CurrentCrimeMap

Data through December 2025, San Francisco Police Department

Crime in San Francisco, CA

The violent crime rate in San Francisco is 486 per 100,000 residents per year over the 12 months to December 2025, 11% above the average of the 302 cities and county areas we cover. That is −17% compared with the previous 12 months.

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The numbers

12 months to Dec 2025

Violent crime

486 per 100,000 residents, per year

3,964 reported in the 12 months to Dec 2025

−17% vs. the previous 12 months

Property crime

2,960 per 100,000 residents, per year

24,134 reported in the 12 months to Dec 2025

−24% vs. the previous 12 months

All reported

3,446 per 100,000 residents, per year

28,098 reported in the 12 months to Dec 2025

Annual rates: reported incidents over the last 12 months per 100,000 residents (population 815,330, U.S. Census).

What counts as violent and property crime

Counted the FBI's way, the same for every city: violent crime is homicide, rape, robbery and aggravated assault; property crime is burglary, theft, vehicle theft and arson. Simple assault is not counted as violent. How we count

Where San Francisco sits among covered places

violent, per 100k, per year

486

San Francisco has the 107th-highest rate of the 302 cities and county areas on this site, higher than 195 of the other 301.

Carmel 51avg 437Detroit 1,632

The ring is San Francisco; the tick is the average of all 302 cities and county areas.

PlaceViolent per 100kRank
Charlotte, NC499102
Amarillo, TX498103
Great Falls, MT496104
Killeen, TX495105
Bakersfield, CA494106
San Francisco, CA486107
St. Paul, MN485108
Independence, MO478109
Tucson, AZ475110
Fayetteville, AR472111
Pittsburgh, PA469112

The places closest to San Francisco in the ranking, highest rate first. See all 302 cities and county areas

Crime by neighborhood

37 neighborhoods, 12 months to Sep 2026
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SaferHigher rateNot rated: park or fewer than 2,500 residentsViolent crimes per 100,000 residents per year, last 12 months. Click an area for details.

Lowest violent crime rates

  1. Presidio29−97% vs. city
  2. Twin Peaks138−86% vs. city
  3. Noe Valley168−83% vs. city
  4. Inner Sunset189−81% vs. city
  5. West of Twin Peaks223−78% vs. city

Highest violent crime rates

  1. South of Market4,076+305% vs. city; far more people work here than live here
  2. Tenderloin3,789+277% vs. city
  3. Mission2,263+125% vs. city
  4. Financial District/South Beach2,124+111% vs. city; far more people work here than live here
  5. Treasure Island1,561+55% vs. city
All 37 neighborhoods, ranked by violent crime rate

RankNeighborhoodViolent per 100kProperty per 100kResidentsvs. city
1South of Market4,07610,19826,593+305%
2Tenderloin3,7895,66533,647+277%
3Mission2,2634,56853,945+125%
4Financial District/South Beach2,1246,28224,006+111%
5Treasure Island1,5613,1602,563+55%
6Bayview Hunters Point1,4923,77140,206+48%
7North Beach1,4703,65711,429+46%
8Western Addition1,2673,78821,782+26%
9Chinatown1,1943,82613,485+19%
10Mission Bay1,1312,90216,262+12%
11Nob Hill1,0923,33424,627+9%
12Castro/Upper Market9944,27520,723−1%
13Lakeshore8746,56011,098−13%
14Bernal Heights8672,35721,804−14%
15Japantown8524,1793,637−15%
16Hayes Valley8374,41118,750−17%
17Haight Ashbury7252,54216,682−28%
18Outer Mission6911,32420,848−31%
19Portola6672,33414,695−34%
20Visitacion Valley5951,17216,637−41%
21Marina5633,54723,431−44%
22Excelsior5311,23135,005−47%
23Russian Hill4412,97317,460−56%
24Potrero Hill3893,57115,682−61%
25Inner Richmond3491,45220,316−65%
26Presidio Heights3252,4409,837−68%
27Lone Mountain/USF3172,52015,437−68%
28Glen Park3091,5347,755−69%
29Pacific Heights2843,39923,274−72%
30Outer Richmond2781,28641,757−72%
31Oceanview/Merced/Ingleside2371,13024,072−76%
32Sunset/Parkside2281,05170,722−77%
33West of Twin Peaks2231,66035,052−78%
34Inner Sunset1891,13526,432−81%
35Noe Valley1682,59421,476−83%
36Twin Peaks1381,4637,246−86%
37Presidio297553,442−97%

San Francisco’s 41 Analysis Neighborhoods, the set the city uses for its own statistics. Each incident is placed at the street corner the police publish for it. Population from the 2020 Census blocks inside each neighborhood, scaled to the city’s current total. Parks and places with fewer than 2,500 residents are drawn but not rated. Small areas swing more from month to month, so rates use the last 12 months.

All 37 neighborhoods side by side, with property crime and the change from a year earlier: San Francisco neighborhoods by reported crime rate.

Reported crime by type

12 months to Dec 2025
  • RobberyTaking property by force or threatViolent, 1,645 reported202no year-ago month
  • HomicideViolent, 28 reported3.4−20% vs. a year ago
  • Theft, including from vehiclesAll theft without force or entry; this agency does not report thefts from vehicles separatelyProperty, 17,064 reported2,093no year-ago month
  • BurglaryEntering a home or business to stealProperty, 3,795 reported465no year-ago month
  • Vehicle theftProperty, 3,050 reported374no year-ago month
See the table
OffenseReportedPer 100kvs. previous monthvs. a year earlier
RobberyViolent1,645202——
HomicideViolent283.4—−20%
Theft, including from vehiclesProperty17,0642,093——
BurglaryProperty3,795465——
Vehicle theftProperty3,050374——
About these categories

Homicide, robbery, burglary, theft and vehicle theft come from the same reports San Francisco Police Department sends the FBI. San Francisco Police Department does not report thefts from vehicles (NIBRS codes 23F and 23G) separately to the FBI, so they are counted with the rest of theft. Robbery is part of violent crime and the others of property crime; assault and rape count in violent crime but are not listed separately, so the rows do not add up to the totals. Red means more than before, green means fewer. “Not yet” means the site does not have that month from a year earlier.

Against other places of 100,000+ residents: vehicle theft (41st highest rate of 155), robbery (7th highest rate of 152) and burglary (17th highest rate of 168).

Month by month

Jan 2025 to Dec 2025

Violent crime −17%

0200400600JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec272300
Violent crimes per month in San Francisco, CA, Jan 2025 to Dec 2025 and a year earlier
MonthViolent crimesMonth a year earlierViolent crimes
Jan 2025347Jan 2024383
Feb 2025365Feb 2024393
Mar 2025336Mar 2024423
Apr 2025304Apr 2024394
May 2025314May 2024422
Jun 2025321Jun 2024446
Jul 2025340Jul 2024410
Aug 2025347Aug 2024448
Sep 2025362Sep 2024418
Oct 2025357Oct 2024404
Nov 2025299Nov 2024348
Dec 2025272Dec 2024300

Homicides −20%

0246JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec22
Homicides per month in San Francisco, CA, Jan 2025 to Dec 2025 and a year earlier
MonthHomicidesMonth a year earlierHomicides
Jan 20251Jan 20243
Feb 20250Feb 20240
Mar 20253Mar 20245
Apr 20251Apr 20243
May 20255May 20242
Jun 20251Jun 20244
Jul 20253Jul 20243
Aug 20251Aug 20243
Sep 20255Sep 20242
Oct 20253Oct 20245
Nov 20253Nov 20243
Dec 20252Dec 20242
Every month since Jan 2023
Reported crime per month in San Francisco, CA
MonthViolentPropertyHomicides
Dec 20252721,9842
Nov 20252991,8723
Oct 20253572,0423
Sep 20253622,0205
Aug 20253472,1631
Jul 20253401,9583
Jun 20253212,0001
May 20253142,0925
Apr 20253041,8841
Mar 20253361,9623
Feb 20253651,9640
Jan 20253472,1931
Dec 20243002,3642
Nov 20243482,2913
Oct 20244042,6335
Sep 20244182,6622
Aug 20244482,8573
Jul 20244103,0083
Jun 20244462,5774
May 20244222,5452
Apr 20243942,4313
Mar 20244232,5865
Feb 20243932,9130
Jan 20243832,9443
Dec 20233962,8852
Nov 20234162,7773
Oct 20235033,3077
Sep 20235113,5732
Aug 20235114,6597
Jul 20235114,6177
Jun 20234404,3174
May 20234813,6663
Apr 20234323,7636
Mar 20234874,0082
Feb 20234423,5553
Jan 20234303,9176

When crime happens in San Francisco

12 months to Sep 2026

In the last 12 months, half of the violent crime reported in San Francisco happened between noon and 10 pm. Friday and Saturday had the most.

Violent crime busiest hour 3 pm

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Property crime busiest hour 6 pm

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Each line is an average day of that kind, as a multiple of the average hour of the week (dashed line), smoothed over three hours. Days run from 6 am to 6 am, so a Friday night stays on Friday. Times are when the incident happened, as recorded by San Francisco Police Department; 4% of incidents have no usable time (many unknown times are recorded as midnight or noon) and are left out.

See the numbers by hour
Violent crime in San Francisco by hour, last 12 months
HourFriday and SaturdaySunday to ThursdayAll days
6 am36112148
7 am56140196
8 am60223283
9 am90234324
10 am97259356
11 am121241362
12 pm98289387
1 pm102289391
2 pm117313430
3 pm156344500
4 pm127343470
5 pm132335467
6 pm144345489
7 pm123291414
8 pm110261371
9 pm133256389
10 pm128231359
11 pm143219362
12 am134184318
1 am171171342
2 am142168310
3 am9282174
4 am4672118
5 am4062102
Total with a known time2,5985,4648,062
Property crime in San Francisco by hour, last 12 months
HourFriday and SaturdaySunday to ThursdayAll days
6 am123319442
7 am127436563
8 am215653868
9 am266670936
10 am3137671,080
11 am3348111,145
12 pm3468761,222
1 pm3488511,199
2 pm3949581,352
3 pm4329551,387
4 pm4639861,449
5 pm5161,1091,625
6 pm5171,1341,651
7 pm4231,0281,451
8 pm3968851,281
9 pm3578531,210
10 pm3957561,151
11 pm449538987
12 am324520844
1 am346429775
2 am214389603
3 am202438640
4 am195397592
5 am157347504
Total with a known time7,85217,10524,957

How San Francisco compares

per 100k, per year

Similar size

#PlaceViolentPropertyResidentsData to
33Indianapolis, IN8282,884903,574Oct 2025
34Nashville, TN8283,377718,499Aug 2026
40Denver, CO7933,938733,212Sep 2026
42Washington, DC7772,656693,645Sep 2026
56Seattle, WA6904,368791,503Jul 2026
59Oklahoma City, OK6722,598720,580Jul 2026
107San Francisco, CA4862,960815,330Dec 2025
153Columbus, OH3552,374940,106Aug 2026
225Prince George's County, MD (County Police)2201,741741,477Jun 2026
252Montgomery County, MD (County Police)1481,476924,573Jun 2026

The 10 places closest to San Francisco in population, San Francisco included, highest violent crime rate first.

Same state

#PlaceViolentPropertyResidentsData to
72Long Beach, CA6212,553447,317Dec 2025
83Riverside, CA5682,056325,858Aug 2026
85Modesto, CA5551,521221,064Jul 2026
87Anaheim, CA5461,670344,040Sep 2026
88Oxnard, CA5391,289200,296Jul 2026
106Bakersfield, CA4942,245420,589Sep 2026
107San Francisco, CA4862,960815,330Dec 2025
114San Jose, CA4632,359994,435Jul 2026
116Moreno Valley, CA4351,278215,203Aug 2026
135San Diego, CA3851,5511,409,432Aug 2026

The 10 of 24 places in California closest to San Francisco in violent crime rate. All 24 in California

Nearby

#PlaceViolentPropertyResidentsData to
2Oakland, CA1,4755,255444,211Dec 2025
23Stockton, CA9682,240325,985Sep 2026
60Sacramento, CA6682,055538,389Jul 2026
64Fresno, CA6522,471551,969Aug 2026
85Modesto, CA5551,521221,064Jul 2026
90Reno, NV5361,957286,060Apr 2026
106Bakersfield, CA4942,245420,589Sep 2026
107San Francisco, CA4862,960815,330Dec 2025
114San Jose, CA4632,359994,435Jul 2026
290Fremont, CA811,759227,635Aug 2026

The 9 places on this site closest to San Francisco by distance, highest violent crime rate first.

#PlaceViolentPropertyResidentsData to

Figures are what each agency reports to the FBI, over the last 12 months it has reported in full, so the months differ. See all 302 cities and county areas in the rankings

Compare San Francisco side by side with San Jose, Los Angeles or Oakland, or with any other place.

Other cities in California

8 closest of 23

California as a whole has 417 violent crimes per 100,000 residents per year, as reported to the FBI over the 12 months to Jun 2026; San Francisco’s rate is 17% above the state’s.

OaklandFremontSan JoseStocktonSacramentoModestoFresnoBakersfield

All 24 cities in California

Common questions

answered with the data above
Is San Francisco safe?

By reported violent crime, San Francisco is above the average of the 302 cities and county areas on this site: 486 violent crimes per 100,000 residents per year over the 12 months to December 2025, −17% versus the previous 12 months. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood: Presidio runs 29 per 100,000 and South of Market 4,076.

What is the crime rate in San Francisco?

486 violent and 2,960 property crimes per 100,000 residents per year, based on 28,098 incidents reported to San Francisco Police Department over the 12 months to December 2025. Violent crime includes 1,645 robberies (property taken by force or threat); property crime includes 3,795 burglaries and 17,064 thefts, including thefts from vehicles, which San Francisco Police Department does not report separately.

Is crime in San Francisco going up or down?

It is going down: violent crime −17% and property crime −24% over the last 12 months compared with the 12 months before.

How many homicides has San Francisco had in 2025?

San Francisco Police Department reported 28 homicides from January to December 2025, the latest month it has reported in full, against 35 in the same months of 2024. Over the 12 months to Dec 2025 the count was 28, or 3 per 100,000 residents.

Where does the data come from?

From San Francisco Police Department, via DataSF (dataset wg3w-h783). We count reported incidents by month and offense type and divide by the Census population. Reported crime undercounts actual crime; see the methodology page for what the numbers leave out.

Moving to or visiting San Francisco

12 months to December 2025
What most people ask aboutReportedPer 100k
RobberyTaking property by force or threat1,645202
BurglaryEntering a home or business to steal3,795465
Vehicle theft3,050374

What these numbers leave out: most crime never reaches the police. In the federal victim survey (BJS, 2024), about half of violent crimes and less than a third of property crimes were reported, and only a quarter of everyday thefts. Rates are per resident, which overstates them where far more people work than live: South of Market, Financial District/South Beach and Chinatown in San Francisco.

The official source is San Francisco Police Department data on DataSF. For what to look for, and what not to read into a rate, see how to read US crime numbers.

Source and dates

wg3w-h783
Source
San Francisco Police Department, via DataSF (dataset wg3w-h783)
Latest complete month
December 2025
History on this site
January 2023 to December 2025 (36 months)
Update schedule
Published daily by the city on DataSF. Each incident counts once, however many offenses or supplements its report has. We refresh every morning.
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Monthly counts by offense (JSON)