San Francisco\u2019s accidental overdose deaths in 2025 fell 23.3% since the fentanyl crisis peaked, to the lowest level in at least five years, officials said.<\/p>\n
A preliminary report by the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner showed 621 fatal accidental overdose cases in 2025, down from a high of 810 in 2023. It was the lowest number since 2020.<\/p>\n
\u201cTwo years ago, more than 800 people died from overdose in San Francisco, every single one a tragedy,\u201d Mayor Daniel Lurie said in a statement. \u201cI ran for mayor to fix that, and we are finally moving in the right direction as a city with the lowest number of overdose deaths since the fentanyl crisis hit \u2014 but we have so much more work to do.\u201d<\/p>\n
Lurie\u2019s \u201cFentanyl State of Emergency Ordinance<\/a>\u201d helped accelerate the opening of beds for addiction and mental health treatment and the approval of contracts for organizations aimed at providing substance abuse treatment.\u00a0<\/p>\n He also shifted the city\u2019s harm reduction strategies through his \u201cBreaking the Cycle<\/a>\u201d plan by limiting the distribution of drug use supplies.<\/p>\n \u201cWe made San Francisco a recovery-first city, opened a crisis stabilization center, reimagined street outreach, and opened 600 new treatment-focused beds so people on the streets can get inside and get help,\u201d Lurie said.\u00a0<\/p>\n