Neighborhood overview

Japantown, San Francisco

Recent police-feed safety data for Japantown in San Francisco, compared to the FBI Crime Data Explorer 2025 national average. Sourced directly from the San Francisco police open-data feed.

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Safety Index

Japantown reports lower per-capita rates than San Francisco citywide.

  • Violent (persons)

    185 / 100k local

    vs San Francisco 1,108 / 100k citywide (-83%)

    reference: FBI 328 / 100k national (-44%)

  • Property

    989 / 100k local

    vs San Francisco 3,119 / 100k citywide (-68%)

    reference: FBI 1,548 / 100k national (-36%)

~18,814 residents (estimated, US Census Vintage 2023) · window ~210 days · newest report 5/22/2026 · FBI Crime Data Explorer 2025 (annual sum of monthly UCR rates)

Recent activity (32 reports in the last 30 days)

  • · violent / persons reports down 2 week-over-week (1 this week, 3 the week before).
  • · property reports down 6 week-over-week (1 this week, 7 the week before).
  • · society / public-order reports flat week-over-week (1 this week, 1 the week before).

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How to read this: CommunitySafe summarizes publicly published police reports. Scores reflect historical reporting only — not predictions of future risk, and not a substitute for professional safety advice. Should not be used as the sole basis for housing, lending, insurance, or hiring decisions. See /methodology for the full calculation.

Japantown, San Francisco safety overview · CommunitySafe