Violent crime
852 per 100,000 residents, per year
31 reported in the last 12 months
−15% vs. San Francisco (1,006)
Data through September 2026, San Francisco Police Department
Crime in Japantown, San Francisco
The violent crime rate in Japantown is 852 per 100,000 residents per year, 15% below San Francisco as a whole (1,006). It ranks 15 of 37 neighborhoods, where 1 is the highest rate.
The numbers
12 months to Sep 2026Property crime
4,179 per 100,000 residents, per year
152 reported in the last 12 months
+31% vs. San Francisco (3,202)
All reported
5,197 per 100,000 residents, per year
189 reported in the last 12 months
+4% vs. San Francisco (5,018)
Rates use an estimated population (2020 Census blocks, scaled to today’s city total) of 3,637 for Japantown. Small areas swing more month to month, so all rates here use a 12-month window ending September 2026.
Where Japantown sits in San Francisco, and where incidents concentrate
rank 15 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.
Japantown is in the middle of the city’s range: rank 15 of 37. Nearby in the ranking: Lakeshore (874), Bernal Heights (867), Hayes Valley (837), Haight Ashbury (725).
Street corners with the most violent incidents
12 months to Sep 2026| Corner | Violent | Property | Share of area’s violent |
|---|---|---|---|
| 01Geary Blvd & Webster St | 8 | 9 | 26% |
| 02Divisadero St & Geary Blvd | 5 | 8 | 16% |
“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 2 account for 42% of Japantown’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 Japantown |
|---|---|
| Oct 2025 | 4 |
| Nov 2025 | 6 |
| Dec 2025 | 1 |
| Jan 2026 | 4 |
| Feb 2026 | 1 |
| Mar 2026 | 1 |
| Apr 2026 | 0 |
| May 2026 | 3 |
| Jun 2026 | 4 |
| Jul 2026 | 3 |
| Aug 2026 | 3 |
| Sep 2026 | 1 |
Reported crime by type
last 12 months| Offense | Reported | Per 100k, per year | vs. San Francisco |
|---|---|---|---|
| Assault and batteryViolent | 30 | 825 | −6% |
| RobberyTaking property by force or threatViolent | 1 | 27 | −77% |
| TheftShoplifting, pickpocketing and other theft without force or entryProperty | 57 | 1,567 | +11% |
| Theft from vehiclesItems or parts taken from a vehicle, break-ins includedProperty | 39 | 1,072 | +87% |
| BurglaryEntering a home or business to stealProperty | 20 | 550 | +42% |
| Property damage and arsonProperty | 19 | 522 | +11% |
| Vehicle theftProperty | 17 | 467 | +32% |
| Drug offensesOther | 5 | 137 | −81% |
| Weapons offensesOther | 1 | 27 | −63% |
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
- 3,637 residents, estimated from 2020 Census blocks
- City page
- Crime in San Francisco, CA
- All neighborhoods
- San Francisco neighborhoods by reported crime rate