Saint Francis Wood is a neighborhood of 5,250 residents in San Francisco, about 4 miles southwest of downtown · Updated November 2026
Is Saint Francis Wood in San Francisco safe?
Crime in Saint Francis Wood is moderate, with an overall CrimeGrade™ of B. Most US neighborhoods have little crime: 74% of Americans live in neighborhoods with less crime than Saint Francis Wood. Violent crime grades better than property crime here, A against D+. San Francisco as a whole grades C. What matters most is the neighborhood: grades within Saint Francis Wood run from B+ to C, so check the map below.
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Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 642 of 1,000Less safe than most US neighborhoodsi What this means
26% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than Saint Francis Wood as a whole, and 74% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Saint Francis Wood scores 642.
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 crime than most US neighborhoods.
How to read the map: each area's color compares its crime with the people, homes and cars there, on one national scale, from green for the least crime 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 Saint Francis Wood, San Francisco, CA at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Saint Francis Wood 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 in Saint Francis Wood
Burglary stands out among B-graded neighborhoods. For the typical resident of a B-graded US neighborhood, the figure is 2.5 burglaries a year per 1,000 residents; Saint Francis Wood has 6.4.
Crime rates and types in Saint Francis Wood
CrimeGrade™ estimates Saint Francis Wood has about 44 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 17% more than the US as a whole and 33% less than San Francisco as a whole.
Overall crime
Violent crime
Property crime
Reported crimes a year, per 1,000 residents. These figures include simple assaults and vandalism, which the FBI's violent and property crime rates leave out.
Theft is the most common crime in Saint Francis Wood, about 40% of everything reported, and it also accounts for the largest share of what crime costs here.
Each CrimeGrade™ compares a crime with what it affects: people for assaults and robbery, homes for burglary, parked cars for vehicle theft. 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.
How Saint Francis Wood compares with nearby neighborhoods
Saint Francis Wood has less crime than 8 of its 10 nearest neighborhoods; only Lakeshore and Twin Peaks have less.
Nearest first, with each place's distance from Saint Francis Wood. Beside each overall CrimeGrade™ is its safety score, from 0 to 1,000 (higher is safer).
Compared with neighborhoods of similar size and density, Saint Francis Wood is safer than 71% of them.
Empty homes, parking lots and walkability in Saint Francis Wood
Two things set Saint Francis Wood apart: it has 11.2% of its homes standing empty, against 7.1% nationally, and 0.2 parking-lot spaces per resident, against 2.0 nationally. Places with many empty homes tend to report more burglary, vandalism and arson, and burglary and vandalism run high here.
Empty homesSeasonal and vacation homes are left out. Places with many empty homes tend to report more burglary, vandalism and arson.11.2% of homesUS: 7.1%Higher than for 84% of residents of US city neighborhoods
Parking lotsBig lots at stores, offices and apartment complexes. Places with more lot space tend to report more theft.0.2 spaces per residentUS: 2.0Lower than for 83% 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 and assault.B- (55 of 100)US: 21Higher than for 68% of residents of US city neighborhoods
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Residents in dense blocksBlocks of 10,000 or more people per square mile. Dense neighborhoods tend to report more robbery and car theft.76% of residentsUS: 24%Higher than for 65% 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 crime costs Saint Francis Wood
Crime costs Saint Francis Wood about $1,052 a year per household, counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, 13% less than the US figure of $1,205.
Cost of crime per resident, per year
Counting the pain and suffering of victims, which comes almost entirely from violent crime, the full cost comes to about $4.8 million a year, or $910 per resident.
How CrimeGrade™ works
A CrimeGrade™ shows how much crime an area has compared with the rest of the country, from A+ for the least crime to F for the most. Every neighborhood in the US is graded on the same scale, so a B in Saint Francis Wood means the same as a B anywhere else.
CrimeGrade™ starts from the crimes people report to police and measures each kind of crime against what it affects: people for assaults, homes for burglaries, parked cars for car thefts.
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.
Schools in Saint Francis Wood, San Francisco, CA average a SchoolGrade of A: 53% of students test proficient, against 50% projected for schools like them. Overall, they meet expectations. See schools in Saint Francis Wood on SchoolGrade
