This San Diego-Area City Ranks Among Safest In CA For 2026

SAN DIEGO, CA — One San Diego area city ranks among the top 10 safest cities in California, according to a new report from Safewise.

SafeWise, a security product review platform, looked at FBI crime statistics for cities to compile its 12th annual Safest Cities report.

Poway ranked as the safest city in the San Diego region and the seventh safest city in the Golden State. The city has a violent crime rate of 1.4 and a property crime rate of 6.0 incidents per 1,000 people, according to the report. The city has a population of 47,808.

"When it comes to safety, daily concern continues to be the California state of mind, based on our latest State of Safety survey," the report said. "From those we surveyed, 58% of Californians feel a high daily level of concern for their safety. Although that's down from 64% the previous year, it's the fifth-highest level of concern nationwide."

Here are the 10 safest cities in California for 2026, according to Safewise:

1. Danville
2. Rancho Santa Margarita
3. Lincoln
4. Moorpark
5. Yorba Linda
6. Calexico
7. Poway
8. Laguna Niguel
9. San Ramon
10. Thousand Oaks

View the full report here.