Outgoing San Francisco Mayor London Breed Highlights "Historic" Drop In Crime

CBS Bay Area

January 8, 2025

A day before her successor was set to be sworn into office, San Francisco Mayor London Breed on Tuesday touted a 20-year low in the city's crime rate for 2024, including "historic" drops in the number of homicides and car break-ins.

The press release issued by Breed's office announced the dramatic drop in crime, citing statistics for 2024 marked by "numbers not seen in over 20 years." The announcement attributed to Breed and San Francisco Police Department Chief Bill Scott said "the city made historic gains" including "a 60-year low in homicides and a record decrease in car break-ins."

The new numbers show that the overall crime rate in San Francisco for the past year was at its lowest point since 2001, with violent crime dropping 14% from 2023 and 26% from 2017. The property crime rate showed an even greater drop when compared to those two years, down 31% from the year prior and 46% from 2017.

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