Which crime? According to this [1] San Francisco is high for larceny-theft (#2), but #66 for murder and non-negligent manslaughter, #67 for rape, #20 for robbery, #66 for aggravated assault, #55 for burglary, #34 for motor vehicle theft, and #23 for arson.

This is out of the 100 most populous of the cities that have data in the FBI Uniform Crime Reports system.

Here are the top 5 in each of these categories.

Murder etc: St. Louis, Baltimore, Detroit, New Orleans, Baton Rouge

Rape: New Orleans, Anchorage, Cleveland, Minneapolis, Spokane

Robbery: Baltimore, Cleveland, Oakland, St. Louis, Memphis

Aggravate assault: Detroit, Memphis, St. Louis, Kansas City, Milwaukee

Burglary: Cleveland, Memphis, Baton Rouge, Tulsa, Baltimore

Larceny-theft: Spokane, San Francisco, Albuquerque, Memphis, St. Louis

Motor vehicle theft: Albuquerque, Oakland, Detroit, Portland OR, San Bernardino

Arson: Detroit, Buffalo, Baton Rouge, Bakersfield, Stockton

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_cities_b...