Violent crime
228 per 100,000 residents, per year
161 reported in the last 12 months
−77% vs. San Francisco (1,006)
Data through September 2026, San Francisco Police Department
Crime in Sunset/Parkside, San Francisco
The violent crime rate in Sunset/Parkside is 228 per 100,000 residents per year, 77% below San Francisco as a whole (1,006). It ranks 32 of 37 neighborhoods, where 1 is the highest rate.
The numbers
12 months to Sep 2026Property crime
1,051 per 100,000 residents, per year
743 reported in the last 12 months
−67% vs. San Francisco (3,202)
All reported
1,304 per 100,000 residents, per year
922 reported in the last 12 months
−74% vs. San Francisco (5,018)
Rates use an estimated population (2020 Census blocks, scaled to today’s city total) of 70,722 for Sunset/Parkside. Small areas swing more month to month, so all rates here use a 12-month window ending September 2026.
Where Sunset/Parkside sits in San Francisco, and where incidents concentrate
rank 32 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.
Sunset/Parkside is among the lowest in the city: rank 32 of 37. Nearby in the ranking: Outer Richmond (278), Oceanview/Merced/Ingleside (237), West of Twin Peaks (223), Inner Sunset (189).
Street corners with the most violent incidents
12 months to Sep 2026| Corner | Violent | Property | Share of area’s violent |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0124th Ave & Rivera St | 10 | 5 | 6% |
| 02Lakeshore Plz & Sloat Blvd | 6 | 23 | 4% |
| 0320th Ave & Irving St | 5 | 7 | 3% |
| 0442nd Ave & Ortega St | 5 | 0 | 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 4 account for 16% of Sunset/Parkside’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 Sunset/Parkside |
|---|---|
| Oct 2025 | 22 |
| Nov 2025 | 6 |
| Dec 2025 | 11 |
| Jan 2026 | 18 |
| Feb 2026 | 13 |
| Mar 2026 | 14 |
| Apr 2026 | 12 |
| May 2026 | 12 |
| Jun 2026 | 13 |
| Jul 2026 | 18 |
| Aug 2026 | 12 |
| Sep 2026 | 10 |
When crime happens in Sunset/Parkside
12 months to Sep 2026In the last 12 months, half of the property crime reported in Sunset/Parkside happened between 11 am and 9 pm. No day of the week stood out.
Property crime busiest hour 6 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; 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 | 4 | 9 | 13 |
| 7 am | 6 | 15 | 21 |
| 8 am | 4 | 20 | 24 |
| 9 am | 9 | 23 | 32 |
| 10 am | 3 | 38 | 41 |
| 11 am | 10 | 24 | 34 |
| 12 pm | 12 | 23 | 35 |
| 1 pm | 5 | 28 | 33 |
| 2 pm | 7 | 23 | 30 |
| 3 pm | 12 | 23 | 35 |
| 4 pm | 13 | 24 | 37 |
| 5 pm | 14 | 27 | 41 |
| 6 pm | 22 | 28 | 50 |
| 7 pm | 7 | 21 | 28 |
| 8 pm | 8 | 38 | 46 |
| 9 pm | 11 | 17 | 28 |
| 10 pm | 8 | 19 | 27 |
| 11 pm | 10 | 19 | 29 |
| 12 am | 6 | 10 | 16 |
| 1 am | 10 | 12 | 22 |
| 2 am | 7 | 10 | 17 |
| 3 am | 7 | 13 | 20 |
| 4 am | 10 | 17 | 27 |
| 5 am | 4 | 11 | 15 |
| Total with a known time | 209 | 492 | 701 |
Reported crime by type
last 12 months| Offense | Reported | Per 100k, per year | vs. San Francisco |
|---|---|---|---|
| Assault and batteryViolent | 146 | 206 | −77% |
| RobberyTaking property by force or threatViolent | 14 | 20 | −84% |
| HomicideViolent | 1 | 1.4 | −52% |
| TheftShoplifting, pickpocketing and other theft without force or entryProperty | 241 | 341 | −76% |
| Theft from vehiclesItems or parts taken from a vehicle, break-ins includedProperty | 197 | 279 | −52% |
| Property damage and arsonProperty | 129 | 182 | −61% |
| Vehicle theftProperty | 89 | 126 | −64% |
| BurglaryEntering a home or business to stealProperty | 87 | 123 | −68% |
| Weapons offensesOther | 9 | 13 | −83% |
| Drug offensesOther | 9 | 13 | −98% |
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
- 70,722 residents, estimated from 2020 Census blocks
- City page
- Crime in San Francisco, CA
- All neighborhoods
- San Francisco neighborhoods by reported crime rate