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San Diego, CA · the CityFunIndex

Safety in San Diego

San Diego ranks T#27 of 134 US cities for staying safe, with a safety score of 80 — Very Fun. That puts it in the 81st percentile nationally and #6 of 18 in California.

safety score
80
Very Fun
National rank
T#27 of 134
In California
#6 of 18
Percentile
81st

The typical city scores 50 for staying safe; San Diego sits 30 points above the median.

How safety is measured

Reported violent and property crime rates.

The safety score is the flip side of our crime measure — 100 minus the raw crime score — so a city with less of it scores higher.

Data sources: FBI Crime Data Explorer and city open-data crime portals.

Full methodology → Glossary The raw measurement is part of the Data plan →

Ranked around San Diego

  1. #25 Garland, TX 82
  2. #26 Providence, RI 81
  3. T#27 San Diego, CA — this page 80
  4. #29 Charleston, SC 79
  5. #30 Irving, TX 78

See the full leaderboard — The safest cities in America →

Top US cities for staying safe

  1. #1 Jackson, WY 100
  2. #2 Gilbert, AZ 99
  3. T#3 Boise, ID 98
  4. T#3 Santa Clarita, CA 98
  5. #5 Irvine, CA 97

More about San Diego

San Diego scores 74 overall (Very Fun) on the CityFunIndex. Its strongest factors: