Safety index · San Francisco · data through November 2026
Is Visitacion Valley safe?
Visitacion Valley shows a typical level of reported crime for San Francisco. Its SafeRoute safety index is 66 out of 100 — 15 points above the citywide median of 51, ranking 14th of 41 SF neighborhoods — based on 402 incidents reported to the SFPD within 1 km of the neighborhood center over the 9 months to November 2026.
DATA THROUGH NOVEMBER 2026 · 9 MONTHS OF DATA
The 0–100 scale is calibrated to San Francisco — a typical San Francisco neighborhood sits near 51. It ranks Visitacion Valley against other neighborhoods here, and cannot be read against a score in another city.
Most of what's reported here is property-related — other theft alone is 26% of reports — rather than violence against strangers, though the full mix below is worth a look.
Incidents spread across the day here — roughly 28% of severity-weighted reports come in the evening (6 p.m.–midnight) and 16% overnight.
Where incidents cluster
What's reported here
| Other theft | 103 · 26% | |
| Violent crime | 77 · 19% | |
| Other | 56 · 14% | |
| Vehicle crime | 53 · 13% | |
| Criminal damage & arson | 46 · 11% | |
| Robbery | 24 · 6% |
When it happens
Severity-weighted share of reported incidents by time of day, from police incident timestamps.
Is San Francisco safe at night? See which neighborhoods see the most reported crime after dark →
Walking in Visitacion Valley at night?
SafeRoute scores every walking route against the same official crime data on this page — and shows how much of each route runs on lit streets. Compare the routes and share your walk. Free, no account.
Get SafeRoute on the App StoreNearby areas
- McLaren Park72/100 · Moderate
- Portola58/100 · Moderate
- Excelsior55/100 · Moderate
- Bayview Hunters Point40/100 · Elevated
- Bernal Heights50/100 · Moderate
Common questions
Is Visitacion Valley safe at night?
Moderate overall (safety index 66/100). About 44% of severity-weighted incidents in Visitacion Valley 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 Visitacion Valley?
Other theft — 103 of 402 incidents (26%) reported within 1 km of the neighborhood center over the 9 months to November 2026.
How is the Visitacion Valley 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. The scale is calibrated within San Francisco, so scores compare neighborhoods to each other and cannot be read against another city's.