SF News Violent Crime Rose In SF In 2021, But Burglaries Declined From 2020 San Francisco Mayor London Breed and SFPD Chief Bill Scott gave a joint press conference Wednesday to discuss 2021 crime statistics in the city, and while violent crime is up from 2020, other types of crime decreased.
SF News As SF's Crime Wave Continues, Police Chief Touts City's Relative Safety We've talked before about how crime is spiking in San Francisco: some blame the income divide, others blame the passage of Prop 47, and still others blame SF's rapid population increase. Today the
SF News Property Crime Up 22%, Violent Crime Up 13% Over Last Year "We've seen an absolute explosion of auto break-ins," said San Francisco Supervisor Scott Wiener to the Santa Cruz Sentinel, adding that "[t]here are areas in my district where you'll have 10 cars
SF News Oakland Makes 'Top 10 Dangerous Cities' List A mind-bending five other cities are considered more violent than Oakland, according to 2010 FBI crime data. A 24/7 Wall Street review of said data revealed that, to the shock of no
SF News Oakland Again Among Top 5 'Most Dangerous' Cities Everyone loves a ranking! In an annual ranking by the CQ Press (pdf), Oakland now stands as the fifth most dangerous city in the country for 2009, just below St. Louis (#1), Camden,
SF News Supreme Court Rules Against Gun Ban Speaking of gun violence, the Supreme Court ruled 5-4 today against the 30-year-old ban against handguns in Chicago, with the liberal justices all voting in the minority. Writing for the majority, Justice Alito
SF News Murderer Convicted Despite Witnesses Saying They Were Completely Eff'd Up That Night Anyone who thinks SF isn't tough enough on violent crime, listen up: Silas Byers, 44, was convicted of first-degree murder on Tuesday in San Francisco court for the June 2009 slaying of Douglas
