{"id":2096,"date":"2025-02-15T06:29:34","date_gmt":"2025-02-15T14:29:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.spotangels.com\/blog\/?p=2096"},"modified":"2025-02-15T08:01:47","modified_gmt":"2025-02-15T16:01:47","slug":"sf-parking-car-break-ins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.spotangels.com\/blog\/sf-parking-car-break-ins\/","title":{"rendered":"The Worst Parking Spots in SF for Car Break-Ins"},"content":{"rendered":"

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San Francisco Car Break-Ins Analyzed<\/b><\/h2>\n

As strategic city drivers often ask themselves, \u201cHow much safer will my car be <\/span>here<\/span><\/i>, compared to a block (or a BART ride) away?\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

If we just look at the raw number of car break-ins, your car is worst-off in SOMA\/South Beach\/Mission Bay. 17% of the car break-ins in 2016 were there. But according to our analysis, <\/span>the area of SF with the highest ratio of break-ins to available parking spots is Downtown\/Civic Center\/Tenderloin.<\/b><\/p>\n

At SpotAngels we map and count all the street parking spots in the cities we cover, including in San Francisco. We know that compared to other regions SOMA\/South Beach\/Mission Bay also has a <\/span>lot<\/span><\/i> of parking spots: 1.85 times the city average. This means it might have so many break-ins just because there\u2019s so much more parking there.<\/span><\/p>\n

But if we calculate the annual rate of break-ins <\/span>per parking spot <\/span><\/i>in each of these neighborhoods, we can correct for neighborhood size. When we do, we find that Downtown\/Civic Center\/Tenderloin tops the list, with .35 break-ins per parking spot.<\/span><\/p>\n

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If you drive, live, or work in any of the neighborhoods at the top of this list: watch out<\/span>. <\/span><\/i>For every 100 parking spots in Downtown\/Civic Center\/Tenderloin, North Beach\/Telegraph Hill, Golden Gate Park, or SOMA\/South Beach\/Mission Bay, there were over 25 break-ins. And while some of the usual suspects (like Downtown\/Civic Center\/Tenderloin) rank high on this list, so do a lot of areas with high income residents, and high rent.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Rent data source: <\/span><\/i>Zumper<\/span><\/i><\/a><\/p>\n

The big take away here is that, even in a posh zip code, you shouldn\u2019t leave valuables visible in your car. It actually seems like higher rent correlates to a higher ratio of break-ins to parking spots, probably because both the break-in ratio and rent prices are influenced by how accessible a neighborhood is, and how central it is to the city.<\/span><\/p>\n

Wherever you live, you\u2019ll want to avoid parking on the highest-risk blocks in your neighborhood, especially through the highest-risk time periods. <\/span><\/p>\n

Worst Blocks in San Francisco for Car Break-Ins<\/b><\/h2>\n

500 John F. Kennedy Drive is the worst block for car break-ins in San Francisco.<\/b> 33% of the break-ins in Golden Gate Park in 2016 occurred on this block. In addition to the 10 worst blocks in San Francisco, we\u2019ve also listed the worst blocks in the remaining high break-in ratio neighborhoods: North Beach\/Telegraph Hill, Russian Hill, Chinatown, the Financial District and Nob Hill.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Not Just Your Imagination: Break-ins Were Up in 2017<\/b><\/h2>\n

The thing that makes parking in San Francisco trickiest is that it\u2019s never the same day to day, or year to year. And last year was a <\/span>big<\/span><\/i> year for car break-ins in San Francisco.<\/span>\u00a0<\/b>\"\"<\/b><\/p>\n

There were 28,701 break-ins Jan-October of 2017, compared to 24,021 over the same period of 2016.<\/b> That\u2019s a difference of over 19%. The increase in break-ins,<\/span> in August, SFPD <\/span>dissolved the unit investigating the increase<\/span> in favor of dispatching more, hopefully deterrent, foot patrols.<\/span><\/p>\n

SpotAngels is an app that helps you find safe places to park and avoid tickets. We blog about our parking-related research, including about <\/span>tickets<\/span><\/a> and break-ins. <\/span>Try the free SpotAngels app<\/span>\u00a0available on the Apple App Store<\/a> and the Google Play Store<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

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San Francisco Car Break-Ins Analyzed As strategic city drivers often ask themselves, \u201cHow much safer will my car be here, compared to a block (or a BART ride) away?\u201d If we just look at the raw number of car break-ins, your car is worst-off in SOMA\/South Beach\/Mission Bay. 17% of the car break-ins in 2016 <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2109,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[102],"tags":[257,114,115,112,111,88,113],"class_list":["post-2096","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-francisco-parking","tag-city_1","tag-free-parking","tag-parking-meter","tag-parking-spot","tag-sf-break-ins","tag-sf-parking","tag-street-parking"],"yoast_head":"\nThe Worst Parking Spots in SF for Car Break-Ins | SpotAngels<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Finding A Parking Spot in SF is Not Enough, Drivers Want To Make Sure that Their Car is Safe. 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