Photo: Original uploader was Ohnoitsjamie at en.wikipedia · CC BY 2.0The crimes the grade counts fell 55% per resident in Encinitas from 2023 to 2025
Among its 3 neighbors with figures, 2 record less crime per resident. Overall, it grades B for safety (#65 of 416 graded towns in California). Year on year, 1.8 violent crimes and 8.9 incidents of property crime occur per 1,000 residents, compared with 4.9 and 21.4 in the rest of California.
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. “Rest of CA” is every other California city and town in the FBI’s tables; the U.S. figure is the FBI’s national estimate as published, averaged over the three years. The FBI publishes no national homicide or robbery rate in our data, so those compare with all U.S. cities and towns in its tables.
What stands out about safety in Encinitas
2 of the 3 graded towns next door report less crime
Of the 3 California towns on Encinitas’ borders, 3 have a Safety Grade: San Marcos (B), Solana Beach (B), Carlsbad (C+). Neighbors ↓
Among California towns, higher
California’s cities and towns report more crime than most states’, so Encinitas’ place among its own towns differs from its national one: it reports less crime than 84% of the 416 California towns we grade, against 56% nationally. Safety Grade ↓
Reported crime is falling
Crime reported per resident fell from 2023 to 2025 by more than ordinary year-to-year swings, on the grade’s own score. Trend ↓
Written from the FBI data on this page. Figures are crimes reported to police, not convictions.
What’s behind Encinitas’ grade
Property crimes plus four times violent crimes reported to the FBI per resident, 2023–2025, on a national curve. Property crime holds Encinitas’ grade up; violent crime pulls it down. Its violent rate (1.8) is below the FBI’s national estimate (3.6) but higher than in most individual towns: the national figure is weighted by people, and the grade counts towns.
Reported crime per resident, 2023 to 2025
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| Year | Encinitas property | Rest of California property | Encinitas violent | Rest of California violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 15.0 | 24.8 | 1.8 | 5.1 |
| 2023 | 12.0 | 25.0 | 2.2 | 5.4 |
| 2024 | 9.4 | 20.9 | 2.2 | 4.9 |
| 2025 | 5.4 | 18.5 | 1.1 | 4.3 |
Crimes per 1,000 residents
Reported crime per resident fell from 2023 to 2025, by more than ordinary year-to-year swings. Per 1,000 residents, 2022–2025, against the rest of California.
Violent crime, by year and by type
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| Year | Encinitas | Rest of California | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 1.8 | 5.1 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 2.2 | 5.4 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 2.2 | 4.9 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 1.1 | 4.3 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
Encinitas’ police reported 328 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 1.8 per 1,000 residents a year, against 4.9 in the rest of California and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
Crime in Encinitas per 1,000 residents
Violent crime per 1,000 residents, 2025
Property crime per 1,000 residents, 2025
Crimes reported to police in 2025 per resident; one person can be the victim of more than one, and some reports involve visitors.
And about 1 violent crime, in 2025. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.
391 crimes reported in 2025
2025 offenses reported
Offenses reported to police, not convictions. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting. The last row is counted outside the property total.
65 violent and 326 property, as reported to the FBI by Encinitas’ police.
20 people died in crashes on Encinitas’s roads in 2019–2023
Encinitas had 19 fatal crashes in five years, in which 20 people died; 10 were pedestrians. Most of these deaths (10 of 20) were on an Interstate passing through, so they say more about through-traffic than about the town’s own streets.
That is 6.5 deaths per 100,000 residents a year, above the median for California towns of 25,000–100,000 people (5.6, 231 towns).
Deaths are counted where the crash happened, not where the people lived: a highway through town adds through-traffic deaths, and residents’ own risk on roads elsewhere isn’t here. Town rates sit below state and U.S. rates because a third of fatal crashes happen outside any town. Road safety is described here and is not part of the Safety Grade. Source: NHTSA Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), 2019–2023.
Encinitas and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Encinitas | B | 1.8 | 8.9 |
| Carlsbad | C+ | 2.0 | 14.1 |
| Solana Beach | B | 1.0 | 11.5 |
| San Marcos | B | 1.8 | 6.1 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
California towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Encinitas | B | 1.8 | 8.9 |
| Beaumont | B− | 2.5 | 9.8 |
| La Mesa | C | 4.0 | 14.6 |
| La Habra | C | 3.1 | 18.7 |
| Gilroy | C− | 4.7 | 23.3 |
| Montebello | D | 4.8 | 26.5 |
The five graded California towns closest to Encinitas’ population (60,736), by grade.
How reported crime compares across the town line. Tap a town to see its safety page.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- It’s reported crime. Only incidents reported to and recorded by police appear here. Many crimes are never reported to police.
- One number for all of Encinitas. A citywide rate doesn’t show where incidents happen, and that can differ a lot from one part of the city to another.
- Visitors count too. Incidents involving people who work, shop or visit are counted against Encinitas’ residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (60,923 in 2025); our figure for Encinitas is 60,736 (2025 Census estimate).
- Gaps are real gaps. A missing year means the department didn’t report a full year, not that nothing happened.
How the grade is calculated, for every town: How TownRatings grades safety →
Questions about safety in Encinitas
Is Encinitas, CA safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Encinitas reports less crime per resident than 56% of U.S. towns, a B Safety Grade and #65 of 416 in California. Its police reported 1.8 violent crimes per 1,000 residents a year, against 4.9 in the rest of California and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
What is the crime rate in Encinitas?
1.8 violent and 8.9 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025, as reported to the FBI. The rest of California reports 4.9 and 21.4; the FBI’s national estimate is 3.6 and 17.6.
How many homicides were there in Encinitas in 2025?
Encinitas’s police reported 0 homicides to the FBI for 2025, 0.0 per 100,000 residents. Across U.S. cities and towns in the FBI’s tables the 2025 figure was 4.6.
Is Encinitas safer than Carlsbad?
Carlsbad reports more crime per resident than Encinitas: Carlsbad grades C+ for safety and Encinitas B. Carlsbad’s police reported 2.0 violent and 14.1 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Encinitas?
Encinitas’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Encinitas”. Its figures are the ones on this page.
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Crime: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Crime Data Explorer: offenses known to law enforcement by city, 2025, and state and national rates. Counts are crimes reported to police, not convictions. The Safety Grade is our own summary of that data, not an official rating. Road deaths: NHTSA Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), 2019–2023. This isn’t an official statement of public safety. In an emergency, call 911.