The share of arrests the District Attorney charges and how long cases take to resolve, by the area where the incident happened.
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The District Attorney's charging decision and the eventual outcome for every arrest presented since 2018; the newest arrest in the data is from Nov 2, 2026 · source updated Nov 2, 2026.
Of 1,552 arrests presented to the District Attorney where the incident happened in South of Market in the twelve months to Oct 2026, 47% were charged and 21% discharged; citywide, 50% and 30%. Arrests are placed by where the incident report puts them, not by where anyone lives, and the unit is the case presented, not the person. 64% of arrests since 2018 can be placed this way; the citywide figures count every arrest.
| Decision | Share of arrests | Cases | What it means |
|---|---|---|---|
| Charges filed | 47% (citywide 50%) | 734 | The DA filed at least one charge. |
| Discharged | 21% (citywide 30%) | 330 | Released without charges. The most common reason is insufficient evidence; a case can be re-presented later. |
| Referred elsewhere | 29% (citywide 17%) | 446 | Motion to revoke probation or parole, or handed to another agency. |
| Further investigation | 3% (citywide 3%) | 39 | Sent back to the police for more work before a decision. |
| Crime type | Arrests | Charged | Citywide |
|---|---|---|---|
| Narcotics | 573 | 38% | 36% |
| Assault | 159 | 58% | 48% |
| Other | 141 | 59% | 62% |
| Burglary | 96 | 73% | 82% |
| Weapons | 89 | 54% | 63% |
| Assault and Battery | 82 | 32% | 33% |
| Other Sex Law Violations | 69 | 88% | 84% |
| Theft | 62 | 32% | 57% |
| Robbery | 55 | 55% | 72% |
| Motor Vehicle Theft | 42 | 45% | 45% |
| Selected Traffic | 40 | 3% | 4% |
| Petty Theft | 39 | 64% | 69% |
| DUI | 26 | — | 58% |
| Trespassing | 7 | — | 31% |
| Disorderly Conduct | 7 | — | 36% |
| Arrest year | Arrests | Charged | Resolved | Convicted or pled | Diverted | Dismissed | Acquitted | Median days to resolution |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 910 | 62% (56%) | 55% | 78% (66%) | 5% | 17% | 0% | 146 |
| 2019 | 805 | 57% (55%) | 50% | 72% (59%) | 8% | 20% | 0% | 153 |
| 2020 | 568 | 45% (48%) | 38% | 75% (53%) | 7% | 18% | 0% | 318 |
| 2021 | 513 | 61% (58%) | 51% | 67% (50%) | 14% | 19% | 0% | 356 |
| 2022 | 770 | 68% (61%) | 48% | 65% (56%) | 14% | 22% | 0% | 343 |
| 2023 | 1,109 | 55% (54%) | 39% | 63% (57%) | 18% | 19% | 0% | 236 |
| 2024 | 1,067 | 57% (60%) | 33% | 63% (65%) | 19% | 17% | 0% | 236 |
| 2025 ·open | 1,276 | 58% (60%) | 24% | 74% (71%) | 12% | 13% | 1% | 164 |
| 2026 ·open | 1,342 | 46% (49%) | 8% | 72% (72%) | 4% | 22% | 2% | 66 |
| # | Neighborhood | Charged | Discharged | Arrests |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Citywide | 50% | 30% | 11,442 | |
| 1 | Mission | 43% | 25% | 1,324 |
| 2 | Bayview Hunters Point | 47% | 34% | 489 |
| 3 | South of Market | 47% | 21% | 1,552 |
| 4 | Inner Richmond | 51% | 33% | 39 |
| 5 | Tenderloin | 52% | 19% | 1,910 |
| 6 | North Beach | 53% | 35% | 94 |
| 7 | Oceanview/Merced/Ingleside | 56% | 37% | 41 |
| 8 | Mission Bay | 57% | 21% | 121 |
| 9 | Haight Ashbury | 58% | 21% | 66 |
| 10 | Visitacion Valley | 58% | 30% | 57 |
| 11 | Portola | 59% | 39% | 41 |
| 12 | Inner Sunset | 60% | 30% | 30 |
| 13 | Treasure Island | 60% | 33% | 30 |
| 14 | Nob Hill | 60% | 22% | 203 |
| 15 | Potrero Hill | 61% | 24% | 38 |
| 16 | Outer Mission | 61% | 28% | 97 |
| 17 | Hayes Valley | 61% | 21% | 119 |
| 18 | Excelsior | 62% | 27% | 118 |
| 19 | Bernal Heights | 62% | 19% | 134 |
| 20 | Western Addition | 62% | 23% | 158 |
| 21 | Chinatown | 63% | 32% | 107 |
| 22 | Pacific Heights | 63% | 25% | 87 |
| 23 | Castro/Upper Market | 65% | 21% | 145 |
| 24 | Outer Richmond | 65% | 26% | 80 |
| 25 | Russian Hill | 66% | 17% | 65 |
| 26 | Sunset/Parkside | 68% | 22% | 81 |
| 27 | Financial District/South Beach | 70% | 18% | 352 |
| 28 | Marina | 70% | 20% | 103 |
| 29 | West of Twin Peaks | 70% | 18% | 77 |
| 30 | Lone Mountain/USF | 71% | 18% | 55 |
| 31 | Noe Valley | 72% | 16% | 61 |
| 32 | Lakeshore | 73% | 13% | 88 |
Sources: District Attorney Actions Taken on Arrests Presented (czsm-3ei3 on DataSF), Cases Prosecuted (dcjk-vw8q on DataSF) and Case Resolutions (ynfy-z5kt on DataSF). These are monthly snapshots, linked by court number, with one row per case. The DA acts on cases the police bring, so a low charging share can reflect the strength of the arrests as much as charging policy. This page shows the rate and does not say why. An arrest is placed by its incident report, matched by incident number, at the report's anonymized intersection. That gives the neighborhood, the police and supervisor districts, and the custom areas. Arrests whose incident number doesn't match a public report count citywide only. "Charged" is the DA's action when the case is presented. A discharged case can be presented again and charged later, which is why the newest weeks read low. "Convicted or pled" combines convictions with guilty pleas to another charge or case. Nothing on this page is connected to response times.
Every figure here is also in https://sfresponse.org/data/arrests.json.