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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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What happens after an arrest, Bayview Hunters Point

The District Attorney's charging decision and the eventual outcome for every arrest presented since 2018; the newest arrest in the data is from Oct 4, 2026 · source updated Oct 5, 2026.

Of 496 arrests presented to the District Attorney where the incident happened in Bayview Hunters Point in the twelve months to Sep 2026, 48% were charged and 31% discharged; citywide, 51% and 29%. 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.

The charging decision. Bayview Hunters Point, Oct 2025 to Sep 2026. Each decision as a share of arrests presented, with the citywide share beside it.
DecisionShare of arrestsCasesWhat it means
Charges filed48% (citywide 51%)239The DA filed at least one charge.
Discharged31% (citywide 29%)156Released without charges. The most common reason is insufficient evidence; a case can be re-presented later.
Referred elsewhere16% (citywide 17%)81Motion to revoke probation or parole, or handed to another agency.
Further investigation3% (citywide 3%)16Sent back to the police for more work before a decision.
By type of crime. Bayview Hunters Point, Oct 2025 to Sep 2026: arrests presented by the DA's crime type, and the share charged beside the citywide share for the same type. Types with fewer than 30 arrests show no rate.
Crime typeArrestsChargedCitywide
Selected Traffic834%5%
Assault7651%49%
Other5569%63%
Weapons4672%64%
Narcotics3435%36%
Assault and Battery3228%34%
Motor Vehicle Theft3253%48%
DUI3158%62%
Robbery24—74%
Burglary17—83%
Theft16—57%
Hit-and-Run10——
Disorderly Conduct6—39%
Other Sex Law Violations5—86%
Arson5——
From arrest to outcome, by year of arrest. Bayview Hunters Point, every arrest presented since 2018, followed through to its outcome where one has been recorded. Outcome shares are of resolved cases. A resolution takes most of a year, so 2025 and 2026 are still filling in and their outcome mix is not yet meaningful. Citywide charged and convicted shares are in parentheses.
Arrest yearArrestsChargedResolvedConvicted or pledDivertedDismissedAcquittedMedian days to resolution
201844249% (56%)44%79% (66%)2%19%1%185
201948446% (55%)41%72% (59%)7%22%0%159
202037043% (48%)36%60% (53%)13%27%0%362
202135851% (58%)45%65% (50%)12%23%1%438
202229751% (61%)38%67% (56%)23%9%2%392
202333653% (54%)38%60% (58%)28%13%0%375
202441560% (60%)35%63% (65%)22%14%1%297
2025 ·open46458% (60%)25%65% (72%)15%20%0%182
2026 ·open36746% (48%)8%68% (73%)10%19%3%93
Neighborhoods compared. Share of arrests charged, Oct 2025 to Sep 2026, by the neighborhood of the incident. Neighborhoods with fewer than 30 arrests are omitted. Citywide includes the 30% of this period's arrests that could not be placed.
#NeighborhoodChargedDischargedArrests
Citywide51%29%11,226
1Noe Valley74%15%66
2Lakeshore74%12%91
3Lone Mountain/USF73%16%49
4Financial District/South Beach72%17%344
5West of Twin Peaks71%17%76
6Inner Sunset71%21%34
7Marina70%20%94
8Chinatown70%25%106
9Portola69%31%39
10Pacific Heights68%22%77
11Excelsior67%23%122
12Sunset/Parkside67%24%87
13Outer Richmond67%25%81
14Russian Hill65%19%68
15Bernal Heights64%18%131
16Hayes Valley64%20%128
17Castro/Upper Market63%23%149
18Visitacion Valley63%27%56
19Western Addition62%22%147
20Nob Hill62%21%203
21Potrero Hill60%23%43
22Oceanview/Merced/Ingleside59%33%39
23Outer Mission59%29%85
24Haight Ashbury56%21%71
25North Beach56%33%88
26Mission Bay55%23%128
27Inner Richmond55%30%40
28Treasure Island53%38%32
29Tenderloin52%19%1,909
30Bayview Hunters Point48%31%496
31South of Market48%21%1,476
32Mission44%24%1,247

Method

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.

The charging decision

Share of arrests charged, by month of arrest

By type of crime

From arrest to outcome, by year of arrest

Neighborhoods compared