Data through September 2026, San Francisco Police Department

Crime in Tenderloin, San Francisco

The violent crime rate in Tenderloin is 3,789 per 100,000 residents per year, 277% above San Francisco as a whole (1,006). It ranks 2 of 37 neighborhoods, where 1 is the highest rate.

The numbers

12 months to Sep 2026

Violent crime

3,789 per 100,000 residents, per year

1,275 reported in the last 12 months

+277% vs. San Francisco (1,006)

Property crime

5,665 per 100,000 residents, per year

1,906 reported in the last 12 months

+77% vs. San Francisco (3,202)

All reported

16,111 per 100,000 residents, per year

5,421 reported in the last 12 months

+221% vs. San Francisco (5,018)

Rates use an estimated population (2020 Census blocks, scaled to today’s city total) of 33,647 for Tenderloin. Small areas swing more month to month, so all rates here use a 12-month window ending September 2026.

Where Tenderloin sits in San Francisco, and where incidents concentrate

rank 2 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.

Tenderloin is among the highest in the city: rank 2 of 37. Nearby in the ranking: South of Market (4,076), Mission (2,263), Financial District/South Beach (2,124).

Street corners with the most violent incidents

12 months to Sep 2026

Corner	Violent	Property	Share of area’s violent
01Ellis St & Jones St	84	43	7%
02Eddy St & Leavenworth St	57	38	4%
03Ellis St & Leavenworth St	54	29	4%
04Eddy St & Taylor St	45	38	4%
05Eddy St & Mason St	44	36	3%
06Jones St & Turk St	44	35	3%
07Taylor St & Turk St	41	20	3%
08Larkin St & Ofarrell St	39	30	3%
09Jones St & Ofarrell St	38	34	3%
10Ellis St & Larkin St	34	31	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 10 account for 38% of Tenderloin’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

When crime happens in Tenderloin

12 months to Sep 2026

In the last 12 months, half of the violent crime reported in Tenderloin happened between 2 pm and 1 am. No day of the week stood out.

Violent crime busiest hour 4 pm

Property crime busiest hour 6 pm

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; 4% of incidents have no usable time (many unknown times are recorded as midnight or noon) and are left out.

See the numbers by hour

Violent crime in Tenderloin by hour, last 12 months
Hour	Friday and Saturday	Sunday to Thursday	All days
6 am	13	22	35
7 am	11	26	37
8 am	7	40	47
9 am	20	35	55
10 am	12	45	57
11 am	24	29	53
12 pm	16	44	60
1 pm	16	39	55
2 pm	16	43	59
3 pm	20	43	63
4 pm	22	53	75
5 pm	30	41	71
6 pm	15	45	60
7 pm	15	42	57
8 pm	12	36	48
9 pm	17	43	60
10 pm	17	41	58
11 pm	18	39	57
12 am	24	36	60
1 am	16	33	49
2 am	18	32	50
3 am	7	18	25
4 am	10	19	29
5 am	6	18	24
Total with a known time	382	862	1,244

Property crime in Tenderloin by hour, last 12 months
Hour	Friday and Saturday	Sunday to Thursday	All days
6 am	17	30	47
7 am	12	27	39
8 am	10	39	49
9 am	16	35	51
10 am	25	60	85
11 am	26	63	89
12 pm	31	76	107
1 pm	23	58	81
2 pm	38	59	97
3 pm	39	77	116
4 pm	36	67	103
5 pm	37	94	131
6 pm	40	100	140
7 pm	33	75	108
8 pm	24	60	84
9 pm	34	55	89
10 pm	19	46	65
11 pm	27	51	78
12 am	20	43	63
1 am	17	26	43
2 am	9	20	29
3 am	16	25	41
4 am	18	31	49
5 am	12	27	39
Total with a known time	579	1,244	1,823

Reported crime by type

last 12 months

Offense	Reported	Per 100k, per year	vs. San Francisco
Assault and batteryViolent	1,131	3,361	+281%
RobberyTaking property by force or threatViolent	141	419	+246%
HomicideViolent	3	8.9	+203%
TheftShoplifting, pickpocketing and other theft without force or entryProperty	973	2,892	+104%
Property damage and arsonProperty	327	972	+107%
BurglaryEntering a home or business to stealProperty	219	651	+68%
Vehicle theftProperty	211	627	+78%
Theft from vehiclesItems or parts taken from a vehicle, break-ins includedProperty	176	523	−9%
Drug offensesOther	2,110	6,271	+754%
Weapons offensesOther	130	386	+413%

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: 33,647 residents, estimated from 2020 Census blocks
City page: Crime in San Francisco, CA
All neighborhoods: San Francisco neighborhoods by reported crime rate

Month	Violent crimes in Tenderloin
Oct 2025	124
Nov 2025	110
Dec 2025	83
Jan 2026	101
Feb 2026	97
Mar 2026	110
Apr 2026	97
May 2026	121
Jun 2026	120
Jul 2026	109
Aug 2026	105
Sep 2026	98