San Francisco is suffering a police staffing crisis. And yet its crime rate has plummeted along with its count of sworn ...

In 2022, San Francisco's violent crime rate was 647 per 100,000 residents, per SFPD data — a rise from 2020's 550, and 2021's 603, but lower than the prepandemic figure from 2019 of 696.

Breed has also touted a reduction in property crimes and larceny thefts this year compared to 2023 and 2022. “When you look at San Francisco over the decades and you look at our violent crime ...

A mid-2022 report showed that ... not prosecute public drug use," The San Francisco Standard reported. While drug possession remains a misdemeanor crime, experts told the Standard that the city's ...

At a recent town hall meeting in San Francisco, the moderator asked the audience of about 200 people to raise their hand if they had been the victim of a recent car, home, or business break-in.

Crime here is actually very low. San Francisco Police Department numbers ... asked to stop replacing the glass panels. That was in 2022. SFMTA said, "The glass kept getting broken, which was ...