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Safety in Winter Gardens · County and nearby FBI data

Safety in Winter Gardens

Winter Gardens doesn’t have its own police figures in the FBI’s data. A place this size usually has its own police department, so its reports are most likely missing from the FBI’s tables. Below are the county’s figures for the wider area.

Nearest ER
6.2 mi
Grossmont Hospital
Storm & flood risk
High
higher than 79% of U.S. places
FEMA
What stands out · In brief

What stands out about safety in Winter Gardens

Winter Gardens’s police figures aren’t in the FBI’s tables

Winter Gardens has about 22,100 residents, but no police figures of its own appear in the FBI’s city tables for any recent year, so there’s no crime rate or Safety Grade. That usually means the department didn’t send a full year of reports. The county’s numbers below cover a wider area.

The towns next door have their own figures

Santee and El Cajon report to the FBI directly. Their grades range from B in Santee to C in El Cajon, so they’re a rough guide at best. Neighbors ↓

Written from the FBI data on this page. County and state agency figures cover their whole patrol area, not just this town, so they can’t be turned into a rate.

County figures

The county’s figures, for the wider area

Winter Gardens’s own police figures aren’t in the FBI’s data. These are the numbers the San Diego County Sheriff’s Office reports for the parts of San Diego County it patrols, which usually don’t include a town with its own police.

San Diego County Sheriff’s Office

Crimes reported in the parts of San Diego County it patrols: the towns and villages without police of their own.

Property crimes (burglary, theft, stolen cars)

Violent crimes (assault, robbery, rape, murder)

▼ Property crime down 74% since 2022▼ Violent crime down 56% since 2022

These are counts, not rates. The FBI doesn’t publish how many people each agency covers, so we can’t turn them into a per-resident figure or a Safety Grade. Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting, offenses known to law enforcement by county and by state agency.

Next door

Winter Gardens and its neighbors

How reported crime compares across the town line. Tap a town to see its safety page.

A rangeB rangeC rangeD rangeNot graded
TownGradeViolentPropertyYear
SanteeB1.64.72025
El CajonC4.6122025

Reported crimes per 1,000 residents in each town’s latest year; * = a count, for towns under 1,000 people; — = not graded. No town figures in the FBI’s data: Lakeside, Bostonia.

Be ready

Know who to call, and what the weather can do

For emergencies, the nearest ER, and the storms and floods Winter Gardens plans for.

Extreme Heat WarningExtreme Heat Warning issued October 2 at 12:32AM PDT until October 8 at 8:00PM PDT by NWS San Diego CA
Wind AdvisoryWind Advisory issued October 2 at 12:32AM PDT until October 3 at 6:00PM PDT by NWS San Diego CA
Emergencies911

Police, fire or medical, anywhere in Winter Gardens.

Nearest emergency roomGrossmont Hospital

La Mesa · 6.2 miles

Directions Health care →
Storms & floods
HighFEMA riskLowerHigher
Inland floodingEarthquakesWildfire

Expected damage is higher than in 79% of U.S. communities. 20 paid flood insurance claims since 1978.

Natural hazards in Winter Gardens →

Phone numbers come from neighbors and the town’s own site (the Handbook). A number you add goes live once two neighbors confirm it.

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Crime: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Crime Data Explorer: offenses known to law enforcement by city, and state and national rates. Counts are crimes reported to police, not convictions. The Safety Grade is our own summary of that data, not an official rating. Natural hazards: FEMA National Risk Index and flood insurance claims. Hospitals: CMS Hospital General Information. This isn’t an official statement of public safety. In an emergency, call 911.

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