Updated December 17, 2024 by the ABC7 Data Team
Updated December 17, 2024 by the ABC7 Data Team

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Homicides
36

Last 12 months
Through December 15

Average Homicides
54

Yearly average
2020 to 2023

Homicide Rate
4.4

Per 100,000 people
Last 12 months

Average Homicide Rate
6.6

Per 100,000 people
2020 to 2023


Homicides over the last 12 months are trending down 33.3% when compared to last year, according to San Francisco Police Department data through December 15.

The murder rate over the last 12 months is down compared to the annual average over the last four years.

The city averaged about 3 homicides a month over the last 12 months. In 2020, that number was about 4 a month.

One way to think about the danger: three years ago, the murder rate was 5.9 per 100,000 residents. That’s lower than the risk of dying in a vehicle crash in California. The rate has risen slightly to 4.4 in the last 12 months.

The risk is not the same neighborhood to neighborhood.

ABC7’s data team looked at the San Francisco Police Department’s crime incident data by police district from 2020 through December 15, 2024. Totals here include murders, but not involuntary manslaughter or justifiable homicide.

A closer look at San Francisco homicides by neighborhood

The map color codes each neighborhood by the homicide rate over the last 12 months. The three darker blues highlight neighborhoods where the murder rate is higher than the citywide rate.

You can click any neighborhood to see detailed numbers or the buttons at the bottom of the map to switch between numbers and rates. You can search for a street, place, landmark or zip code to zoom to that location.