Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2024
San Francisco, CA Crime Grade
How San Francisco grades for violent crime against every other reporting U.S. city — and against the rest of California — based on the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting data.
National
10/10
vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population
California
9/10
vs. California cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2024, the violent crime rate in San Francisco, CA was 596.5 per 100,000 residents (4,789 incidents over a population of 802,856). That puts San Francisco Infinity% above the U.S. rate of 0.0 and 25% above the California statewide rate of 478.7.
That ranks San Francisco #3,415 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 9% of them, and #321 of 371 in California. Violent crime is down 16% year over year and down 11% over the last five years.
San Francisco, CA crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- F (10/10)
- California Grade
- F (9/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 596.5 / 100k
- National rank
- #3,415 of 3,771
- CA rank
- #321 of 371
- Safer than
- 9% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- down 16%
- 5-year change
- down 11%
- Population
- 802,856
- Reporting agency
- San Francisco Police Department
- Data year
- 2024 · FBI UCR
Reported by San Francisco Police Department (FBI ORI CA0380100) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About San Francisco, CA
Also known as
- Yerba Buena
- New Albion
- Frisco
Location
Located on the northern neck of land that is bound on the north by Golden Gate channel, on the east by San Francisco Bay and on the west by the Pacific Ocean. (US-T121)
Name history sourced from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) — public-domain federal geographic-names data.
Violent crime rate, 5-year trend
Per 100,000 residents. San Francisco (red), California (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
San Francisco vs. U.S., 2024 — by offense
Rates per 100,000 residents for each offense category.
Full data, last 5 years
Rates per 100,000 residents. Raw counts in parentheses.
| Offense | 2019 | 2020 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violent crime | 669.6(5,933) | 544.1(4,796) | 696.1(5,323) | 710.2(5,560) | 596.5(4,789) |
| Murder | 4.5(40) | 5.4(48) | 7.2(55) | 6.6(52) | 4.4(35) |
| Rape | 36.6(324) | 22.5(198) | 40.3(308) | 37.3(292) | 34.9(280) |
| Robbery | 344.8(3,055) | 270.9(2,388) | 310.1(2,371) | 349.7(2,738) | 267.2(2,145) |
| Aggravated assault | 283.7(2,514) | 245.3(2,162) | 338.6(2,589) | 316.5(2,478) | 290.1(2,329) |
| Property crime | 5536.6(49,055) | 4437.1(39,114) | 6290.5(48,103) | 5753.9(45,044) | 3962.2(31,811) |
| Burglary | 524.1(4,644) | 845.4(7,452) | 777.7(5,947) | 720.8(5,643) | 637.5(5,118) |
| Larceny | 4501.9(39,887) | 2872.2(25,319) | 4646.3(35,530) | 4135.3(32,373) | 2618.9(21,026) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 479.6(4,249) | 676.8(5,966) | 821.5(6,282) | 856.4(6,704) | 672.7(5,401) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the San Francisco, CA Crime Grade?
- FBI Uniform Crime Reporting via the Crime Data Explorer. Agency-level data, pulled directly. No third-party aggregators, no proprietary score.
- What metric does the San Francisco Crime Grade use?
- Violent crime rate per 100,000 residents (murder + rape + robbery + aggravated assault), most recent fully-reported year.
- How is the national decile for San Francisco calculated?
- San Francisco's rate placed against all FBI-reporting U.S. cities with population ≥ 25,000. 1 = safest.
- How is the California state decile calculated?
- Same calculation restricted to California cities with population ≥ 10,000.
- How do decile scores convert to a letter grade?
- 1–3 = A · 4–5 = B · 6–7 = C · 8 = D · 9–10 = F.
- How often is the San Francisco Crime Grade refreshed?
- Twice a year. The FBI typically releases the prior year's full data each September.
- What are the limits of this Crime Grade?
- The FBI relies on local agency reporting. Rates reflect what was reported, not what occurred.
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