What have San Francisco police been doing at 16th and Mission?

"While the number of incident reports may form the basis of official crime statistics, it would be wrong to think of them as the "official" count, according to the SFPD. There are groups doing outreach work in the plazas, like Ahsing Solutions, that do not regularly release public data quantifying their activities, for example. What this police data does show, over time, is where the police department is focusing resources and attention."

"For example, reports show that in March 2025, after Lurie stated his intention to crack down around 16th and Mission streets, there was a massive spike in arrests and citations. This does not necessarily mean drug-related crimes increased in the vicinity, but simply that, spurred by the mayor's statement, police officers began enforcing more proactively."

A dashboard updated daily tracks arrests and citations issued by San Francisco police officers within a 300-meter radius around 16th and Mission streets. The dashboard draws from officer incident reports released by the SFPD with a 24-hour lag and updates each day at noon to include the previous day's arrests and citations. Incident reports indicate where police focus resources but are not definitive crime counts. Some outreach groups in the plaza do not publish activity data. After the mayor's March 2025 statement, arrests and citations spiked, reflecting more proactive enforcement rather than necessarily increased crime. Interactive graphics and an archive back to 2018 allow trend exploration.

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