San Francisco death figures come from local medical-examiner investigations. Counts are preliminary and cover deaths occurring in the city, including non-residents.
01 / Police data
Drug offence trends
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San Francisco
Drug offense
Last updated Reviewed dataset
Latest complete year · 20256,716police reports
Year over year+62.3%2024 → 2025
Change since 2018+72.3%2018 → 2025
Annual trend · complete years
police reports2025 · 6,716View chart data
Drug offense · police reports · complete years
Year
Value
2018
3,898
2019
3,425
2020
2,435
2021
2,097
2022
3,668
2023
4,235
2024
4,138
2025
6,716
02 / Public health
Overdose deaths
Deaths are a separate measure. Police counts do not measure overdose deaths or drug use.
City and County of San Francisco
Unintentional drug overdose deaths
Last updated Reviewed dataset
Latest complete year · 2025626deaths
Year over year−1.4%2024 → 2025
Change since 2020−13.7%2020 → 2025
Annual trend · complete years
deaths2025 · 626View chart data
Unintentional drug overdose deaths · deaths · complete years