Oakland, CA is a city that unfortunately suffers from significantly higher rates of crime than the US average. For violent crimes, the rate in Oakland is 75.5 compared to only 22.7 incidents nationally. Property crime is also alarmingly above the national average with 81.2 occurrences in Oakland compared to 35.4 on a national level. It is clear that this city needs to take steps to ensure the safety of its citizens and reduce these high crime rates in order to improve quality of life for its residents.
Crime is ranked on a scale of 1 (low crime) to 100 (high crime)
Oakland violent crime is 75.5. (The US average is 22.7)
Oakland property crime is 81.2. (The US average is 35.4)
NOTE: Click on the links below to see charts for each crime category.