What is the crime rate in San Marcos, CA?

In 2025, the San Marcos Police Department reported 103 violent crimes and 386 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 106 violent and 398 property crimes per 100,000 of the 97,052 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: 106
Property per 100,000: 398
Violent crimes: 103
Property crimes: 386

Crime reported by the San Marcos 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	225	237	767	809	94,838
2024	211	225	633	674	93,974
2025	103	106	386	398	97,052

Violent crimes reported went from 225 in 2023 to 103 in 2025.

Property crimes reported went from 767 in 2023 to 386 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.

San Marcos against California and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2025
	Violent crime	Property crime
San Marcos	106	398
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 San Marcos, 2025

Each place’s own police department; rates per 100,000 residents served
Place	Distance	Violent per 100,000	Property per 100,000
San Marcos	—	106	398
Escondido	5.5 mi	336	1,443
Vista	5.6 mi	208	550
Carlsbad	6.6 mi	213	1,117
Encinitas	7.8 mi	108	542
Solana Beach	11 mi	31	825
Del Mar	13 mi	103	668
Poway	13 mi	89	375
Santee	22 mi	163	475

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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