12 months to Dec 2025, FBI
Oakland vs San Francisco crime rates
Oakland’s violent crime rate was 3 times San Francisco’s over the 12 months to Dec 2025: 1,475 against 486 per 100,000 residents a year. Oakland’s property crime rate was 1.8 times San Francisco’s over the same period: 5,255 against 2,960 per 100,000 residents a year. Oakland recorded 55 homicides (12.4 per 100,000 residents) and San Francisco 28 (3.4). Over the same period violent crime was down 22% in Oakland and down 17% in San Francisco, each against its own previous 12 months.
Side by side
per 100k, per year| Measure | Oakland, CAcity, California | San Francisco, CAcity, California |
|---|---|---|
| Violent crimeper 100,000 residents a year | 1,475 | 486 |
| Property crimeper 100,000 residents a year | 5,255 | 2,960 |
| Homicidescount in the period | 5512.4 per 100k | 283.4 per 100k |
| Violent crime trendagainst the 12 months before | −22% | −17% |
| Property crime trendagainst the 12 months before | −26% | −24% |
| Residents | 444,211 | 815,330 |
| Period | 12 months to Dec 2025 | 12 months to Dec 2025 |
| Source | Oakland Police Departmentas reported to the FBI | San Francisco Police Departmentas reported to the FBI |
Violent crime, month by month
Each line has its own scale, so read the direction, not the height; the table above has the rates.
Robbery and theft
| Offense | Oakland | San Francisco |
|---|---|---|
| Robberytaken by force or threat | 1,743392 per 100k | 1,645202 per 100k |
| Burglaryentering a home or business to steal | 2,329524 per 100k | 3,795465 per 100k |
Counts over each period; Oakland and San Francisco do not report thefts from vehicles separately to the FBI, so their theft lines are not shown.
The FBI cautions against ranking or comparing places on these numbers alone: how dense a place is, its economy, how often residents report crime and how each agency records it all shape them. How to read crime numbers
What this comparison does not measure
read before deciding- These are crimes reported to the police. In the federal victim survey for 2024, about half of violent crime (47.9%, homicide aside) and under a third of property crime (30.5%) was reported, and that share can differ from one city to another.
- City limits are drawn differently: one city may take in suburbs and open land that another leaves to its neighbors, and that alone moves a citywide rate. A citywide figure says little about any one neighborhood; San Francisco has neighborhood figures on its page.
More on each place
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Source and dates
FBI Crime Data Explorer- Oakland, CA
- Oakland Police Department, as reported to the FBI. 12 months to Dec 2025; 444,211 residents.
- San Francisco, CA
- San Francisco Police Department, as reported to the FBI. 12 months to Dec 2025; 815,330 residents.
- How we count
- Violent crime is homicide, rape, robbery and aggravated assault; property crime is burglary, theft, vehicle theft and arson, the FBI’s definitions for every agency. Methodology