Mission, San Francisco, CA Property Crime Rates and Maps

Mission is a neighborhood of 40,900 residents in San Francisco, close to downtown · Updated November 2026

How common is property crime in Mission?

Property crime is high in Mission: an F, with more property crime than the neighborhoods where 99% of Americans live. Theft makes up 45% of it. Burglary, the crime most likely to reach into a home, grades D+, and vehicle theft grades F. San Francisco as a whole grades F for property crime.

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Property crime CrimeGrade™Safety score 0 of 1,000
More property crime than nearly all US neighborhoods What this means

1% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more property crime than Mission as a whole, and 99% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a property crime safety score of 823, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Mission scores 0.

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.

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Overall crimeSafety score 0 of 1,000Less safe than nearly all US neighborhoods
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Violent crimeSafety score 444 of 1,000More violent crime than most US neighborhoods

How it works


Property crime map of Mission

Map of Mission shaded by property crime CrimeGrade™, from green for the least crime to red for the most
Click the map to explore
F D C B A+
Highest crime Safest
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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 Mission, San Francisco, CA at ISP Reports.

Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Mission 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 Mission

Burglary stands out among neighborhoods graded F for property crime. For the typical resident of a US neighborhood graded F for property crime, the figure is 3.4 burglaries a year per 1,000 residents; Mission has 8.0.

Car thefts and acts of vandalism both run high. In Mission, each runs at more than triple the US rate: 12.2 car thefts and 25.1 acts of vandalism a year per 1,000 residents, against 2.7 and 5.5 nationally.


How Mission compares within San Francisco

Every part of Mission grades D or F for property crime on the national scale.

D or F 100%

Share of residents, by the property crime CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.

Mission has less property crime than 3 of the 43 neighborhoods in San Francisco. It covers much of the Mission and Potrero 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
YearProperty, San FranciscoProperty, 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 Mission

CrimeGrade™ estimates Mission has about 84 reported property crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, more than triple the rate for the US as a whole and 57% more than 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 Mission, about 45% of the total, followed by vandalism and vehicle theft.

CrimeCrimeGrade™Reported a yearPer 1,000 residentsUS per 1,000
BurglaryD+3288.02.4
TheftD-1,55237.913.1
Vehicle theftF49812.22.7
ArsonF290.700.12
VandalismF1,02725.15.5

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 Mission and nearby neighborhoods

Mission has more property crime than 8 of its 10 nearest neighborhoods. Diamond Heights and Potrero have the least property crime nearby.

Nearby neighborhoods

PlacePropertyOverallResidents
MissionF0F40,900
Liberty Street Historic District 1 mileF0F9,550
Duboce Triangle 1 mileF0F8,140
Potrero 1 mileF73B-17,000
Diamond Heights 2 milesD+285B3,380
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PlacePropertyOverallResidents
Noe Valley 1 mileF0D+21,500
Castro-Upper Market 1 mileF0F14,600
Bernal Heights 1 mileF0F19,500
South of Market 2 milesF0C52,100
Downtown San Francisco 2 milesF0F44,900
Western Addition 2 milesF0F56,600

Nearest first, with each place's distance from Mission. 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, Mission has more property crime than 99% of them.

Neighborhoods of similar size and density

PlacePropertyOverallResidents
MissionF0F40,900
Northeast, Anaheim, CAB-591B40,300
Dunning, Chicago, ILB-544B+41,500
Central Escondido, Escondido, CAC+506B-41,300
Auburndale, Queens, NYC+478B+40,700
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PlacePropertyOverallResidents
Wheaton-Glenmont, Wheaton, MDC+470B41,600
New Brighton, Staten Island, NYD+296D41,500
Morningside Heights, Manhattan, NYD+264B-40,700
Woodhaven, Queens, NYF0C-40,700
Richmond, Philadelphia, PAF0F40,600
Oak Lane, Philadelphia, PAF0F41,400

Walkability, shops and density in Mission

Among the traits that tend to go with property crime, two set Mission apart: it has a Walk Grade of A+ (96 of 100) on BestNeighborhood, against 21 for the US as a whole, and 25.7 stores and restaurants for every 1,000 residents, against 10.5 nationally. Places like that tend to report more theft, and it runs high here.

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. 99% of residents here live in walkable areas.A+ (96 of 100)US: 21Higher than for 98% of residents of US city neighborhoods
Stores and restaurantsShops and restaurants draw crowds and parked cars. Places with many stores tend to report more theft and car theft.25.7 per 1,000 residentsUS: 10.5Higher than for 93% of residents of US city neighborhoods
Residents in dense blocksBlocks of 10,000 or more people per square mile. Dense neighborhoods tend to report more car theft.98% of residentsUS: 24%Higher than for 88% of residents of US city neighborhoods
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Empty homesSeasonal and vacation homes are left out. Places with many empty homes tend to report more burglary, vandalism and arson.12.1% of homesUS: 7.1%Higher than for 87% 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 Mission

Property crime costs Mission about $27 million a year, or $648 per resident and about $1,570 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
  • Population and housing figures from the US Census Bureau
  • Published research on what crime costs victims and communities
  • The San Francisco Police Department publishes its own crime data

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.

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