Screw anecdata. Here are some statistics/resources. SF Chronicle (an SF based newspaper) tracks break-ins in SF [0]. Here is a more general crime dashboard as

Screw anecdata. Here are some statistics/resources. SF Chronicle (an SF based newspaper) tracks break-ins in SF [0]. Here is a more general crime dashboard as well [1]. For reference, here are some statistics in Chicago [2]. YTD, SF has had 8500 property theft cases. Chicago-- 3000. Per crime capita, SF is astronomical. Many people don't have cars in SF for this exact reason. Other commenters are right that it varies slightly by neighborhood (e.g. cars in Russian Hill/Cole Valley are by far more touristy than others), but that doesn't make it any less ridiculous. [0] https://www.sfchronicle.com/projects/sf-car-breakins/ https://www.sfchronicle.com/projects/sf-car-breakins/ [1] https://www.sanfranciscopolice.org/stay-safe/crime-data/crime-dashboard https://www.sanfranciscopolice.org/stay-safe/crime-data/crim... [2] https://home.chicagopolice.org/wp-content/uploads/1_PDFsam_CompStat-Public-2021-Week-18.pdf https://home.chicagopolice.org/wp-content/uploads/1_PDFsam_C...