Violent crime
1,470 per 100,000 residents, per year
168 reported in the last 12 months
+46% vs. San Francisco (1,006)
Data through September 2026, San Francisco Police Department
The violent crime rate in North Beach is 1,470 per 100,000 residents per year, 46% above San Francisco as a whole (1,006). It ranks 7 of 37 neighborhoods, where 1 is the highest rate.
Violent crime
1,470 per 100,000 residents, per year
168 reported in the last 12 months
+46% vs. San Francisco (1,006)
Property crime
3,657 per 100,000 residents, per year
418 reported in the last 12 months
+14% vs. San Francisco (3,202)
All reported
5,250 per 100,000 residents, per year
600 reported in the last 12 months
+5% vs. San Francisco (5,018)
Rates use an estimated population (2020 Census blocks, scaled to today’s city total) of 11,429 for North Beach. Small areas swing more month to month, so all rates here use a 12-month window ending September 2026.
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.
North Beach is among the highest in the city: rank 7 of 37. Nearby in the ranking: Treasure Island (1,561), Bayview Hunters Point (1,492), Western Addition (1,267), Chinatown (1,194).
| Corner | Violent | Property | Share of area’s violent |
|---|---|---|---|
| 01Broadway & Kearny St | 15 | 11 | 9% |
| 02Al Scoma Way & Jefferson St | 12 | 6 | 7% |
| 03Grant Ave & Vallejo St | 11 | 24 | 7% |
| 04Beach St & Taylor St | 10 | 21 | 6% |
| 05Broadway & Romolo St | 8 | 16 | 5% |
| 06Union St & Via Ferlinghetti | 8 | 4 | 5% |
| 07Columbus Ave & Union St | 8 | 2 | 5% |
| 08Bay St & Mason St | 7 | 21 | 4% |
| 09Grant Ave & Green St | 7 | 17 | 4% |
| 10Fresno St & Grant Ave | 6 | 19 | 4% |
“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 55% of North Beach’s violent incidents. These are the numbered marks on the map above; hover a row to find it.
| Month | Violent crimes in North Beach |
|---|---|
| Oct 2025 | 18 |
| Nov 2025 | 13 |
| Dec 2025 | 11 |
| Jan 2026 | 14 |
| Feb 2026 | 8 |
| Mar 2026 | 15 |
| Apr 2026 | 12 |
| May 2026 | 12 |
| Jun 2026 | 11 |
| Jul 2026 | 22 |
| Aug 2026 | 14 |
| Sep 2026 | 18 |
In the last 12 months, half of the property crime reported in North Beach happened between 4 pm and 1 am. Friday and Saturday had the most.
Property crime busiest hour 7 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; 3% of incidents have no usable time (many unknown times are recorded as midnight or noon) and are left out.
| Hour | Friday and Saturday | Sunday to Thursday | All days |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6 am | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 7 am | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| 8 am | 3 | 8 | 11 |
| 9 am | 6 | 11 | 17 |
| 10 am | 3 | 9 | 12 |
| 11 am | 7 | 14 | 21 |
| 12 pm | 5 | 13 | 18 |
| 1 pm | 6 | 10 | 16 |
| 2 pm | 13 | 11 | 24 |
| 3 pm | 7 | 10 | 17 |
| 4 pm | 8 | 15 | 23 |
| 5 pm | 8 | 9 | 17 |
| 6 pm | 6 | 20 | 26 |
| 7 pm | 10 | 19 | 29 |
| 8 pm | 6 | 16 | 22 |
| 9 pm | 10 | 12 | 22 |
| 10 pm | 13 | 8 | 21 |
| 11 pm | 15 | 11 | 26 |
| 12 am | 10 | 10 | 20 |
| 1 am | 14 | 9 | 23 |
| 2 am | 4 | 3 | 7 |
| 3 am | 5 | 8 | 13 |
| 4 am | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| 5 am | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| Total with a known time | 164 | 240 | 404 |
| Offense | Reported | Per 100k, per year | vs. San Francisco |
|---|---|---|---|
| Assault and batteryViolent | 157 | 1,374 | +56% |
| RobberyTaking property by force or threatViolent | 11 | 96 | −21% |
| TheftShoplifting, pickpocketing and other theft without force or entryProperty | 175 | 1,531 | +8% |
| Property damage and arsonProperty | 88 | 770 | +64% |
| Theft from vehiclesItems or parts taken from a vehicle, break-ins includedProperty | 75 | 656 | +14% |
| BurglaryEntering a home or business to stealProperty | 48 | 420 | +8% |
| Vehicle theftProperty | 32 | 280 | −21% |
| Drug offensesOther | 9 | 79 | −89% |
| Weapons offensesOther | 5 | 44 | −42% |