What is the crime rate in Carlsbad, CA?

In 2025, the Carlsbad Police Department reported 241 violent crimes and 1,265 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 213 violent and 1,117 property crimes per 100,000 of the 113,239 residents it serves.

Across California the rates were 435 and 1,822.

Nationally they were 330 and 1,552.

Figures last updated on November 12, 2026.

Violent per 100,000: 213
Property per 100,000: 1,117
Violent crimes: 241
Property crimes: 1,265

Crime reported by the Carlsbad Police Department, 2023 to 2025

Offenses known to law enforcement, reported to the FBI; rates per 100,000 residents of the area the department serves
Year	Violent crimes	Violent per 100,000	Property crimes	Property per 100,000	Residents served
2023	231	203	1,874	1,647	113,796
2024	229	203	1,729	1,530	113,023
2025	241	213	1,265	1,117	113,239

Violent crimes reported went from 231 in 2023 to 241 in 2025.

Property crimes reported went from 1,874 in 2023 to 1,265 in 2025.

In a small town a handful of incidents moves these numbers a long way, so one year’s change says little on its own.

Carlsbad against California and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2025
	Violent crime	Property crime
Carlsbad	213	1,117
San Diego County	316	1,155
California	435	1,822
United States	330	1,552

These are rates per resident; they are not adjusted for visitors, commuters or the size of the area, which raise or lower a town’s figures without changing anybody’s risk.

Crime reported in places near Carlsbad, 2025

Each place’s own police department; rates per 100,000 residents served
Place	Distance	Violent per 100,000	Property per 100,000
Carlsbad	—	213	1,117
Vista	4.9 mi	208	550
Encinitas	5.6 mi	108	542
San Marcos	6.6 mi	106	398
Solana Beach	9.7 mi	31	825
Del Mar	12 mi	103	668
Escondido	12 mi	336	1,443
Poway	18 mi	89	375
San Diego	23 mi	376	1,556

Neighboring departments count the same offenses the same way, but their areas, populations and visitors differ, so a difference between two towns is a starting point for a question, not an answer.

How to read these numbers

These are offenses known to the police and reported to the FBI’s Uniform Crime Reporting Program: crimes nobody reported, or that a department did not record, are not in them.

Violent crime is murder and nonnegligent manslaughter, rape, robbery and aggravated assault; property crime is burglary, larceny-theft, motor vehicle theft and arson.

A department reports the crimes in the area it polices, which can differ from the town’s boundaries, and the FBI estimates the population it serves.

The FBI asks that these figures not be used to rank places or to judge how safe a neighborhood is: crime depends on many local factors, and the counts describe a whole town, not any street or home.

A year is shown only when the department reported all twelve months.

FBI: Uniform Crime Reporting statistics and their proper use

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