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Safety index · San Francisco · data through July 2026

Is Mission safe?

Mission records a high level of reported crime for San Francisco. Its SafeRoute safety index is 17 out of 100 — 40 points below the citywide median of 57, ranking 38th of 41 SF neighborhoods — based on 3,320 incidents reported to the SFPD within 1 km of the neighborhood center (data through July 2026).

17/100
High risk
SafeRoute safety index for the area within 1 km of the center of Mission — higher is safer. 38th of 41 SF neighborhoods.

Most of what's reported here is property-related — drugs alone is 28% of reports — rather than violence against strangers, though the full mix below is worth a look.

Incidents spread across the day here — roughly 26% of severity-weighted reports come in the evening (6 p.m.–midnight) and 17% overnight.

Where incidents cluster

Guerrero StreetDolores Street neighborhood center 1 dot = 1 report · darker = more severe 500 m N ↑
3,320 incidents reported within 1 km of the Mission center (500 shown) · SFPD data through July 2026 · basemap © OpenStreetMap contributors. Reports cluster toward the north-west of the map — the area immediately around the neighborhood center is comparatively quiet.
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What's reported here

Drugs
936 · 28%
Violent crime
405 · 12%
Other theft
618 · 19%
Criminal damage & arson
192 · 6%
Other
436 · 13%
Public order
150 · 5%

When it happens

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

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Nearby areas

Common questions

Is Mission safe at night?

High risk overall (safety index 17/100). About 43% of severity-weighted incidents in Mission 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 Mission?

Drugs — 936 of 3,320 incidents (28%) reported within 1 km of the neighborhood center through July 2026.

How is the Mission 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.