San Francisco Assault

San Francisco · Assault · updated 2026-11-12

In 2025, the latest complete year, San Francisco police open data recorded 6,680 assault incidents, 9.5% of all 70,225 incidents reported in the city that year and down 12.4% from 2024. That is about 807 per 100,000 residents, compared with 1,325 per 100,000 across the 60 US cities on TheCrimeMaps.com with complete 2025 data that list this crime type. So far in 2026, 5,962 assault incidents have been published.

Assault in San Francisco by year

Year	Incidents	Per 100K	vs prior year
2026 (year to date)	5,962	—	—
2025	6,680	807	down 12.4%
2024	7,624	921	down 2.3%
2023	7,806	943	up 1.5%
2022	7,691	929	up 11.2%
2021	6,915	836	up 10.7%
2020	6,248	755	down 21.2%

Year rows reflect the months published by the source; partial years are labelled and never compared or turned into rates. Full archive: 65,091 assault incidents.

Neighborhoods with the most assault (2025)

Tenderloin 994 incidents
Mission 990 incidents
South of Market 869 incidents
Bayview Hunters Point 534 incidents
Financial District/South Beach 369 incidents
Western Addition 266 incidents
Nob Hill 183 incidents
Bernal Heights 161 incidents

Neighborhood names as published by the police feed; counts are not adjusted for population.

Questions

How many assault incidents were reported in San Francisco in 2025?

6,680, according to San Francisco Police Department open data as mapped by TheCrimeMaps.com.

Is assault going up or down in San Francisco?

Reported assault was down 12.4% in 2025 compared with 2024, and down 13.1% compared with 2022 (falling over three years).

Where does this data come from?

Source: San Francisco Police Department open data. TheCrimeMaps.com groups each published offense into a crime type; counts are police-reported incidents, not convictions, and some reports are reclassified or removed by the source later.

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