| Level of crime | 61.64 | High | |
| Crime increasing in the past 3 years | 67.17 | High | |
| Worries home broken and things stolen | 48.39 | Moderate | |
| Worries being mugged or robbed | 50.68 | Moderate | |
| Worries car stolen | 49.42 | Moderate | |
| Worries things from car stolen | 71.06 | High | |
| Worries attacked | 49.32 | Moderate | |
| Worries being insulted | 60.95 | High | |
| Worries being subject to a physical attack because of your skin color, ethnic origin, gender or religion | 30.60 | Low | |
| Problem people using or dealing drugs | 72.51 | High | |
| Problem property crimes such as vandalism and theft | 70.34 | High | |
| Problem violent crimes such as assault and armed robbery | 51.59 | Moderate | |
| Problem corruption and bribery | 39.93 | Low |
| Safety walking alone during daylight | 70.11 | High | |
| Safety walking alone during night | 40.41 | Moderate |
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Last update: April 2020
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11 Comments so far
I never went into the city but as a Canadian (Montrealer), I read the news that Toronto might be the next San Francisco because of the widening gap between the rich and the poor, especially that the former is raising its ranks among the global tech hub.
You think I'm just unlucky? Hardly. Think any of that was in particularly bad neighborhoods? Nope, I always avoided those. My experience is what a relatively careful person who sticks to good neighborhoods experiences over a decade. So really, just the tip of the crime iceberg in this otherwise totally beautiful city.
In short. Beware. You are safe nowhere.
Lol. This is worse than any major city I have seen in the world.
-Amazing restaurants, events,museums and cultural events in general
-Very multicultural
-Filled with organic grocery stores with high quality food, yum!
-beautiful buildings and decoration
-I'ts a very authentic city, each neighborhood is so special and different from one another.
-All kinds of interesting people making their dreams a reality
-liberal mindset towards political, social,economic and sexual issues
-There is many beaches and parks near. Hello ocean beach and muir woods :D
-Great transportation and very walk-able.
CONS:
Mainly one, there is an incredible problem with drug addicts and homeless people, and I mean it.It's extremely sad and depressing, specially considering the amount of money that is produced in this city. On one side you have some of the wealthiest people in the world and then you have all this people puking,talking alone and asking for money with their anorexic dogs and children in the middle of the streets.Specially the Tenderloin. (Be aware)
Pros: Moderate weather, very few things like mosquitoes and cockroaches! Enormous amount and variety of restaurants, galleries, museums, music venues. Universities and cheap classes offered to the public abound. Great public transportation! Interesting people from all over the world visit and/or live here. The beach (not a warm, palms and cocktails kind) is right here, Golden Gate Park is a joy. A drive down the coast takes you to Santa Cruz, Carmel and points south. Northeast takes you to Yosemite and the Sierras. In SF itself, there's a lot of wonderful architecture, especially in neighborhoods (modern stuff is indistinguishable from any other city and therefore boring).
Cons: Horrific homeless problem, escalating crime. Astonishingly horrible rents. Residents who buy cars (unnecessary) and park them on the sidewalks. My neighborhood is entirely residential, single-story homes. There are usually 50 houses per block (that's both sides of street). The other day there were just over 100 cars on the sidewalks. These houses also have garages. And street parking. And these drivers are all angry and block other people's driveways. Yuck!
Pros:
- laid back
- moderate weather
Cons:
- many emotionally-driven idiots who fail to use logic live here.
- you have to remain vigilant. muggings are not rare.
- being downtown is unpleasant. LOTS of homeless people, litter, noisy and crowded streets/sidewalks. it's impossible to relax there. the homeless problem is huge.
- really, the only beautiful parts of SF are golden gate park, castro park, marina, and presidio. otherwise, the city's a dump.
The only places you want to avoid is market street, tenderloin, and bayview hunters point. The mission's getting better and more gentrified, but it's still gritty. SF used to have a much larger gang culture, but that's dying down pretty rapidly, so that's a plus.
but yeah, get me the hell out of this place.