Safest Neighborhoods in San Francisco at Night
Noe Valley has the highest share of residents who feel safe walking alone at night in San Francisco at 79.9%, and South of Market the lowest at 41.6%, a spread of 38.3 points. The citywide figure is 59.7%, and 20 of 35 neighborhoods sit above it.
Residents who feel safe or very safe walking alone in their neighborhood at night. For related figures, see the San Francisco neighborhood ratings overview, and the methodology for how the numbers are built.
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35 neighborhoods ranked
No figure for Japantown, Presidio and Treasure Island: fewer than 40 residents there answered this question in 2023 and 2026, too few for a steady figure.
Feel safe walking at night across the city
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Residents who feel safe or very safe walking alone in their neighborhood at night. The question, from the San Francisco City Survey run by the Controller's Office: "How safe do you feel while walking alone in your neighborhood at night?" Each resident's answer is weighted so the people who answered look like the city's population, and the share shown is the weighted share answering safe or very safe.
The survey asked where people live only from 2023 on, so each figure combines the 2023 and 2026 surveys. Answers moved a lot citywide between the two (36.6% in 2023, 59.7% in 2026), so each neighborhood is measured against the city in the same year, and that gap is set against the 2026 citywide figure. The Responses column is the number of residents behind each figure. A few dozen people is a small sample, so neighborhoods a few points apart are effectively tied, and any neighborhood with fewer than 40 responses is left out. This is how residents feel about their own streets, not a crime rate or an inspection score.
More safety rankings
San Francisco Neighborhood Safety Ratings →
Other San Francisco data
- Rent6
- Home values4
- Income2
- Owners and renters2
- Vacancy9
- Building types11
- Year built11
- Households3
- Housing stock2
- Age5
- Race and ethnicity6
- Education3
- Commute6
- Language and birthplace7
- Streets and sidewalks3
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