San Diego Reports Highest Violent Crime Rate in a Decade

A San Diego Police officer controls traffic outside Naval Medical Center San Diego after reports of gunfire inside the Military Hospital on Jan. 26, 2016. Sean M. Haffey/Getty Images

Violent crime in San Diego County increased by 2 percent last year, according to a report released on May 9 by the San Diego Association of Governments.

The 2022 analysis compared data to 2021 and found the rate of such crimes was the highest in a decade.