Data Reporter

Noah Baustin

Did crime go up in San Francisco this year?

News

Many have painted San Francisco as a ‘Mad Max’-style wasteland under siege by unprecedented levels of crime. But a year-end analysis of crime data by The Standard shows that narrative is more spin than substance.

Matthew Kupfer

Suspected synagogue shooter pleads not guilty to hate crime

Dmitri Mishin was charged Friday for allegedly threatening worshippers with a replica gun in what prosecutors are calling a hate crime.

Senior Politics Editor

Annie Gaus

SF launches new initiative to battle retail crime

Politics

SFPD is making it easier to report retail theft, which is believed to be widely under-reported. As a result, crime rates will likely go up in the short term. 


Politics Reporter

Gabe Greschler

Crime is falling in San Francisco. Try telling that to voters

Police statistics show robberies, burglaries and thefts are trending lower. Whether that will appease frustrated voters remains to be seen. 


Political Reporter

Mike Ege

San Francisco judges denounce tough-on-crime challengers

Backlash over the court’s response to San Francisco’s drug crisis has inspired challenges to two local judicial elections.


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Did crime go up in San Francisco this year?

Suspected synagogue shooter pleads not guilty to hate crime

SF launches new initiative to battle retail crime

Crime is falling in San Francisco. Try telling that to voters

San Francisco judges denounce tough-on-crime challengers