 (45) Y, improved 2 positions Cortez Hill 238 (278) 41 (31) N Marina District 225 (273) 47 (35) N Rancho PQ 608 (666) 52 (55) Same University Heights 453 (475) 53 (60) Y, improved 1 position Tierrasanta 599 (528) 56 (67) Y, improved 1 position Golden Hill 456 (464) 59 (67) Y, improved 1 position Gaslamp 156 (48) 66 (16) N University City 1762 (1763) 74 (68) Same La Jolla 1343 (1183) 75 (82) Y, improved 3 positions Mission Beach 543 (547) 78 (73) N Normal Heights 353 (434) 84 (102) Y, improved 2 positions College 664 (697) 91 (79) N Hillcrest 917 (910) 120 (79) N Clairemont 1292 (1316) 133 (112) Y, improved 1 position Mission Valley 2418 (2439) 137 (149) Y, improved 1 position Linda Vista 636 (618) 141 (112) N Core / Columbia 491 (522) 156 (178) Same East Village 549 (503) 183 (242) Yes, improved 3 positions Mira Mesa 1634 (1612) 187 (179) N North Park 1688 (1546) 294 (221) N Pacific Beach 2641 (2548) 273 (240) N Total for 2004 - in order of least violent crimes occurring. Downtown in red. Figure in parenthesis is from 2003 (scroll down for 2003).
Neighborhood Total Property Total Violent Improved Ranking? South Park 220 (190) 11 (40) Yes, improved 7 positions Del Mar Heights 157 (150) 11 (11) Yes, Tied for No. 1 Mission Hills 252 (216) 12 (16) Same Little Italy 190 (121) 15 (07) N Gaslamp 48 (281) 16 (74) Incorrect Figures Scripps Ranch 359 (409) 24 (26) Y, improved 1 position Kensington 211 (221) 25 (25) N Midtown 262 (197) 28 (20) N Cortez Hill 278 (197) 31 (46) Yes, improved 3 positions Carmel Valley 586 (597) 34 (46) Y, improved 3 positions Marina District 273 (290) 35 (39) N Horton Plaza 322 (335) 38 (45) N Mission Bay 342 (307) 40 (34) N Rancho Bernardo 975 (858) 45 (56) Y, improved 1 position Rancho PQ 666 (837) 55 (60) Y, improved 1 position Bay Park 544 (589) 59 (84) Y, improved 4 positions University Heights 475 (477) 60 (50) N Tierrasanta 528 (546) 67 (80) Y, improved 1 position Golden Hill 464 (496) 67 (92) Y, improved 4 positions University City 1763 (1538) 68 (75) N Mission Beach 547 (546) 73 (87) Same College 697 (796) 79 (116) Y, improved 3 positions Hillcrest 910 (917) 79 (105) Y, improved 1 position La Jolla 1183 (1374) 82 (89) N Normal Heights 434 (664) 102 (172) Y, improved 4 positions Linda Vista 618 (621) 112 (120) Same Clairemont 1316 (1374) 112 (140) Same Mission Valley 2439 (2670) 149 (140) Same Core / Columbia 522 (527) 178 (224) Y, improved 2 positions Mira Mesa 1612 (1771) 179 (184) Same North Park 1546 (1388) 221 (284) Y, improved 3 positions Pacific Beach 2548 (2381) 240 (255) Same East Village 503 (497) 242 (256) Same
Total for 2003 - in order of least violent crimes occuring. Downtown in red. (scroll down for 2002).
| Neighborhood | Total Property | Total Violent | Improved over 2002? |
| Little Italy | 121 | 7 | Yes, still #1 in SD |
| Del Mar Heights | 150 | 11 | Yes, still #2 |
| Mission Hills | 216 | 16 | Y, improved 1 position |
| Midtown | 197 | 20 | N |
| Kensington | 221 | 25 | Y, improved 2 positions |
| Scripps Ranch | 409 | 26 | Y, improved 3 positions |
| Mission Bay | 307 | 34 | Y, improved 5 positions |
| Marina District | 290 | 39 | Y, improved 7 positions |
| South Park | 190 | 40 | N |
| Horton Plaza | 335 | 45 | N |
| Cortez Hill | 197 | 46 | N |
| Carmel Valley | 597 | 46 | N |
| University Heights | 477 | 50 | Y |
| Rancho Bernardo | 858 | 56 | N |
| Rancho PQ | 837 | 60 | Y, improved 7 positions |
| Gaslamp | 281 | 74 | Y, improved 3 positions |
| University City | 1538 | 75 | N |
| Tierrasanta | 546 | 80 | N |
| Bay Park | 589 | 84 | N |
| Mission Beach | 546 | 87 | N |
| La Jolla | 1374 | 89 | N |
| Golden Hill | 496 | 92 | N |
| Hillcrest | 917 | 105 | Y, improved 3 positions |
| College | 796 | 116 | N |
| Linda Vista | 621 | 120 | N |
| Clairemont | 1374 | 140 | N |
| Mission Valley | 2670 | 140 | Y |
| Normal Heights | 664 | 172 | N |
| Mira Mesa | 1771 | 184 | Y |
| Core / Columbia | 527 | 224 | N |
| Pacific Beach | 2381 | 255 | Y, improved 1 position |
| East Village | 497 | 256 | N |
| North Park | 1388 | 284 | N |
Total for 2002 - in order of least violent crimes occuring. Downtown in red.
| Neighborhood | Total Property | Total Violent |
| Little Italy | 76 | 14 |
| Del Mar Heights | 170 | 17 |
| Midtown | 197 | 18 |
| Mission Hills | 220 | 19 |
| South Park | 214 | 30 |
| Cortez Hill | 154 | 30 |
| Kensington | 191 | 31 |
| Horton Plaza | 325 | 34 |
| Scripps Ranch | 532 | 34 |
| Carmel Valley | 582 | 35 |
| Bay Park | 528 | 42 |
| Mission Bay | 319 | 49 |
| University Heights | 498 | 52 |
| Rancho Bernardo | 785 | 53 |
| Marina District | 251 | 54 |
| University City | 1625 | 72 |
| Tierrasanta | 607 | 73 |
| La Jolla | 1108 | 77 |
| Gaslamp | 202 | 80 |
| Mission Beach | 548 | 85 |
| Golden Hill | 322 | 90 |
| Rancho PQ | 727 | 93 |
| College | 670 | 100 |
| Linda Vista | 600 | 101 |
| Clairemont | 1200 | 103 |
| Hillcrest | 716 | 113 |
| Mission Valley | 2581 | 144 |
| Normal Heights | 609 | 166 |
| Mira Mesa | 1491 | 185 |
| Core / Columbia | 446 | 202 |
| East Village | 381 | 218 |
| Pacific Beach | 2070 | 262 |
| North Park | 1395 | 272 |
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