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Japantown.

Population 3,899. The current incident file starts in 2018. Citywide rates use Census Bureau estimates for San Francisco city. Neighborhood rates use a fixed 2020 Census allocation. One of 41 San Francisco analysis neighborhoods. About the rates →

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ASSAULT · 2025

41incidents

vs. 2024▲ 10.8%

vs. 8-yr avg▲ 4.1%

vs. San Francisco (rate)▲ 20%

§ 01 · Trend · Japantown

Assault count, by reported year

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Assault · Japantown

counts · 2018 – 2025 · 8 reported years

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Full years only; incomplete YTD totals are excluded. Not available means a value is missing, not zero.

Japantown assault yearly trend · incident counts · 2018–2025
Year	Japantown
2018	36
2019	45
2020	36
2021	33
2022	43
2023	44
2024	37
2025	41

Categories in scope · small multiples

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Assault

'18▲ 14%'25

Auto Theft

'18▲ 38%'25

Burglary

'18▼ 57%'25

Robbery

'18▼ −19small base'25

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Full years only; incomplete YTD totals are excluded. Not available means a value is missing, not zero.

Japantown category trends · incident counts · 2018–2025
Year	Assault	Auto Theft	Burglary	Robbery
2018	36	16	42	25
2019	45	27	40	16
2020	36	31	61	17
2021	33	41	60	6
2022	43	32	39	20
2023	44	45	37	21
2024	37	43	30	19
2025	41	22	18	6

Where it sits in San Francisco

How Japantown compares with nearby analysis neighborhoods

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Japantown

Area japantown · POP 3,899

Map: San Francisco analysis neighborhoods · 2020 Census population. Golden Gate Park and McLaren Park have very small residential populations, so their rates are not a residential comparison. This city does not yet have a packaged street map.

Neighborhood	Area	Population	Assault count	2025 count	'16 → '25	10-year trace
San Francisco · city-wide	—	826,079	7,265	7,265	Not available	Incomplete series
Japantown ◀	japantown	3,899	41	41	Not available	Incomplete series
Western Addition	western-addition	23,348	278	278	Not available	Incomplete series
Pacific Heights	pacific-heights	24,948	38	38	Not available	Incomplete series
Hayes Valley	hayes-valley	20,098	145	145	Not available	Incomplete series
Tenderloin	tenderloin	36,067	1,073	1,073	Not available	Incomplete series
Presidio Heights	presidio-heights	10,544	24	24	Not available	Incomplete series
Lone Mountain/USF	lone-mountain-usf	16,547	36	36	Not available	Incomplete series
Haight Ashbury	haight-ashbury	17,882	109	109	Not available	Incomplete series
Nob Hill	nob-hill	26,398	193	193	Not available	Incomplete series

Data summary for Japantown

Japantown: rate per 10,000 residents by category, 2018–2025. A dash means unavailable.
Year	Assault	Auto Theft	Burglary	Robbery
2018	92.3	41.0	107.7	64.1
2019	115.4	69.3	102.6	41.0
2020	92.3	79.5	156.4	43.6
2021	84.6	105.2	153.9	15.4
2022	110.3	82.1	100.0	51.3
2023	112.8	115.4	94.9	53.9
2024	94.9	110.3	76.9	48.7
2025	105.2	56.4	46.2	15.4