Violent crime
994 per 100,000 residents, per year
206 reported in the last 12 months
−1% vs. San Francisco (1,006)
Data through September 2026, San Francisco Police Department
Crime in Castro/Upper Market, San Francisco
The violent crime rate in Castro/Upper Market is 994 per 100,000 residents per year, about the same as San Francisco as a whole (1,006). It ranks 12 of 37 neighborhoods, where 1 is the highest rate.
The numbers
12 months to Sep 2026Property crime
4,275 per 100,000 residents, per year
886 reported in the last 12 months
+34% vs. San Francisco (3,202)
All reported
5,520 per 100,000 residents, per year
1,144 reported in the last 12 months
+10% vs. San Francisco (5,018)
Rates use an estimated population (2020 Census blocks, scaled to today’s city total) of 20,723 for Castro/Upper Market. Small areas swing more month to month, so all rates here use a 12-month window ending September 2026.
Where Castro/Upper Market sits in San Francisco, and where incidents concentrate
rank 12 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.
Castro/Upper Market is in the middle of the city’s range: rank 12 of 37. Nearby in the ranking: Mission Bay (1,131), Nob Hill (1,092), Lakeshore (874), Bernal Heights (867).
Street corners with the most violent incidents
12 months to Sep 2026| Corner | Violent | Property | Share of area’s violent |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0118th St & Castro St | 42 | 76 | 20% |
| 02Market St & Reservoir St | 26 | 72 | 13% |
| 0317th St & Hartford St | 12 | 36 | 6% |
| 0417th St & Castro St & Market St | 12 | 22 | 6% |
| 0515th St & Sharon St | 9 | 65 | 4% |
| 0616th St & Market St & Noe St | 8 | 23 | 4% |
| 0718th St & Collingwood St | 8 | 21 | 4% |
| 0818th St & Church St | 8 | 17 | 4% |
| 09Church St & Market St | 6 | 13 | 3% |
| 1018th St & Hartford St | 6 | 10 | 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 67% of Castro/Upper Market’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 Castro/Upper Market |
|---|---|
| Oct 2025 | 15 |
| Nov 2025 | 17 |
| Dec 2025 | 6 |
| Jan 2026 | 21 |
| Feb 2026 | 9 |
| Mar 2026 | 17 |
| Apr 2026 | 24 |
| May 2026 | 25 |
| Jun 2026 | 25 |
| Jul 2026 | 14 |
| Aug 2026 | 14 |
| Sep 2026 | 19 |
When crime happens in Castro/Upper Market
12 months to Sep 2026In the last 12 months, half of the property crime reported in Castro/Upper Market happened between 4 pm and 2 am. Friday and Saturday had the most.
Property crime busiest hour 1 am
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 | 5 | 7 | 12 |
| 7 am | 3 | 12 | 15 |
| 8 am | 5 | 28 | 33 |
| 9 am | 13 | 17 | 30 |
| 10 am | 9 | 11 | 20 |
| 11 am | 11 | 18 | 29 |
| 12 pm | 6 | 35 | 41 |
| 1 pm | 11 | 31 | 42 |
| 2 pm | 8 | 22 | 30 |
| 3 pm | 6 | 34 | 40 |
| 4 pm | 19 | 25 | 44 |
| 5 pm | 13 | 26 | 39 |
| 6 pm | 18 | 25 | 43 |
| 7 pm | 18 | 29 | 47 |
| 8 pm | 7 | 30 | 37 |
| 9 pm | 7 | 31 | 38 |
| 10 pm | 14 | 28 | 42 |
| 11 pm | 29 | 22 | 51 |
| 12 am | 29 | 22 | 51 |
| 1 am | 40 | 20 | 60 |
| 2 am | 15 | 13 | 28 |
| 3 am | 3 | 19 | 22 |
| 4 am | 11 | 10 | 21 |
| 5 am | 5 | 15 | 20 |
| Total with a known time | 305 | 530 | 835 |
Reported crime by type
last 12 months| Offense | Reported | Per 100k, per year | vs. San Francisco |
|---|---|---|---|
| Assault and batteryViolent | 177 | 854 | −3% |
| RobberyTaking property by force or threatViolent | 29 | 140 | +15% |
| TheftShoplifting, pickpocketing and other theft without force or entryProperty | 481 | 2,321 | +64% |
| BurglaryEntering a home or business to stealProperty | 131 | 632 | +63% |
| Theft from vehiclesItems or parts taken from a vehicle, break-ins includedProperty | 131 | 632 | +10% |
| Property damage and arsonProperty | 86 | 415 | −12% |
| Vehicle theftProperty | 57 | 275 | −22% |
| Drug offensesOther | 46 | 222 | −70% |
| Weapons offensesOther | 6 | 29 | −62% |
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
- 20,723 residents, estimated from 2020 Census blocks
- City page
- Crime in San Francisco, CA
- All neighborhoods
- San Francisco neighborhoods by reported crime rate