Last week, San Diego police released annual statistics showing another year of declining crime levels. The number of major crimes fell citywide by 4 percent from the previous year to 34,813.
That total includes murders, rapes, robberies, aggravated assaults, burglaries, larcenies and vehicle thefts. The last time San Diego police reported fewer, Richard Nixon was the nation’s president.
This week, I took a closer look at how crime changed across San Diego and created the neighborhood-level map below.