What is the crime rate in Poway, CA?

In 2025, the Poway Police Department reported 44 violent crimes and 186 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 89 violent and 375 property crimes per 100,000 of the 49,601 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: 89
Property per 100,000: 375
Violent crimes: 44
Property crimes: 186

Crime reported by the Poway 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	82	172	403	844	47,731
2024	64	134	284	594	47,808
2025	44	89	186	375	49,601

Violent crimes reported went from 82 in 2023 to 44 in 2025.

Property crimes reported went from 403 in 2023 to 186 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.

Poway against California and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2025
	Violent crime	Property crime
Poway	89	375
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 Poway, 2025

Each place’s own police department; rates per 100,000 residents served
Place	Distance	Violent per 100,000	Property per 100,000
Poway	—	89	375
Santee	9.4 mi	163	475
Escondido	10 mi	336	1,443
San Marcos	13 mi	106	398
El Cajon	13 mi	459	1,228
San Diego	14 mi	376	1,556
Solana Beach	14 mi	31	825
Del Mar	14 mi	103	668
Encinitas	15 mi	108	542

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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