Data through Dec 2025 (San Francisco) and Jul 2026 (San Jose), FBI
San Francisco vs San Jose crime rates
San Francisco and San Jose had about the same violent crime rate over each one’s latest 12 months (to Dec 2025 for San Francisco and Jul 2026 for San Jose): 486 and 463 per 100,000 residents a year. San Francisco’s property crime rate was 25% higher than San Jose’s over the same period: 2,960 against 2,359 per 100,000 residents a year. San Francisco recorded 28 homicides (3.4 per 100,000 residents) and San Jose 26 (2.6). Over the same period violent crime was down 17% in San Francisco and down 17% in San Jose, each against its own previous 12 months.
Side by side
per 100k, per year| Measure | San Francisco, CAcity, California | San Jose, CAcity, California |
|---|---|---|
| Violent crimeper 100,000 residents a year | 486 | 463 |
| Property crimeper 100,000 residents a year | 2,960 | 2,359 |
| Homicidescount in the period | 283.4 per 100k | 262.6 per 100k |
| Violent crime trendagainst the 12 months before | −17% | −17% |
| Property crime trendagainst the 12 months before | −24% | −5% |
| Residents | 815,330 | 994,435 |
| Period | 12 months to Dec 2025 | 12 months to Jul 2026 |
| Source | San Francisco Police Departmentas reported to the FBI | San Jose Police Departmentas reported to the FBI |
Violent crime, month by month
Each line has its own scale, so read the direction, not the height; the table above has the rates.
Robbery and theft
| Offense | San Francisco | San Jose |
|---|---|---|
| Robberytaken by force or threat | 1,645202 per 100k | 92893.3 per 100k |
| Burglaryentering a home or business to steal | 3,795465 per 100k | 2,878289 per 100k |
| Theft from vehiclesitems or parts taken from a vehicle | — | 5,130516 per 100k |
| Other theftshoplifting, pickpocketing and the rest | — | 10,4791,054 per 100k |
Counts over each period; San Francisco does not report thefts from vehicles separately to the FBI, so its theft lines are not shown.
The FBI cautions against ranking or comparing places on these numbers alone: how dense a place is, its economy, how often residents report crime and how each agency records it all shape them. How to read crime numbers
What this comparison does not measure
read before deciding- These are crimes reported to the police. In the federal victim survey for 2024, about half of violent crime (47.9%, homicide aside) and under a third of property crime (30.5%) was reported, and that share can differ from one city to another.
- The two periods are not the same months: San Francisco’s figures run to Dec 2025 and San Jose’s to Jul 2026, the latest each agency has reported in full.
- City limits are drawn differently: one city may take in suburbs and open land that another leaves to its neighbors, and that alone moves a citywide rate. A citywide figure says little about any one neighborhood; San Francisco has neighborhood figures on its page.
More on each place
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Source and dates
FBI Crime Data Explorer- San Francisco, CA
- San Francisco Police Department, as reported to the FBI. 12 months to Dec 2025; 815,330 residents.
- San Jose, CA
- San Jose Police Department, as reported to the FBI. 12 months to Jul 2026; 994,435 residents.
- How we count
- Violent crime is homicide, rape, robbery and aggravated assault; property crime is burglary, theft, vehicle theft and arson, the FBI’s definitions for every agency. Methodology