Stop counts vary sharply across the city’s police districts: a few areas account for a disproportionate share of observations, while others register far fewer. The table and maps below summarize that imbalance using the district letter codes recorded in the dataset, aligned to SFPD boundary geography where possible.
Spatial clustering matters for how we read these numbers—enforcement intensity follows corridors and neighborhoods rather than a uniform grid. The patterns here are descriptive; they highlight where stops concentrate, not why those concentrations occur.
| Rank | Code | District Name | Total Stops | % of All Stops | Relative Volume |
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Stop counts are heavily skewed toward a few districts: Ingleside, Taraval, and Southern each account for a large share of stops (well above most others), while several districts fall under roughly 5%. That imbalance means enforcement intensity is concentrated in specific corridors rather than spread evenly across the city.
Stops are not evenly distributed across San Francisco. Instead, they form several clear clusters concentrated in specific corridors, particularly in the central and southeastern parts of the city.
The map shows that areas such as Mission, Ingleside, and Bayview have noticeably higher densities of stops, while large portions of the western districts remain relatively sparse. This suggests that stop activity is closely tied to particular urban zones rather than spread uniformly.