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Oakland, California, United States: crime rates by area

No Safety score: fewer than 30 comparable places, or figures not complete.

See also: Oakland police area

Questions about crime in Oakland

Which areas of Oakland have the least crime?
Lowest crime among the 114 neighbourhoods of Oakland with a Safety score: Census Tract 4001 (10/10), Census Tract 4051 (10/10), Census Tract 4044 (10/10). Highest crime among the 114 neighbourhoods of Oakland with a Safety score: Census Tract 4030 (1/10), Census Tract 4060 (1/10), Census Tract 4028.01 (1/10).

Neighbourhoods in Oakland

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Mayors of Oakland since 2010

Oakland: Mayor Barbara Lee (Democrat, nonpartisan office). Governor: Gavin Newsom (Democrat)

  1. Barbara Lee · Democrat, nonpartisan office

    since May 2025

    Oakland ▼ −27% · USA ▼ −10%

    Offences reported to the FBI per 1,000 people, the year before the term vs its latest year

  2. Kevin Jenkins

    January 2025 – May 2025

    Too early to compare

  3. Sheng Thao

    January 2023 – December 2024

    Oakland ▲ +14% · USA ▼ −10%

    Offences reported to the FBI per 1,000 people, the year before the term vs its latest year

  4. Libby Schaaf · Democrat, nonpartisan office

    January 2019 – January 2023

    Oakland ▲ +20% · USA ▼ −3%

    Offences reported to the FBI per 1,000 people, the year before the term vs its latest year

  5. Libby Schaaf · Democrat, nonpartisan office

    January 2015 – January 2019

    Oakland ▼ −12% · USA ▼ −9%

    Offences reported to the FBI per 1,000 people, the year before the term vs its latest year

  6. Jean Quan · Democrat, nonpartisan office

    January 2011 – January 2015

    Oakland ▲ +26% · USA ▼ −12%

    Offences reported to the FBI per 1,000 people, the year before the term vs its latest year

In some cities an appointed manager or police chief, not the mayor, runs the police; in some counties the sheriff mainly runs the jail and the courts.

Mayors: Hilbig, Archived Campaign Websites of U.S. Mayoral Candidates (CC BY 4.0) and city sites. Sheriffs: Mavridis, US Sheriff Election Data (CC BY 4.0) and county election offices. Crime: FBI Crime Data Explorer.

Oakland, California, United States: Safety scores from 1 to 10 for 114 places, each compared with other places in the same country or state.
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Source: CrimeWatch Data, Oakland Police Department (City of Oakland Open Data). Census tracts and residents: 2020 census, US Census Bureau, updated 29 October 2026.