San Francisco, CA
Used condoms and car crashes: Sex work on Shotwell Street has residents fed up
Police incident data analyzed by The Standard is at odds with residents’ claims their cars keep being hit by reckless johns. The analysis showed no hit-and-run incidents logged since 2018 along Shotwell from 16th to 24th streets. Additionally, only eight prostitution incidents were logged from Feb. 1, 2021, to Feb. 1, 2024. A public records request to police showed just one incident listed as a “traffic collision, hit-and-run, property damage” at 23rd and Shotwell streets on April 6, 2023.
“If you were to go to Shotwell on any given night, the people who are driving have no regard for the safety of the people who live here,” the two-year street resident said. “Shotwell Street is a Slow Street and has very specific regulations. The way they drive, it seems like they are intoxicated. If I were walking when this activity is out, I wouldn’t feel safe on what is supposed to be a Slow Street.”