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Safety index · San Francisco · data through July 2026

Is Excelsior safe?

Excelsior shows a typical level of reported crime for San Francisco. Its SafeRoute safety index is 60 out of 100 — right at the citywide median of 57, ranking 20th of 41 SF neighborhoods — based on 448 incidents reported to the SFPD within 1 km of the neighborhood center (data through July 2026).

60/100
Moderate
SafeRoute safety index for the area within 1 km of the center of Excelsior — higher is safer. 20th of 41 SF neighborhoods.

The largest reported category here is violent crime (16% of reports) — worth taking seriously when walking at night; the full mix is broken down below.

Incidents spread across the day here — roughly 31% of severity-weighted reports come in the evening (6 p.m.–midnight) and 16% overnight.

Where incidents cluster

Geneva AvenueJohn F Foran Freeway neighborhood center 1 dot = 1 report · darker = more severe 500 m N ↑
448 incidents reported within 1 km of the Excelsior center · SFPD data through July 2026 · basemap © OpenStreetMap contributors. Reports cluster toward the west of the map — the area immediately around the neighborhood center is comparatively quiet.
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What's reported here

Violent crime
71 · 16%
Other theft
113 · 25%
Robbery
30 · 7%
Criminal damage & arson
37 · 8%
Other
59 · 13%
Vehicle crime
32 · 7%

When it happens

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Severity-weighted share of reported incidents by time of day, from police incident timestamps.

Walking in Excelsior at night?

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Common questions

Is Excelsior safe at night?

Moderate overall (safety index 60/100). About 47% of severity-weighted incidents in Excelsior are reported between 6 p.m. and 6 a.m. At night, prefer lit, busier streets — a block or two of detour often avoids the clusters on the map above.

What is the most common crime in Excelsior?

Violent crime — 71 of 448 incidents (16%) reported within 1 km of the neighborhood center through July 2026.

How is the Excelsior safety index calculated?

SafeRoute weights each incident reported to the SFPD by severity (violence weighs more than shoplifting), sums the last available period within 1 km of the neighborhood center, and normalizes against citywide crime rates onto a 0–100 scale — higher is safer. It describes reported crime only; it is not a guarantee of safety.