South San Francisco, CA Crime Rate & Safety

FBI UCR Data Snapshot: South San Francisco, CA

South San Francisco, CA — reporting population 62,229 in 2024 — recorded 187 violent crimes and 970 property crimes in the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program's Table 8 city-level submissions. The city's violent crime rate works out to 300.5 per 100,000 residents, while the property crime rate reaches 1558.8 per 100,000. Combining those two rates against national benchmarks yields a composite safety grade of F (High Risk), scoring 0 out of 100.

Within the violent crime count, aggravated assault accounted for 151 incidents, robbery 22, murder 0, and rape 14 in 2024. Property crime splits into larceny-theft (689), burglary (64), motor vehicle theft (217), and arson (10). Larceny-theft and other property offenses typically dominate city crime counts, and larceny-theft leads South San Francisco's mix at 59.6% of all Part I offenses.

Against the national violent crime average, South San Francisco runs 326% above the US benchmark, and 37% below the California statewide rate. Translated to per-capita risk, the 2024 figures imply roughly a 1 in 54 statistical chance of being named in a crime report that year, narrowing to 1 in 333 for a violent offense. UCR figures reflect offenses reported to and submitted by local law enforcement and may undercount unreported crime.