2025 Compare Cities Crime:
San Marcos, CA vs Long Beach, CA

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- Long Beach has 53% more violent crime than San Marcos.
- Long Beach has 44% more property crime than San Marcos.
 San Marcos, CALong Beach, CAUnited States
 Violent Crime  Unlock33.422.7
 Property Crime22.9  Unlock35.4

Crime is ranked on a scale of 1 (low crime) to 100 (high crime)

Reviews for San Marcos    5 Reviews

Just an amazing place to live. I have lived in 7 states and almost countless cities. Sam Marcos is one of the best. This is literally the longest place I have lived  More

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Over 15 years ago

Is this area to expensive for the average income retired  More

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Over 18 years ago

Beautiful Mediterranean climate with bright sunshine and ocean breazes. City is just 15 minutes away from the  More

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Reviews for Long Beach    45 Reviews

Local born and bred. This place is going down the drain. Crime is up, housing is up, yuppies finding nothing wrong with it since they want to validate spending 3k on a 2  More

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Angelique · 
Over 5 years ago

I love Long Beach. I especially shoreline village and the aquarium of the pacific. The only big problem here (for me) is crime. Otherwise, nice  More

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Over 7 years ago

The cost of living is extremely high and there are way too many apartments or multi unit homes which have no parking. But with everyone living on top of each other it  More

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Cities with the Least Crime Near San Marcos, CaliforniaCrime Index
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 Del Dios, CA 
 Elfin Forest, CA 
 Harmony Grove, CA 
 Pala, CA 
 Poway, CA16.85
 Jacumba, CA18.6
 Santee, CA18.8
 Jamul, CA19.25
 San Marcos, CA19.35

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