Daly City is a city of 107,500 in San Mateo County, about 7 miles southwest of downtown San Francisco · Updated November 2026
How common is violent crime in Daly City?
Violent crime in Daly City sits near the national middle: an A-, with more violent crime than the neighborhoods where 59% of Americans live. Assaults make up 84% of it, and most of those are simple assaults, which involve no weapon and no serious injury.
A-
Violent crime CrimeGrade™
Safety score 819 of 1,000About as much violent crime as the typical US neighborhoodi What this means
41% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more violent crime than Daly City as a whole, and 59% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a violent crime safety score of 860, a CrimeGrade™ of A. Daly City scores 819.
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 violent crime than most US neighborhoods.
How to read the map: each area's color compares its violent crime with the people who spend time there, on one national scale, from green for the least to red for the most. Each area gets its own color, so a busy downtown or nightlife strip can show red while the homes around it stay green. The interactive maps load faster on a solid connection. Compare high speed internet in Daly City, CA at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Daly City, 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 violent crime in Daly City
One part of Daly City stands out for robbery. Robberies in Crocker, Bayshore & Southern Hills, in northeast Daly City, run at more than double the rate in the rest of the city.
Simple assault runs low. Daly City has 5.1 simple assaults a year per 1,000 residents, about half the US rate of 9.7.
Where violent crime is lowest and highest in Daly City
Every part of Daly City where people live grades A or B for violent crime on the national scale. Violent crime grades across Daly City run from A to B.
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Share of residents, by the violent crime CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
1Serramonte, southRobberies run at a small fraction of the rate in the rest of Daly City.A878
2St. Francis, southwestAggravated assaults run about 40% lower here than in the rest of Daly City.A855
3Lakeshore, northwestSimple assaults run about 40% lower here than in the rest of Daly City.A850
5Original Daly City, northClose to the rest of Daly City on most crimes.A-793
6Hillside, eastClose to the rest of Daly City on most crimes.A-773
7Crocker, Bayshore & Southern Hills, northeastAggravated assaults run about 40% higher here than in the rest of Daly City.B+742
Neighborhood areas of Daly City, ranked by violent crime CrimeGrade™; beside each grade is its safety score, from 0 to 1,000 (higher is safer). Each one combines several of the smaller areas on the map.
Is violent crime going up in Daly City?
Reported violent crime in Daly City has risen 30% since 2019. Murders, rapes, robberies and aggravated assaults went from about 2.2 to 2.9 a year per 1,000 residents (US: 3.7). In 2024 alone, violent crime fell 17%.
Violent crime, change since 2019
Daly CityUnited States
Source: crime reports to the FBI from the police department that serves Daly City. The charts follow crimes per resident.
Data table
Year
Violent, Daly City
Violent, US
2016
+5%
+4%
2017
+14%
+4%
2018
+4%
+0%
2019
+0%
+0%
2020
-14%
+4%
2021
+30%
+6%
2022
+59%
+5%
2023
+57%
+2%
2024
+30%
-4%
Violent crime rates and types in Daly City
CrimeGrade™ estimates Daly City has about 8.0 reported violent crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 41% less than the US as a whole and 34% less than California.
All violent crime
Assaults
Robbery
Reported crimes a year, per 1,000 residents. Violent crime here includes simple assaults, which the FBI's violent crime rate leaves out.
Assault is the most common violent crime in Daly City, about 84% of the total.
Each CrimeGrade™ here compares a violent crime with the people who spend time in an area, not only the people who live there. 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.
Where and when violent crime happens in Daly City
Daly City has its own police department, and these figures come from its reports, 2022 to 2024.
In Daly City, 46% of aggravated assaults happen at a home, against 53% nationally. Robberies happen most often at stores and businesses: 53% of them.
Crime
Most often at
Busiest time
Robbery
Stores and businesses (53%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Aggravated assault
Homes (46%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Shares of the crimes reported to police, 2022 to 2024. Reports with no time recorded are left out of the times.
Violent crime in Daly City and nearby cities
Of the 9 cities closest to Daly City, 6 have less violent crime. Millbrae and Pedro Valley have the least.
Nearest first, with each place's distance from Daly City. Beside each violent crime CrimeGrade™ is its safety score, from 0 to 1,000 (higher is safer).
Compared with cities of similar size and density, Daly City is safer than 66% of them.
Among the traits that tend to go with violent crime, two set Daly City apart: it has 86% of its residents in dense blocks, against 24% nationally, and a Walk Grade of C+ (42 of 100) on BestNeighborhood, against 21 for the US as a whole. Places like that tend to report more robbery, and it runs high here.
Residents in dense blocksBlocks of 10,000 or more people per square mile. Dense neighborhoods tend to report more robbery.86% of residentsUS: 24%Higher than for 94% of US city residents
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 assault.C+ (42 of 100)US: 21Higher than for 89% of US city residents
JobsJobs draw daytime crowds. Places with many jobs tend to report more robbery.19 for every 100 residentsUS: 45Lower than for 88% of US city residents
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Transit serviceBuses and trains an hour at the evening rush. Places with busy transit tend to report more robbery. BestNeighborhood's Transit Grade for Daly City: C (33 of 100).10 trips an hourUS: noneHigher than for 84% of US city residents
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 violent crime costs Daly City
Counting the pain and suffering of victims, violent crime costs Daly City about $69 million a year, or $644 per resident. The costs that reach a bill, such as medical care, lost work and the justice system, come to about $17 million, or $157 per resident.
Billed cost of violent crime per resident, per year
How the cost breaks down
Pain and suffering are about 76% of that full cost.
Crime
Cost a year
Per resident
Murder
$2.9 million
$27
Rape
$2.0 million
$18
Robbery
$3.1 million
$29
Assault
$9.0 million
$84
Total
$17 million
$157
How CrimeGrade™ works
The violent crime CrimeGrade™ covers murder, rape, robbery and assault, from A+ for the least crime to F for the most, on one scale for the whole country.
It weighs each violent crime against the people who spend time in an area, so a busy downtown is graded on its workers and visitors as well as its residents.
The rates on this page count crimes for every 1,000 people who live here, the way police departments report them. Daly City is the other kind of example: few people work in, shop in or visit it, so its crime per resident looks lower than its CrimeGrade™ suggests.
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
Published research on what crime costs victims and communities
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.
