Citywide Crime Statistics - Historical Cross-City Comparison
Violent Crime per 10,000 Residents and Homicides: 2000-2007
City Population   2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009*
Oakland 415,492 Violent Crimes 135 131 137 138 128 142 191 192 197 168
Homicides 80 84 108 109 83 93 145 118 115 104
Neighboring Cities Avg. 10k - 800kViolent Crimes52 67 63 75 48 56 71 64 64 n/a
Alameda 75,254 Violent Crimes 39 50 40 45 47 14 31 29 30 n/a
Homicides 1 2 0 0 1 1 2 2 2 n/a
Berkeley 106,347 Violent Crimes 68 71 68 88 54 56 64 63 64 61
Homicides 4 1 7 6 4 3 4 5 8 6
Emeryville 9,163 Violent Crimes n/a 140 128 157 n/a 116 145 124 135 n/a
Homicides n/a 3 0 0 n/a 1 1 1 1 n/a
Piedmont 11,055 Violent Crimes 3 6 9 13 1 10 18 10 4 n/a
Homicides 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 n/a
San Francisco 808,844 Violent Crimes 85 n/a 75 74 76 80 88 87 84 74
Homicides 59 n/a 68 69 88 96 86 100 98 45
San Leandro 81,466 Violent Crimes 65 67 61 71 60 58 82 70 66 n/a
Homicides 5 1 5 3 4 4 4 0 1 n/a
Mid-Size CA Cities Avg. 350k - 500kViolent Crimes69 68 68 65 72 74 74 70 63 61
Anaheim 345,556 Violent Crimes 46 39 41 39 46 48 46 42 39 35
Homicides 11 8 17 9 10 10 10 17 11 9
Fresno 481,035 Violent Crimes 93 94 85 78 77 85 76 64 58 61
Homicides 24 40 42 37 53 49 52 52 40 42
Long Beach 492,912 Violent Crimes 72 73 76 80 78 71 72 72 68 68
Homicides 49 49 67 49 48 42 41 42 40 40
Sacramento 467,343 Violent Crimes 75 80 84 78 105 115 121 111 100 89
Homicides 39 40 47 43 50 52 57 44 49 30
Santa Ana 353,428 Violent Crimes 58 54 55 52 54 53 58 57 51 51
Homicides 17 24 23 17 25 17 26 23 30 25


    Notes
  • Source: FBI Uniform Crime Report, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, and 2009*. (*Preliminary data not yet available for small cities.)
  • Violent Crime is defined as murder, rape, robbery, and aggravated assault. FBI totals may not match OPD figures because of different calculation methodologies.

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