Violent crime covers assault, robbery, rape, and murder, offenses that threaten people directly. Nationally it is rarer than property crime but carries far heavier consequences. The map below shows the violent crime rate per 1,000 San Francisco residents.
F
Violent Crime Grade |
F |
F |
|
Other Crime Grade |
D+ |
$2.16 million
Cost of Crime™ for San Francisco, PR
In 2025, violent crime will cost $1,363 per household.
On the map, green marks the parts of San Francisco with the least violent crime and red marks the most, weighted by the type and severity of each offense. Violent crime concentrates where people gather after dark, near nightlife, bars, and transit, more than on residential streets. The Interpreting the Crime Maps section below explains how to read those hot spots.
The F grade reflects how often assault, robbery, rape, and murder occur in San Francisco against the average US city, where the rate is much higher than the norm. San Francisco sits in the 6th percentile for violent-crime safety, ahead of 6% of cities and behind 94%. The grade covers only San Francisco's official city boundaries. See the table below for nearby cities.
The violent crime rate in San Francisco is 8.022 per 1,000 residents in a typical year. Residents generally consider the southwest part of the city the safest. Your chance of being a victim ranges from 1 in 79 in the central neighborhoods to 1 in 160 in the southwest.
Counting total incidents instead of per-capita rates, the southwest parts of San Francisco, PR report the most violent crime, about 9 cases per year. The northeast part reports the fewest, around 0 per year.
| San Francisco, PR: | $506 |
|---|---|
| San Juan, PR: | $745 |
| Los Panes, PR: | $387 |
| Puerto Rico: | $568 |
| USA: | $258 |
Crime |
Cost to San Francisco |
Cost per San Francisco Resident |
|---|---|---|
Murder |
$1.08 million |
$252 |
Rape/Sexual Assault |
$197,981 |
$46 |
Robbery |
$127,381 |
$30 |
Assault |
$756,802 |
$177 |
Total Cost of Violent Crime |
$2,159,390 |
$506 |
Violent crime rates are measured per resident, so places packed with visitors after dark read high even when few people live there. Bars, clubs, event venues, and transit hubs draw the crowds where assaults and robberies cluster. How strongly this shows on the map depends on the commercial base; the city has few retail establishments. A red block full of bars and venues does not mean the homes around it are dangerous.
Transit stations show the same effect: large moving crowds, few residents, so per-capita violent crime reads high. Before judging a residential street, weigh both the per-capita rate and the total count of incidents, and note what draws crowds nearby.
The interactive maps load faster on a solid connection. Compare high speed internet in San Francisco, PR at ISP Reports.The table below shows which offenses feed the Violent Crime Grade above, each as crimes per 1,000 San Francisco residents in a standard year.
Crime Type |
Crime Rate |
|---|---|
Assault |
6.174 |
Robbery |
0.9488 |
Rape |
0.7650 |
Murder |
0.1343 |
Total Violent Crime |
8.022 (F) |
Compared to surrounding cities, the rate of violent crime in San Francisco is higher. The table below shows Crime Grades for cities close to San Francisco.
Nearby City | Overall Crime Grade | Violent Crime Grade | Property Crime Grade |
|---|---|---|---|
F | F | F | |
F | F | F | |
F | D- | F | |
D- | F | D- | |
F | F | F | |
D- | D | F | |
F | F | F | |
D- | F | D- | |
D- | D- | F | |
D- | D- | D- |
San Francisco is higher versus other cities of the same size for violent crime. The table below compares crime in cities with comparable overall population in the city‘s boundaries.
Similar City | Overall Crime Grade | Violent Crime Grade | Property Crime Grade |
|---|---|---|---|
A | A- | A- | |
C- | D | D | |
B | B- | B- | |
C- | B- | B- | |
B+ | A- | A- | |
C- | C | C | |
A- | A | A | |
C- | D | D | |
D | D | D | |
F | F | F |
Considering only the violent crime rate, San Francisco is less safe than the Puerto Rico state average and less safe than the national average.
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