Violent crime
389 per 100,000 residents, per year
61 reported in the last 12 months
−61% vs. San Francisco (1,006)
Data through September 2026, San Francisco Police Department
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.
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.
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).
| Corner | Violent | Property | Share of area’s violent |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0125th St & Connecticut St | 13 | 29 | 21% |
“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.
| Month | Violent crimes in Potrero Hill |
|---|---|
| Oct 2025 | 10 |
| Nov 2025 | 7 |
| Dec 2025 | 4 |
| Jan 2026 | 3 |
| Feb 2026 | 7 |
| Mar 2026 | 3 |
| Apr 2026 | 3 |
| May 2026 | 5 |
| Jun 2026 | 4 |
| Jul 2026 | 4 |
| Aug 2026 | 4 |
| Sep 2026 | 7 |
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
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.
| Hour | Friday and Saturday | Sunday to Thursday | All days |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6 am | 3 | 8 | 11 |
| 7 am | 2 | 5 | 7 |
| 8 am | 5 | 14 | 19 |
| 9 am | 7 | 8 | 15 |
| 10 am | 2 | 13 | 15 |
| 11 am | 3 | 11 | 14 |
| 12 pm | 7 | 15 | 22 |
| 1 pm | 3 | 15 | 18 |
| 2 pm | 7 | 13 | 20 |
| 3 pm | 13 | 10 | 23 |
| 4 pm | 4 | 14 | 18 |
| 5 pm | 13 | 24 | 37 |
| 6 pm | 11 | 17 | 28 |
| 7 pm | 12 | 22 | 34 |
| 8 pm | 13 | 38 | 51 |
| 9 pm | 7 | 27 | 34 |
| 10 pm | 7 | 20 | 27 |
| 11 pm | 12 | 13 | 25 |
| 12 am | 7 | 16 | 23 |
| 1 am | 4 | 10 | 14 |
| 2 am | 7 | 11 | 18 |
| 3 am | 6 | 12 | 18 |
| 4 am | 3 | 15 | 18 |
| 5 am | 4 | 7 | 11 |
| Total with a known time | 162 | 358 | 520 |
| Offense | Reported | Per 100k, per year | vs. San Francisco |
|---|---|---|---|
| Assault and batteryViolent | 56 | 357 | −60% |
| RobberyTaking property by force or threatViolent | 5 | 32 | −74% |
| Theft from vehiclesItems or parts taken from a vehicle, break-ins includedProperty | 177 | 1,129 | +96% |
| TheftShoplifting, pickpocketing and other theft without force or entryProperty | 149 | 950 | −33% |
| BurglaryEntering a home or business to stealProperty | 96 | 612 | +58% |
| Vehicle theftProperty | 71 | 453 | +28% |
| Property damage and arsonProperty | 67 | 427 | −9% |
| Drug offensesOther | 8 | 51 | −93% |
| Weapons offensesOther | 6 | 38 | −49% |