San Bernardino, CA Crime Map

Frequently Asked Questions

Frequently Asked Questions About Crime in San Bernardino, CA

Is San Bernardino safe?

Based on an analysis of 56 neighborhoods, San Bernardino earns a city-wide safety rating of Safe (B). Exactly 80% of neighborhoods fall into the A or B grade range, meaning the majority of the city's roughly 216,784 residents live in areas considered safe or very safe. Only 5.4% of neighborhoods — specifically Shirrells (D-), Carverdale (D), and Civic Center (D+) — carry higher-crime designations, and zero neighborhoods received an F grade. Areas like Cimmaron Ranch (A+), North Park (A), and Verdemont (A-) consistently rank among the safest, combining low crime grades with median household incomes well above the city average of $49,287. While San Bernardino's overall city-level grade is D+, that figure reflects citywide aggregate data; the neighborhood-level breakdown tells a more nuanced story where most residents live in B-rated or better communities.

What is the crime rate in San Bernardino?

San Bernardino carries an overall crime grade of D+ at the city level, which places it in a higher-risk tier compared to many California cities. However, the neighborhood-level picture is considerably more varied. Of the 56 neighborhoods analyzed: 19.6% earned an A grade (11 neighborhoods), 60.7% earned a B grade (34 neighborhoods), 14.3% earned a C grade (8 neighborhoods), and just 5.4% earned a D grade (3 neighborhoods). No neighborhood received an F. This distribution means that while certain pockets — such as Shirrells (D-) and Carverdale (D) — experience meaningfully elevated crime, they represent a small fraction of the city's geography and population. The city's 8.7% unemployment rate and 23.7% poverty rate are economic factors that correlate with crime concentration in those lower-graded neighborhoods.

What are the safest neighborhoods in San Bernardino?

Eleven neighborhoods earned an A-range grade in our 2026 analysis. The top performers are:

• Cimmaron Ranch — A+: The city's single top-rated neighborhood, with a population of 1,293 and a median household income of $66,388.
• North Park — A: Home to 1,939 residents and a notably high median income of $96,004, one of the wealthiest safe zones in the city.
• Muscoy — A: The largest A-grade neighborhood by population (8,967 residents), demonstrating that safety and affordability can coexist at a median income of $47,753.
• Rosena Ranch — A-: Despite its small population of 166, it posts the highest median income of any top-10 neighborhood at $127,368.
• Verdemont — A-: With 9,287 residents and a median income of $93,234, it is the largest and one of the most affluent A-range communities.
• Belvedere — A-: 2,415 residents, median income $74,524.
• Delman Heights — A-: 2,616 residents with a more modest median income of $34,060, showing that lower-income areas can still achieve strong safety grades.
• California Garden — A-, San Anselmo — A-, and Valley College — A- round out the top ten.

Combined, these A-grade neighborhoods span a wide range of income levels, disproving the assumption that only wealthy enclaves are safe in San Bernardino.

Which neighborhoods in San Bernardino have the highest crime?

Three neighborhoods account for the entirety of San Bernardino's D-grade designations, representing just 5.4% of analyzed areas. Shirrells carries the lowest grade at D-, followed by Carverdale at D and Civic Center at D+. Two additional neighborhoods — Stadium Way (C-) and Ridgeline (C) — sit in the lower-C tier, indicating above-average crime but not at the severity of the D-range areas. Notably, the Civic Center area's D+ grade aligns with a pattern seen in many U.S. cities where downtown or civic cores experience higher incident rates due to foot traffic, transient populations, and the concentration of commercial activity. Residents and visitors to these areas are encouraged to consult the interactive crime map for block-level detail and recent incident data.

Is San Bernardino a good place to live?

San Bernardino presents a genuinely mixed picture that depends heavily on which neighborhood you choose. On the positive side, 80% of its 56 analyzed neighborhoods are graded A or B, the median home value of $268,898 is well below California's statewide median, and median rent of $1,109 makes it one of the more affordable cities in Southern California. Neighborhoods like North Park (A, median income $96,004) and Verdemont (A-, median income $93,234) offer suburban-quality safety at a fraction of the cost of comparable Inland Empire communities. The trade-offs are real: the city's overall crime grade is D+, unemployment sits at 8.7% (above national averages), and the poverty rate of 23.7% is significant. For budget-conscious households willing to research neighborhood grades carefully, areas such as Muscoy (A) and Delman Heights (A-) deliver strong safety ratings even at modest income levels. The data suggests San Bernardino can be a good place to live — provided you use neighborhood-level crime grades rather than citywide averages to guide your decision.

How does San Bernardino's neighborhood safety compare across income levels?

One of the more striking findings in the 2026 data is that safety grades in San Bernardino do not map neatly onto income. Consider that Delman Heights earns an A- grade with a median household income of just $34,060 — well below the city median of $49,287 — while Muscoy achieves a full A grade at $47,753. Meanwhile, Rosena Ranch tops the income chart at $127,368 but has only 166 residents, limiting its citywide impact. On the other end, the D-grade neighborhood of Carverdale and the D- neighborhood of Shirrells do correlate with economic stress, consistent with the city's 23.7% poverty rate. The takeaway: while poverty and crime often correlate at the macro level, individual neighborhoods like Delman Heights and Muscoy demonstrate that community-level factors can produce safe environments even in lower-income contexts. Prospective residents should weigh both the crime grade and the income data together when evaluating a neighborhood.