Violent crime
867 per 100,000 residents, per year
189 reported in the last 12 months
−14% vs. San Francisco (1,006)
Data through September 2026, San Francisco Police Department
Crime in Bernal Heights, San Francisco
The violent crime rate in Bernal Heights is 867 per 100,000 residents per year, 14% below San Francisco as a whole (1,006). It ranks 14 of 37 neighborhoods, where 1 is the highest rate.
The numbers
12 months to Sep 2026Property crime
2,357 per 100,000 residents, per year
514 reported in the last 12 months
−26% vs. San Francisco (3,202)
All reported
3,403 per 100,000 residents, per year
742 reported in the last 12 months
−32% vs. San Francisco (5,018)
Rates use an estimated population (2020 Census blocks, scaled to today’s city total) of 21,804 for Bernal Heights. Small areas swing more month to month, so all rates here use a 12-month window ending September 2026.
Where Bernal Heights sits in San Francisco, and where incidents concentrate
rank 14 of 37Loading map…
1the corner with the most violent incidents10the tenthCounted over the last 12 months. Point at a mark, or at a row in the table below, to see which street it is.
SaferHigher rateNot rated: park or fewer than 2,500 residentsArea shading: violent crimes per 100,000 residents per year, so you can see how this neighbourhood compares with the ones around it.
Bernal Heights is in the middle of the city’s range: rank 14 of 37. Nearby in the ranking: Castro/Upper Market (994), Lakeshore (874), Japantown (852), Hayes Valley (837).
Street corners with the most violent incidents
12 months to Sep 2026| Corner | Violent | Property | Share of area’s violent |
|---|---|---|---|
| 01Holladay Ave & York St | 21 | 22 | 11% |
| 02Esmeralda Ave & Holladay Ave | 19 | 21 | 10% |
| 03Mission St & Virginia Ave | 17 | 24 | 9% |
| 04Godeus St & Mission St | 11 | 9 | 6% |
| 05Cortland Ave & Mission St | 11 | 5 | 6% |
| 06Holladay Ave & Rutledge St | 7 | 16 | 4% |
| 07College Ave & Crescent Ave & Mission St | 6 | 5 | 3% |
| 08Fair Ave & Mission St | 6 | 4 | 3% |
| 09Kingston St & Mission St | 6 | 2 | 3% |
| 10Bay Shore Blvd & Waterloo St | 5 | 15 | 3% |
“Corner” is the intersection the police department publishes for each incident (for example Mission St & 16th St), never an exact address. Only street corners with 5 or more violent incidents in the window are listed; the top 10 account for 58% of Bernal Heights’s violent incidents. These are the numbered marks on the map above; hover a row to find it.
Violent crime, month by month
Oct 2025 to Sep 2026| Month | Violent crimes in Bernal Heights |
|---|---|
| Oct 2025 | 27 |
| Nov 2025 | 16 |
| Dec 2025 | 18 |
| Jan 2026 | 9 |
| Feb 2026 | 14 |
| Mar 2026 | 19 |
| Apr 2026 | 15 |
| May 2026 | 15 |
| Jun 2026 | 15 |
| Jul 2026 | 10 |
| Aug 2026 | 9 |
| Sep 2026 | 22 |
When crime happens in Bernal Heights
12 months to Sep 2026In the last 12 months, half of the property crime reported in Bernal Heights happened between 10 am and 8 pm. No day of the week stood out.
Property crime busiest hour 5 pm
No chart for violent crime: fewer than 300 incidents in 12 months, too few to show a pattern by hour.
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; 6% of incidents have no usable time (many unknown times are recorded as midnight or noon) and are left out.
See the numbers by hour
| Hour | Friday and Saturday | Sunday to Thursday | All days |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6 am | 2 | 10 | 12 |
| 7 am | 2 | 9 | 11 |
| 8 am | 4 | 7 | 11 |
| 9 am | 5 | 11 | 16 |
| 10 am | 5 | 22 | 27 |
| 11 am | 8 | 20 | 28 |
| 12 pm | 9 | 18 | 27 |
| 1 pm | 5 | 15 | 20 |
| 2 pm | 3 | 14 | 17 |
| 3 pm | 8 | 21 | 29 |
| 4 pm | 7 | 11 | 18 |
| 5 pm | 11 | 22 | 33 |
| 6 pm | 9 | 19 | 28 |
| 7 pm | 7 | 20 | 27 |
| 8 pm | 5 | 15 | 20 |
| 9 pm | 4 | 12 | 16 |
| 10 pm | 8 | 25 | 33 |
| 11 pm | 5 | 13 | 18 |
| 12 am | 4 | 16 | 20 |
| 1 am | 2 | 6 | 8 |
| 2 am | 5 | 10 | 15 |
| 3 am | 3 | 11 | 14 |
| 4 am | 6 | 14 | 20 |
| 5 am | 4 | 10 | 14 |
| Total with a known time | 131 | 351 | 482 |
Reported crime by type
last 12 months| Offense | Reported | Per 100k, per year | vs. San Francisco |
|---|---|---|---|
| Assault and batteryViolent | 152 | 697 | −21% |
| RobberyTaking property by force or threatViolent | 37 | 170 | +40% |
| TheftShoplifting, pickpocketing and other theft without force or entryProperty | 143 | 656 | −54% |
| Property damage and arsonProperty | 99 | 454 | −3% |
| Theft from vehiclesItems or parts taken from a vehicle, break-ins includedProperty | 93 | 427 | −26% |
| BurglaryEntering a home or business to stealProperty | 92 | 422 | +9% |
| Vehicle theftProperty | 87 | 399 | +13% |
| Drug offensesOther | 31 | 142 | −81% |
| Weapons offensesOther | 8 | 37 | −51% |
Source and dates
wg3w-h783- Source
- San Francisco Police Department, via DataSF (dataset wg3w-h783), aggregated by neighborhood
- Window
- October 2025 to September 2026 (12 months)
- Population
- 21,804 residents, estimated from 2020 Census blocks
- City page
- Crime in San Francisco, CA
- All neighborhoods
- San Francisco neighborhoods by reported crime rate