San Francisco Vandalism
San Francisco · Vandalism · updated 2026-11-12
In 2025, the latest complete year, San Francisco police open data recorded 6,237 vandalism incidents, 8.9% of all 70,225 incidents reported in the city that year and down 20.7% from 2024. That is about 754 per 100,000 residents, compared with 741 per 100,000 across the 57 US cities on TheCrimeMaps.com with complete 2025 data that list this crime type. So far in 2026, 4,381 vandalism incidents have been published.
Vandalism in San Francisco by year
| Year | Incidents | Per 100K | vs prior year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (year to date) | 4,381 | — | — |
| 2025 | 6,237 | 754 | down 20.7% |
| 2024 | 7,861 | 950 | down 16.0% |
| 2023 | 9,361 | 1,131 | down 2.7% |
| 2022 | 9,622 | 1,163 | down 6.7% |
| 2021 | 10,313 | 1,246 | up 14.8% |
| 2020 | 8,982 | 1,085 | down 1.3% |
Year rows reflect the months published by the source; partial years are labelled and never compared or turned into rates. Full archive: 74,768 vandalism incidents.
Neighborhoods with the most vandalism (2025)
- Mission 674 incidents
- South of Market 561 incidents
- Tenderloin 499 incidents
- Bayview Hunters Point 457 incidents
- Financial District/South Beach 353 incidents
- Western Addition 269 incidents
- Nob Hill 218 incidents
- Sunset/Parkside 214 incidents
Neighborhood names as published by the police feed; counts are not adjusted for population.
Questions
How many vandalism incidents were reported in San Francisco in 2025?
6,237, according to San Francisco Police Department open data as mapped by TheCrimeMaps.com.
Is vandalism going up or down in San Francisco?
Reported vandalism was down 20.7% in 2025 compared with 2024, and down 35.2% 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.
Other crime types in San Francisco
- San Francisco theft 21,356 in 2025
- San Francisco other 20,630 in 2025
- San Francisco assault 6,680 in 2025
- San Francisco fraud 4,825 in 2025
- San Francisco burglary 4,471 in 2025
- San Francisco auto theft 4,132 in 2025
- San Francisco robbery 1,762 in 2025
- San Francisco sexual assault 88 in 2025
- San Francisco homicide 44 in 2025