Updated: Tuesday, Dec. 16, 2025 — This report reflects incidents and data from the past week.
Every week, we take a look at how city services are working in your neighborhood — in even closer detail than before.
This article breaks down information from the data desk at Times of San Diego, and shows you how things are working in the University City community planning district. (We publish a similar report for 19 neighborhoods in different parts of the city. See how we serve San Diego in this story.)
POLICE DATA
Car crashes
Fatal crashes, including pedestrian fatalities involving children, have rocked San Diego in recent weeks. Times of San Diego reported that one deadly intersection had already been flagged for traffic improvements, then denied.
Here’s how neighborhoods citywide compare for the total number of crash reports in the past 12 months:
The city saw 7,522 car crashes in the past 12-month period.
In the same time frame, the University City district has seen 235 crashes. That means it ranks number 11 in crashes among all of the roughly 50 community planning districts citywide.
Here are crashes in University City:
In the past 12 months, here’s where fatal collisions happened citywide. (Note, publicly available data does not yet include some of the most recent crashes.)
Auto theft
One of the most-read stories ever from the data desk was our report on San Diego neighborhoods with the most auto thefts. Starting this week, we’ll update you on those reports in your neighborhood, based on San Diego’s city data for motor vehicle thefts.
Here’s how neighborhoods citywide compare for the number of auto theft reports in the past 12 months.
Here’s the trend citywide for the same timeframe.
And here are reports in University City.
Other theft crimes
Every week, we update you on theft crimes: larceny and theft; burglary; and robbery. (More about what these three terms mean here.)
Larceny and theft trend citywide for the past year:
Here’s how that trend looks in University City:
Burglary trend citywide for the past year:
Here’s how that trend looks in University City:
Robbery trend citywide this year:
Here’s how that trend looks in University City:
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CITY SERVICES
Graffiti reports
In the past 12-month period, the University City district has seen 217 graffiti cleanup requests. That means it ranks number 29 in the number of requests among all of the roughly 50 community planning districts citywide.
Here’s how they compare:
So far this month, University City saw 1 new graffiti removal request.
Illegal dumping
In the past 12 months, the University City district has seen 261 reports of illegal dumping. That means it ranks number 29 in reports among all San Diego planning districts.
Here’s how they compare:
So far this month, University City saw at least 4 new dumping cleanup requests.
As we have reported previously at Times of San Diego, the city’s overall data on illegal dumping includes many cases where workers log the items themselves. So these numbers include some reports by residents, but in most cases include a larger number of reports by workers.
LEARN MORE: Citywide, there’s plenty of variation in where dumping is reported. To see how that works over the course of a month, check out the interactive map we published here.
Potholes
In the past 12-month period, the University City district has seen 843 pothole reports. That means it ranks number 5 in the number of reports among all districts.
Here’s how they compare:
So far this month, University City saw at least 28 reports of potholes.
LEARN MORE: As we’ve reported here at Times of San Diego, potholes have a season! To see how a year’s worth of potholes gets reported and repaired, see the interactive map we published here.
What else do you want to know?
We’ll update this post with more details about University City. What do you want to know about city services, crime or other factors? Tell us at the email address below.
Neighborhoods go by many names, and San Diego has many of them! Here’s how we break them down.
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