U.S. Post Office and Courthouse · Photo: James Knox Taylor · Public domainSan Francisco has more crime per resident than 95% of U.S. towns
Graded on crimes San Francisco’s police reported from 2023 to 2025, it scores D for safety: #392 of 416 graded towns in California, and #272 of 325 U.S. cities over 100,000. On top of that, among its 7 neighbors with figures, 5 record less crime per resident. The graded rate fell 47% from 2023 to 2025. The yearly rates were 6.0 violent crimes and 41.7 incidents of property crime per 1,000 residents, set against 4.8 and 20.8 in the rest of California.
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. “Rest of CA” is every other California city and town in the FBI’s tables; the U.S. figure is the FBI’s national estimate as published, averaged over the three years. The FBI publishes no national homicide or robbery rate in our data, so those compare with all U.S. cities and towns in its tables.
What stands out about safety in San Francisco
5 of the 7 graded towns next door report less crime
Of the 7 California towns on San Francisco’s borders, 7 have a Safety Grade: Tiburon (B+), Brisbane (C+), Daly City (C), Albany (C−), Alameda (D), Richmond (D), Berkeley (D−). Neighbors ↓
Homicides: below U.S. cities overall
San Francisco’s police reported 28 homicides to the FBI in 2025. Over 2023–2025 that is 4.8 per 100,000 residents a year, above the rest of California (4.1) and below all U.S. cities and towns in the FBI’s tables (5.7). Violent crime ↓
Robberies: 2.3 times the rest of California
272 robberies per 100,000 residents a year over 2023–2025 (1,645 reported in 2025), 2.3 times the rest of California (119) and 3.4 times all U.S. cities and towns in the FBI’s tables (79.4). Violent crime ↓
Against other big cities
Among the 325 U.S. cities over 100,000 we grade, San Francisco reports less crime per resident than 16% (#272). Places like it ↓
A job center
San Francisco has 683,793 jobs based in town for 826,079 residents (Census LEHD), so some reports involve people who work or shop there rather than residents. How to read it ↓
Reported crime is falling
Crime reported per resident fell from 2023 to 2025 by more than ordinary year-to-year swings, on the grade’s own score. Trend ↓
Written from the FBI data on this page. Figures are crimes reported to police, not convictions.
What’s behind San Francisco’s grade
Property crimes plus four times violent crimes reported to the FBI per resident, 2023–2025, on a national curve. Both violent and property crime are higher than in most U.S. towns; violent crime is the closer of the two to typical.
Reported crime per resident, 2023 to 2025
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| Year | San Francisco property | Rest of California property | San Francisco violent | Rest of California violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 62.5 | 23.9 | 7.0 | 5.0 |
| 2023 | 57.1 | 24.1 | 7.1 | 5.3 |
| 2024 | 39.3 | 20.4 | 6.0 | 4.8 |
| 2025 | 29.3 | 18.2 | 4.9 | 4.3 |
Crimes per 1,000 residents
Reported crime per resident fell from 2023 to 2025, by more than ordinary year-to-year swings. Per 1,000 residents, 2022–2025, against the rest of California.
Homicides and robberies
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| Year | San Francisco | Rest of California | U.S. cities (FBI tables) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 7.2 | 5.6 | 7.7 |
| 2023 | 6.6 | 4.9 | 6.8 |
| 2024 | 4.4 | 4.2 | 5.7 |
| 2025 | 3.4 | 3.4 | 4.6 |
Homicides per 100,000 residents
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| Year | San Francisco | Rest of California | U.S. cities (FBI tables) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 310 | 131 | 95.5 |
| 2023 | 350 | 136 | 90.6 |
| 2024 | 267 | 124 | 81.9 |
| 2025 | 202 | 99.0 | 66.0 |
Robberies per 100,000 residents
San Francisco’s police reported 28 homicides, 1,645 robberies and 3,964 violent crimes in all to the FBI in 2025. By year, against the rest of California and all U.S. cities and towns in the FBI’s tables.
Crime in San Francisco per 1,000 residents
Violent crime per 1,000 residents, 2025
Property crime per 1,000 residents, 2025
Crimes reported to police in 2025 per resident; one person can be the victim of more than one, and some reports involve visitors.
And about 5 violent crimes, in 2025. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.
27,873 crimes reported in 2025
2025 offenses reported
Offenses reported to police, not convictions. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting. The last row is counted outside the property total.
3,964 violent and 23,909 property, as reported to the FBI by San Francisco’s police.
82 of the 182 people who died in crashes on San Francisco’s roads in 2019–2023 were pedestrians
San Francisco had 172 fatal crashes in five years, in which 182 people died. 4 of those killed were cyclists. 19 died in crashes on an Interstate.
That is 4.4 deaths per 100,000 residents a year, below the median for California towns of 100,000+ people (7.7, 76 towns).
Among the 39 U.S. cities of 500,000 or more, San Francisco has the 3rd lowest rate.
Deaths are counted where the crash happened, not where the people lived: a highway through town adds through-traffic deaths, and residents’ own risk on roads elsewhere isn’t here. Town rates sit below state and U.S. rates because a third of fatal crashes happen outside any town. Road safety is described here and is not part of the Safety Grade. Source: NHTSA Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), 2019–2023.
San Francisco and its neighbors
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
California towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco | D | 6.0 | 41.7 |
| San Diego | C− | 4.0 | 16.7 |
| San Jose | D | 5.8 | 25.1 |
| Long Beach | D | 6.4 | 30.0 |
| Fresno | D | 7.3 | 29.6 |
| Sacramento | D | 7.6 | 25.6 |
The five graded California towns closest to San Francisco’s population (826,079), by grade.
How reported crime compares across the town line. Tap a town to see its safety page.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- It’s reported crime. Only incidents reported to and recorded by police appear here. Many crimes are never reported to police.
- One number for all of San Francisco. A citywide rate doesn’t show where incidents happen, and that can differ a lot from one part of the city to another.
- Visitors count too. Incidents involving people who work, shop or visit are counted against San Francisco’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (815,330 in 2025); our figure for San Francisco is 826,079 (2025 Census estimate).
- Gaps are real gaps. A missing year means the department didn’t report a full year, not that nothing happened.
How the grade is calculated, for every town: How TownRatings grades safety →
Questions about safety in San Francisco
Is San Francisco, CA safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, San Francisco reports more crime per resident than 95% of U.S. towns, a D Safety Grade and #392 of 416 in California. Its police reported 6.0 violent crimes per 1,000 residents a year, against 4.8 in the rest of California and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
What is the crime rate in San Francisco?
6.0 violent and 41.7 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025, as reported to the FBI. The rest of California reports 4.8 and 20.8; the FBI’s national estimate is 3.6 and 17.6.
How many homicides were there in San Francisco in 2025?
San Francisco’s police reported 28 homicides to the FBI for 2025, 3.4 per 100,000 residents. Across U.S. cities and towns in the FBI’s tables the 2025 figure was 4.6.
Is San Francisco safer than Daly City?
Daly City reports less crime per resident than San Francisco: Daly City grades C for safety and San Francisco D. Daly City’s police reported 3.0 violent and 17.6 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices San Francisco?
San Francisco’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “San Francisco”. Its figures are the ones on this page.
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Crime: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Crime Data Explorer: offenses known to law enforcement by city, 2025, and state and national rates. Counts are crimes reported to police, not convictions. The Safety Grade is our own summary of that data, not an official rating. Road deaths: NHTSA Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), 2019–2023. This isn’t an official statement of public safety. In an emergency, call 911.