Crime in San Francisco: Homicides, Rapes, Robberies, Aggravated Assaults, Burglaries, Larceny Thefts, Auto Thefts, and Arson

Violent Crimes & Property Crimes in San Francisco since 2009.

By Wolf Richter for WOLF STREET.

We update the charts here annually, most recently in January 2025 with the data for 2024. The data comes from two sources:

  • Data from 2015 on comes from the San Francisco Police Department. The publicly available data goes back to 2015.
  • Data for 2014 and back through 2009 comes from the Uniform Crime Reporting Program, under which the City submits crime data to the FBI.

Violent Crimes:

Number of Homicides in San Francisco, by year:

Number of Rapes in San Francisco, by year:

Number of Robberies in San Francisco, by year:

Number of Aggravated Assaults in San Francisco, by year:

Property Crimes:

Number of Burglaries in San Francisco, by year:

Number of Auto Thefts in San Francisco, by year:

Number of Larceny Thefts in San Francisco, including Thefts from Vehicles (blue) by year:

Arson in San Francisco, by year: