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Vista Crime Rate Report (California)

Vista crime statistics report an overall downward trend in crime based on data from 21 years with violent crime decreasing and property crime decreasing. Based on this trend, the crime rate in Vista for 2026 is expected to be lower than in 2019.

The city violent crime rate for Vista in 2019 was lower than the national violent crime rate average by 8.73% and the city property crime rate in Vista was lower than the national property crime rate average by 33.33%.

In 2019 the city violent crime rate in Vista was lower than the violent crime rate in California by 21.51% and the city property crime rate in Vista was lower than the property crime rate in California by 39.66%.

Property and Violent Crime
Vista Property Crime vs. State and National Per Capita
Vista Violent Crime vs. State and National Per Capita

Vista Crime Statistics
Summary Report

2019 Crime (Actual Data)*Incidents
Aggravated Assault221
Arson6
Burglary251
Larceny and Theft945
Motor Vehicle Theft242
Murder and Manslaughter2
Rape38
Robbery93
Crime Rate (Total Incidents)1,852
Property Crime1,438
Violent Crime354
2026 Crime (Projected Data)*Incidents
Aggravated Assault150
Arson0
Burglary76
Larceny and Theft638
Motor Vehicle Theft180
Murder and Manslaughter4
Rape51
Robbery68
Crime Rate (Total Incidents)1,304
Property Crime890
Violent Crime273

Property and Violent Crime Totals

Vista Property Crime

Vista Violent Crime

Actual versus Projected Crime Totals

Vista Crime 2019

Vista Crime 2026

City versus State versus National Crime Comparison

Vista Property Crime vs. State and National Comparison

Vista Violent Crime vs. State and National Comparison
* The source of actual data on this Vista, California crime rate report is the FBI Report of Offenses Known to Law Enforcement for the corresponding year or years. Arson numbers are reported inconsistently. Zero values may indicate the data was not available. The projected crime rate data displayed above was generated from the trends and crime data available from previous years of actual reported data. In this case, the Vista crime report data for 2026 was projected from 21 years of actual data. The last year of actual available crime data, as reported above, was 2019.

The FBI cautions the data users against comparing yearly statistical data solely on the basis of their population coverage. The comparisons made herein are thus, only meaningful upon further examination of all variables that affect crime in each reported city, state or other reported jurisdicition.



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