Data through September 2026, San Francisco Police Department

Crime in Potrero Hill, San Francisco

The violent crime rate in Potrero Hill is 389 per 100,000 residents per year, 61% below San Francisco as a whole (1,006). It ranks 24 of 37 neighborhoods, where 1 is the highest rate.

The numbers

12 months to Sep 2026

Violent crime

389 per 100,000 residents, per year

61 reported in the last 12 months

−61% vs. San Francisco (1,006)

Property crime

3,571 per 100,000 residents, per year

560 reported in the last 12 months

+12% vs. San Francisco (3,202)

All reported

4,049 per 100,000 residents, per year

635 reported in the last 12 months

−19% vs. San Francisco (5,018)

Rates use an estimated population (2020 Census blocks, scaled to today’s city total) of 15,682 for Potrero Hill. Small areas swing more month to month, so all rates here use a 12-month window ending September 2026.

Where Potrero Hill sits in San Francisco, and where incidents concentrate

rank 24 of 37
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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.

Potrero Hill is in the middle of the city’s range: rank 24 of 37. Nearby in the ranking: Excelsior (531), Russian Hill (441), Inner Richmond (349), Presidio Heights (325).

Street corners with the most violent incidents

12 months to Sep 2026
CornerViolentPropertyShare of area’s violent
0125th St & Connecticut St132921%

“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 1 account for 21% of Potrero Hill’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
Violent crimes in Potrero Hill by month
MonthViolent crimes in Potrero Hill
Oct 202510
Nov 20257
Dec 20254
Jan 20263
Feb 20267
Mar 20263
Apr 20263
May 20265
Jun 20264
Jul 20264
Aug 20264
Sep 20267

When crime happens in Potrero Hill

12 months to Sep 2026

In the last 12 months, half of the property crime reported in Potrero Hill happened between 3 pm and midnight. No day of the week stood out.

Property crime busiest hour 8 pm

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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; 7% of incidents have no usable time (many unknown times are recorded as midnight or noon) and are left out.

See the numbers by hour
Property crime in Potrero Hill by hour, last 12 months
HourFriday and SaturdaySunday to ThursdayAll days
6 am3811
7 am257
8 am51419
9 am7815
10 am21315
11 am31114
12 pm71522
1 pm31518
2 pm71320
3 pm131023
4 pm41418
5 pm132437
6 pm111728
7 pm122234
8 pm133851
9 pm72734
10 pm72027
11 pm121325
12 am71623
1 am41014
2 am71118
3 am61218
4 am31518
5 am4711
Total with a known time162358520

Reported crime by type

last 12 months
OffenseReportedPer 100k, per yearvs. San Francisco
Assault and batteryViolent56357−60%
RobberyTaking property by force or threatViolent532−74%
Theft from vehiclesItems or parts taken from a vehicle, break-ins includedProperty1771,129+96%
TheftShoplifting, pickpocketing and other theft without force or entryProperty149950−33%
BurglaryEntering a home or business to stealProperty96612+58%
Vehicle theftProperty71453+28%
Property damage and arsonProperty67427−9%
Drug offensesOther851−93%
Weapons offensesOther638−49%

Source and dates

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Source
San Francisco Police Department, via DataSF (dataset wg3w-h783), aggregated by neighborhood
Window
October 2025 to September 2026 (12 months)
Population
15,682 residents, estimated from 2020 Census blocks
City page
Crime in San Francisco, CA
All neighborhoods
San Francisco neighborhoods by reported crime rate