The crime rate in San Marcos is considerably higher than the national average across all communities in America from the largest to the smallest, although at 11 crimes per one thousand residents, it is not among the communities with the very highest crime rate. The chance of becoming a victim of either violent or property crime in San Marcos is 1 in 88. Based on FBI crime data, San Marcos is not one of the safest communities in America. Relative to California, San Marcos has a crime rate that is higher than 33% of the state's cities and towns of all sizes. However, compared to other communities of similar population size, San Marcos has a crime rate that is noticeably lower than the average. This means that for comparably sized cities all across America, San Marcos is actually safer than most according to 蘑菇视频's exclusive analysis of FBI crime data. The crime data that 蘑菇视频 used for this analysis are the seven offenses from the uniform crime reports, collected by the FBI from 18,000 local law enforcement agencies, and include both violent and property crimes, combined. Now let us turn to take a look at how San Marcos does for violent crimes specifically, and then how it does for property crimes. This is important because the overall crime rate can be further illuminated by understanding if violent crime or property crimes (or both) are the major contributors to the general rate of crime in San Marcos. From our analysis, we discovered that violent crime in San Marcos occurs at a rate higher than in most communities of all population sizes in America. The chance that a person will become a victim of a violent crime in San Marcos; such as armed robbery, aggravated assault, rape or murder; is 1 in 436. This equates to a rate of 2 per one thousand inhabitants. Moreover, the rate of property crime in San Marcos; burglary, larceny ($50 or more), grand theft auto, and arson; is 9 per 1,000 residents. This is about average for all cities and towns in America of all population sizes.