San Francisco, United States: crime rates by area
No Safety score: fewer than 30 comparable places, or figures not complete.
Questions about crime in San Francisco
- Which areas of San Francisco have the least crime?
- Lowest crime among the 40 neighbourhoods of San Francisco with a Safety score: Presidio (10/10), Seacliff (10/10), Inner Sunset (10/10). Highest crime among the 40 neighbourhoods of San Francisco with a Safety score: South of Market (1/10), Tenderloin (1/10), Mission (1/10).
Neighbourhoods in San Francisco
- Bayview Hunters Point 2/10
- Bernal Heights 5/10
- Castro/Upper Market 3/10
- Chinatown 3/10
- Excelsior 8/10
- Financial District/South Beach 2/10
- Glen Park 8/10
- Golden Gate Park
- Haight Ashbury 6/10
- Hayes Valley 4/10
- Inner Richmond 9/10
- Inner Sunset 10/10
- Japantown 5/10
- Lakeshore 2/10
- Lincoln Park 4/10
- Lone Mountain/USF 7/10
- Marina 5/10
- McLaren Park 4/10
- Mission 1/10
- Mission Bay 5/10
- Nob Hill 4/10
- Noe Valley 8/10
- North Beach 2/10
- Oceanview/Merced/Ingleside 9/10
- Outer Mission 6/10
- Outer Richmond 9/10
- Pacific Heights 7/10
- Portola 6/10
- Potrero Hill 6/10
- Presidio 10/10
- Presidio Heights 8/10
- Russian Hill 7/10
- Seacliff 10/10
- South of Market 1/10
- Sunset/Parkside 10/10
- Tenderloin 1/10
- Treasure Island 3/10
- Twin Peaks 10/10
- Visitacion Valley 7/10
- West of Twin Peaks 9/10
- Western Addition 3/10
Other places nearby
Mayors of San Francisco since 2010
San Francisco: Mayor Daniel Lurie (Democrat, nonpartisan office). Governor: Gavin Newsom (Democrat)
Daniel Lurie · Democrat, nonpartisan office
since January 2025
San Francisco ▼ −24% · USA ▼ −10%
Offences reported to the FBI per 1,000 people, the year before the term vs its latest year
London Breed · Democrat, nonpartisan office
January 2020 – January 2025
San Francisco ▼ −27% · USA ▼ −10%
Offences reported to the FBI per 1,000 people, the year before the term vs its latest year
London Breed · Democrat, nonpartisan office
July 2018 – January 2020
San Francisco ▼ −1% · USA ▼ −3%
Offences reported to the FBI per 1,000 people, the year before the term vs its latest year
Mark Farrell · Democrat, nonpartisan office
January 2018 – July 2018
San Francisco ▼ −10% · USA ▼ −5%
Offences reported to the FBI per 1,000 people, the year before the term vs its latest year
London Breed · Democrat, nonpartisan office
December 2017 – January 2018
Too early to compare
Ed Lee · Democrat, nonpartisan office
January 2016 – December 2017
San Francisco 0% · USA ▼ −3%
Offences reported to the FBI per 1,000 people, the year before the term vs its latest year
Ed Lee · Democrat, nonpartisan office
January 2012 – January 2016
San Francisco ▲ +47% · USA ▼ −13%
Offences reported to the FBI per 1,000 people, the year before the term vs its latest year
Ed Lee · Democrat, nonpartisan office
January 2011 – January 2012
San Francisco ▼ −1% · USA ▼ −2%
Offences reported to the FBI per 1,000 people, the year before the term vs its latest year
In some cities an appointed manager or police chief, not the mayor, runs the police; in some counties the sheriff mainly runs the jail and the courts.
Mayors: Hilbig, Archived Campaign Websites of U.S. Mayoral Candidates (CC BY 4.0) and city sites. Sheriffs: Mavridis, US Sheriff Election Data (CC BY 4.0), MIT Election Data + Science Lab (CC0) and county election offices. Crime: FBI Crime Data Explorer.
