Updated April 28, 2025 by the ABC7 Data Team
Updated April 28, 2025 by the ABC7 Data Team

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Homicides
83

Last 12 months
Through April 27

Average Homicides
107

Yearly average
2022 to 2024

Homicide Rate
19.1

Per 100,000 people
Last 12 months

Average Homicide Rate
24.6

Per 100,000 people
2022 to 2024


Homicides over the last 12 months are trending up 2.5% compared to 2024, according to the Oakland Police Department data through April 27.

However, the murder rate over the last 12 months is down compared to the annual average over the last three years, and the frequency of killings remains far higher than it was before the pandemic.

The city averaged about 7 homicides a month over the last year. In 2022, that number was 10 a month.

One way to think about the danger: three years ago, the murder rate was 27.7 per 100,000 residents. That’s higher than the risk of dying in a vehicle crash in California. The city’s murder rate has jumped to 19.1 over the last 12 months.

The risk is not the same neighborhood to neighborhood.

ABC7’s data team looked at the Oakland Police Department’s crime incident data by police district from 2021 through April 27, 2025. Totals here include murders, but not involuntary manslaughter or justifiable homicide.

A closer look at Oakland homicides by neighborhood

The map color codes each neighborhood by the homicide rate over the last 12 months. The three darker blues highlight neighborhoods where the murder rate is higher than the citywide rate.

You can click any neighborhood to see detailed numbers or the buttons at the bottom of the map to switch between numbers and rates. You can search for a street, place, landmark or zip code to zoom to that location.