Solana Beach, CA Crime Statistics For 2025

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Updated: 2025-10-24

Crime Rate In Solana Beach, CA Summary

Crime in Solana Beach research summary. HomeSnacks has been using Saturday Night Science to report crime data in Solana Beach over the past eight years using the FBI Crime Explorer. Based on the most recently available data released on October 17, 2023, we found the following about crime in Solana Beach:

  • There were 160 total crimes committed in Solana Beach in the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 1,270.6 total crimes per 100K people in Solana Beach.
  • The overall crime rate in Solana Beach is -40.04% below the national average.
  • Solana Beach ranks #113 safest out of 460 cities in California.
  • Solana Beach ranks #5,377 safest out of 9,896 cities in the United States.

Because the crime rate is so low in America, we use "per 100,000 people" to make the number a bit easier to compare across locations visually. It's mathematically the same as per capita comparisons and isn't meant to convey that 100,000+ people live in a location.

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Solana Beach Vs California And National Crime Rates

According to the most recent data from the FBI, the total crime rate in Solana Beach is 1,270.6 per 100,000 people. That's -40.04% lower than the national rate of 2,119.2 per 100,000 people and -50.45% lower than the California total crime rate of 2,564.5 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
Solana Beach
/ 100k People
California
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 160 1,270.6 2,564.5 2,119.2
Murder 0 0.0 4.5 5.0
Robbery 4 31.8 119.1 61.0
Aggravated Assault 7 55.6 325.8 256.0
Violent Crime 13 103.2 486.0 359.0
Burglary 35 278.0 305.8 229.0
Larceny 86 683.0 1,345.2 1,272.0
Car Theft 26 206.5 427.5 259.0
Property Crime 147 1,167.4 2,078.4 1,760.0

Solana Beach Crime Compared To California Averages

Each category of crime indexed to the worst per capita in California.
Data Source -- FBI UCR 2024.

Violent Crime Rates In Solana Beach

13
Violent Crimes
103.2
Violent Crimes / 100k People
-71.24%
Below The National Average
  • There were 13 violent crimes in Solana Beach in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in Solana Beach is 103.2 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 968.6 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in Solana Beach each year. That compares to a 1 in 205.8 chance statewide.
  • That's -71.24% lower than the national rate of 359.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And -78.76% lower than the California violent crime rate of 486.0 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In Solana Beach

147
Property Crimes
1,167.4
Property Crimes / 100k People
-33.67%
Below The National Average
  • There were 147 property crimes in Solana Beach in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in Solana Beach is 1,167.4 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 85.7 chance of being the victim of a property crime in Solana Beach each year. That compares to a 1 in 0.0 chance nationally.
  • That's -33.67% lower than the national rate of 1,760.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And -43.83% lower than the California property crime rate of 2,078.4 per 100,000 people.

Crime In Cities Around Solana Beach

City Population Count
Raw
Total Crime
/ 100k People
Property Crime
/ 100k People
Violent Crime
/ 100k People
San Diego, CA 1,389,024 28,923 2,082.3 1,670.0 412.2
Oceanside, CA 168,725 3,595 2,130.7 1,672.0 458.7
Escondido, CA 147,170 2,824 1,918.9 1,485.4 433.5
Carlsbad, CA 113,023 1,933 1,710.3 1,511.2 199.1
Vista, CA 98,290 1,160 1,180.2 863.8 316.4
San Marcos, CA 93,974 829 882.2 659.8 222.4
Encinitas, CA 60,461 699 1,156.1 941.1 215.0
Santee, CA 59,351 490 825.6 571.2 254.4
Poway, CA 47,808 343 717.5 583.6 133.9
Del Mar, CA 3,841 60 1,562.1 1,431.9 130.2

Solana Beach SnackAbility

9.5
/10
Overall SnackAbility
Jobs
9/10
Housing
10
Affordability
3
Diversity
8.5
Safety
8
Amenities
9
Education
9
Commute
8
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