San Francisco Neighborhood Ratings

78.7% of San Franciscans feel safe walking alone in their neighborhood during the day, and 59.7% feel safe at night. 48.5% give the cleanliness of their streets and sidewalks an A or a B. The answers come from the city's resident survey for 2026, and they vary a lot from one neighborhood to the next.

Noe Valley has the highest share of residents who feel safe at night, and Presidio Heights gives its streets the best grades for cleanliness. Put together, residents of Presidio Heights, Noe Valley and West of Twin Peaks rate their neighborhoods highest, as shown on the best neighborhoods page next to rents and sale prices.

How Residents Rate Their Neighborhoods

Fewer than half of residents give any of the three street questions an A or a B, and the gap between feeling safe by day and by night is about 19 points citywide.

Neighborhood Ratings Ranked

5 rankings in 2 sections, plus the best neighborhoods score that combines safety and clean streets. Each one lists the 35 neighborhoods with enough survey responses against the citywide figure.

Safety

How safe residents feel walking alone in their neighborhood, day and night.

• Feel safe walking at night59.7%
• Feel safe walking during the day78.7%

Streets and sidewalks

How residents grade the cleanliness and condition of their streets and sidewalks.

• Clean streets and sidewalks48.5%
• Street pavement in good shape42.8%
• Sidewalks and curb ramps in good shape47.8%

Where the Numbers Come From

The San Francisco City Survey is run by the Controller's Office, which publishes every response on DataSF. The figures here use the 2023 and 2026 surveys, 4,754 residents in all, because those are the years that record each resident's neighborhood. Answers are weighted to match the city's population, and each neighborhood is compared with the city in the same year so the two surveys can be combined. Neighborhoods with fewer than 40 responses are left out. The methodology page has the details.