Lakeshore, San Francisco, CA Property Crime Rates and Maps
Lakeshore is a neighborhood of 18,400 residents in San Francisco, about 5 miles southwest of downtown · Updated November 2026
How common is property crime in Lakeshore?
Property crime is high in Lakeshore: a C, with more property crime than the neighborhoods where 82% of Americans live. Theft makes up 59% of it. Burglary, the crime most likely to reach into a home, grades B+, and vehicle theft grades D-. San Francisco as a whole grades F for property crime.
C
Property crime CrimeGrade™
Safety score 442 of 1,000More property crime than most US neighborhoodsi What this means
18% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more property crime than Lakeshore as a whole, and 82% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a property crime safety score of 823, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Lakeshore scores 442.
Crime is concentrated in a small share of places, so most neighborhoods score high on the 0 to 1,000 scale. That is why a score in the 800s can still mean more property crime than most US neighborhoods.
How to read the map: each area's color compares its property crime with the homes, parked cars and people there, on one national scale, from green for the least to red for the most. Each area gets its own color, so a busy shopping center can show red while the homes beside it stay green. The interactive maps load faster on a strong connection. Compare high speed internet in Lakeshore, San Francisco, CA at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Lakeshore in San Francisco, and anyone thinking about buying or renting a home there.
Business and enterprise customers: this free map shows neighborhood areas. CrimeGrade™ business reports map crime at about 66-meter detail and estimate it for one address and type of business. See business reports
What stands out about property crime in Lakeshore
Car thefts run high. Lakeshore has car thefts at more than double the US rate: 6.2 a year per 1,000 residents, against 2.7 nationally.
How Lakeshore compares within San Francisco
Property crime changes a lot from one part of Lakeshore to the next: 26% of residents live in areas graded A or B, while 50% live in areas graded D or F. Property crime grades across Lakeshore run from A to F.
26%24%50%
A or B 26%C 24%D or F 50%
Share of residents, by the property crime CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
Lakeshore has less property crime than 42 of the 43 neighborhoods in San Francisco. It covers much of the Ocean View, Lakeshore, and Parkside areas.
Is property crime going up in San Francisco?
Reported property crime in San Francisco as a whole has fallen 31% since 2019. Burglaries, thefts and vehicle thefts went from about 56 to 38 a year per 1,000 residents (US: 18). In 2024 alone, property crime fell 30%.
Property crime, change since 2019
San FranciscoUnited States
Source: crime reports to the FBI from the police departments that serve San Francisco. The charts follow crimes per resident.
Data table
Year
Property, San Francisco
Property, US
2016
-2%
+15%
2017
+12%
+12%
2018
+1%
+4%
2019
+0%
+0%
2020
-20%
-8%
2021
+4%
-10%
2022
+6%
-6%
2023
-2%
-7%
2024
-31%
-15%
Property crime rates and types in Lakeshore
CrimeGrade™ estimates Lakeshore has about 48 reported property crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, about double the rate for the US as a whole and close to San Francisco as a whole.
All property crime
Burglary
Vehicle theft
Reported crimes a year, per 1,000 residents. Property crime here includes vandalism, which the FBI's property crime rate leaves out.
Theft is the most common property crime in Lakeshore, about 59% of the total, followed by vandalism and vehicle theft.
Each CrimeGrade™ here compares a property crime with what it affects: homes for burglary and arson, parked cars for vehicle theft, people and parking for theft, homes and businesses for vandalism. Rates count crimes per 1,000 residents.
Select a crime's name to see its map above. CrimeGrade™ business reports map each crime at about 66-meter detail.
Property crime in Lakeshore and nearby neighborhoods
Lakeshore has the least property crime of its 10 nearest neighborhoods.
Nearest first, with each place's distance from Lakeshore. Beside each property crime CrimeGrade™ is its safety score, from 0 to 1,000 (higher is safer).
Compared with neighborhoods of similar size and density, Lakeshore is safer than 67% of them.
Night lighting, empty homes and walkability in Lakeshore
Among the traits that tend to go with property crime, two set Lakeshore apart: it has 13.2% of its homes standing empty, against 7.1% nationally, and a Walk Grade of B (60 of 100) on BestNeighborhood, against 21 for the US as a whole. Places like that tend to report more burglary, vandalism and arson, and burglary and vandalism run high here.
Lit at nightSatellite images show which neighborhoods are lit at night, a sign of busy streets and businesses. Brightly lit places tend to report more theft and vandalism.95% where people liveUS: 78%Lower than for 96% of residents of US city neighborhoods
Empty homesSeasonal and vacation homes are left out. Places with many empty homes tend to report more burglary, vandalism and arson.13.2% of homesUS: 7.1%Higher than for 90% of residents of US city neighborhoods
Walk GradeBestNeighborhood's grade for getting through daily life on foot, traced along real walking routes to shops, schools and parks. Walkable places tend to report more theft.B (60 of 100)US: 21Higher than for 71% of residents of US city neighborhoods
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Stores and restaurantsShops and restaurants draw crowds and parked cars. Places with many stores tend to report more theft and car theft.14.0 per 1,000 residentsUS: 10.5Higher than for 77% of residents of US city neighborhoods
These traits tend to go with more or less crime; none of them causes it on its own. Sources: Census job counts and housing figures, OpenStreetMap and Overture business listings, CrimeGrade™ parking estimates, NASA night-light imagery, US Forest Service tree cover, EPA transit data and BestNeighborhood's Walk Grade.
What property crime costs Lakeshore
Property crime costs Lakeshore about $6.3 million a year, or $345 per resident and about $833 per household: the value of what is stolen or damaged, plus the police, courts and prisons that respond.
Cost of property crime per resident, per year
How CrimeGrade™ works
The property crime CrimeGrade™ covers burglary, theft, car theft, arson and vandalism, from A+ for the least crime to F for the most, on one scale for the whole country.
It weighs each property crime against what it affects: homes for burglary and arson, parked cars for car theft, and the people and parking around stores for theft.
The rates on this page count crimes for every 1,000 people who live here, the way police departments report them.
Comparisons with US neighborhoods use the Census Bureau's block groups, small areas of about 1,400 residents, and count the people who live in each. The figures count crimes reported to police; many crimes, shoplifting above all, never are. Behind the grades, CrimeGrade™ tested 21,607 factors from 125 data families. For business owners, paid CrimeGrade™ location reports estimate crime at a single address for each type of business.
Where the numbers come from
Crime reports that police departments file with the FBI
State crime records and city crime data, where they are published
These are estimates of reported crime for whole areas, not a record of what happened on any one street. CrimeGrade™ updates them once a year and provides them free and without guarantee. Check local sources before you rely on them for a decision.
