Oakland Police Department

Introduction

Reducing crime and serving the community through fair, quality policing is the Oakland Police Department’s mission, which can only be fully realized if there is public trust and a strong relationship with the community. The OPD is committed to serving the City’s diverse community through equitable policing and seeks to enhance public trust through transparency in data. Public access to police data provides an opportunity to promote dialogue so that community members and police can work collaboratively to solve problems and address disparities.

Crime Stats – City of Oakland

Below is a link to CrimeMapping.com, which provides valuable information about recent crime activity in your neighborhood. The goal of this information is to inform the citizenry of Oakland better. CrimeMapping.com utilizes an advanced mapping engine, which helps provide a high level of functionality and flexibility to the public we serve. Crime data is extracted regularly from the Oakland Police Department’s records system so that the information being viewed through a Web browser is the most current available.

Mapped Crime Data for the city of Oakland (or click on the image below)