Paramount and Temeculaguy– I think that you are both right.

Here is San Diego County’s crime-mapping website, ARJIS. I’m sorry it probably won’t do you much good up in Temecula, but it’s educational, and quite handy for those Piggs in SD County.

What I’ve observed from wandering around the maps in this site is that crime is very concentrate-y. You will get a municipality that overall is very low in crime, yet when you look at a map of it there are regions within it that seem to be hopping with crooks.

Roughly, crime seems to occur more frequently in the following areas:
-Shopping districts
-Near apartment complexes

This is not a hard-and-fast rule, especially with the apartment complexes, as I lived for 7 years in one that was virtually crime-free for the entire time.

There are also some parks, such as the one in the center of Mira Mesa, which seem to have more crime, and of course whole areas which are higher in crime such as central Escondido and the area around University Avenue east of I-805.

So, Paramount, you are probably unfortunate enough to live next to one of these “crime nexuses” in otherwise low-crime Temecula. If you have an acquaintance in the local police force, they may be able (e.g. allowed) to tell you where they have many fewer calls, or perhaps Temecula/Riverside County have an ARJIS-y sort of thing themselves, I don’t know.