Looking at crime rates around north county, as we did for San Diego city last week:

2006 Property Crime per 1,000 population:

Poway 15.5
Encinitas 19.0
Valley Center 20.7
Solana Beach 20.7
San Marcos 22.6
Carlsbad 24.9
Fallbrook 25.5
Oceanside 27.8
Vista 30.0
Escondido 31.3
Del Mar 60.5

2006 Violent Crime per 1,000 population:

Solana Beach 1.9
Poway 2.0
Encinitas 2.5
Fallbrook 2.8
Carlsbad 3.3
San Marcos 3.7
Valley Center 3.8
Vista 4.7
Escondido 5.0
Oceanside 5.3
Del Mar 5.7

Let’s compare lows, highs, and how O’side and Carlsbad (which is near perfection in some piggie’s minds) hold up against those.

Prop:
Poway is the least dangerous.
Carlsbad is 60% more dangerous than Poway.
Oceanside is 12% more dangerous than Carlsbad
Del Mar is way, way higher than other cities

Violent:
Solana Beach is the least dangerous.
Carlsbad is 73% more dangerous than Solana Beach.
Oceanside is 60% more dangerous than Carlsbad.
Del Mar is once again the most dangerous.

Along the 5 corridor (coast):
low #s: Solana Beach, Encinitas
mid #s: Carlsbad
high #s: Del Mar, Oceanside

Along the 78 corridor:
low #s:
mid #s: San Marcos
high #s: Oceanside, Vista, Escondido

Along the 15 corridor:
low #s: Poway
mid #s: Fallbrook, Valley Center (if you consider them 15)
high #s: Escondido