What is the crime rate in Encinitas, CA?

In 2025, the Encinitas Police Department reported 66 violent crimes and 330 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 108 violent and 542 property crimes per 100,000 of the 60,923 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: 108
Property per 100,000: 542
Violent crimes: 66
Property crimes: 330

Crime reported by the Encinitas 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	136	223	738	1,209	61,062
2024	131	217	586	969	60,461
2025	66	108	330	542	60,923

Violent crimes reported went from 136 in 2023 to 66 in 2025.

Property crimes reported went from 738 in 2023 to 330 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.

Encinitas against California and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2025
	Violent crime	Property crime
Encinitas	108	542
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 Encinitas, 2025

Each place’s own police department; rates per 100,000 residents served
Place	Distance	Violent per 100,000	Property per 100,000
Encinitas	—	108	542
Solana Beach	4.1 mi	31	825
Carlsbad	5.6 mi	213	1,117
Del Mar	6.0 mi	103	668
San Marcos	7.8 mi	106	398
Vista	9.7 mi	208	550
Escondido	12 mi	336	1,443
Poway	15 mi	89	375
San Diego	18 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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