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Property crime in Oakland declined by 58% between 1988 and 2009, increased from 2009 to 2012 (a period when the property crime rate remained stable in comparable cities and statewide). [8] Robbery rates in Oakland declined by 60% in the seven years between 1993 and 2000, but thereafter increased, more than doubling between 2000 and 2012. [8]
The following is a list of California locations by crime rate based on FBI's Uniform Crime Reports from 2014. In 2014, California reported 153,709 violent crimes (3.96 for every 1,000 people) and 947,192 property crimes (24.41 for every 1,000 people). These rates are very similar for the average county and city in California. [citation needed]
Downtown and West Oakland are located entirely in the flatlands, while North and East Oakland incorporate lower hills and flatlands neighborhoods. This hills/flatlands division extends beyond Oakland's borders into neighboring cities in the East Bay's urban core such as Berkeley, Hayward, San Leandro, and Richmond.
Oakland's former hockey team, the California Golden Seals were a professional ice hockey club that competed in the National Hockey League (NHL) from 1967 to 1976. Based in Oakland, they played their home games at the Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum Arena. The Seals were one of six teams added to the league as part of the 1967 NHL expansion.
According to the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Crime Data Explorer, California’s violent crime rate is 499.5 per 100,000 people per year. This is higher than the U.S. average of 380.7 ...
The notion that Oakland residents have been feeling unsafe now has numbers to back it up. Survey from more than 600 residents show many are unhappy with the state of the city, as the ongoing ...
Montclair Village Association – an Oakland business improvement district comprising more than 200 businesses located in or near Montclair Village. Piedmont Pines Neighborhood Association – one of Oakland's oldest homeowner's associations whose vision is to make Piedmont Pines a scenically beautiful, safe and diverse community.
The Oakland Hills (in gold) lie between Oakland's flatlands and East Bay Regional Park District. Oakland Hills is an informal term used to indicate the city neighborhoods lying within the eastern portion of Oakland, California. [1] The northernmost neighborhoods were devastated by the Oakland firestorm of 1991.