Crime in Cortez, San Diego

Rates use an estimated population (2020 Census blocks, scaled to today’s city total) of 4,001 for Cortez. Small areas swing more month to month, so all rates here use a 12-month window ending August 2026.

1the block with the most violent incidents10the tenthCounted over the last 12 months. Point at a mark, or at a row in the table below, to see which street it is.

SaferHigher rateNot rated: park or fewer than 2,500 residentsArea shading: violent crimes per 100,000 residents per year, so you can see how this neighbourhood compares with the ones around it.

Cortez is among the highest in the city: rank 7 of 106. Nearby in the ranking: Mission Beach (3,429), Kearny Mesa (2,798), Mission Valley East (2,427), Otay Mesa (2,366).

“Block” is the hundred-block as the police department publishes it (for example 40XX Menlo Ave), never an exact address. Only blocks with 5 or more violent incidents in the window are listed; the top 6 account for 44% of Cortez’s violent incidents. These are the numbered marks on the map above; hover a row to find it.