Oakland tribune maps murder victims the web site of the oakland tribune offers a detailed, interactive map of the city showing the locations. Most ever, huntsvillemadisondecatur area, 3 replies bay citizen. The city attributes most of the violent crime to gangrelated activity. In 1994, he served as a cadet before becoming a sworn police officer in 1996. Mapbuilder lets you tag locations on a map and publish it on your own site.
Red dots indicate shootings, yellow dots are stabbings, blue are other methods. Bay area homicides in 2014 san jose, san francisco. In a continued effort to keep the citizens of oakland informed on all the hard work being done by the men and women at the oakland police department, we would like to share those homicide cases that have resulted in both an arrest and charge of murder so far this year. Oakland police have prioritized drug crimes over homicides the departments crime lab now has a decadelong backlog of more than 650 homicide investigations with unexamined evidence, yet. Oakland is the largest city and the county seat of alameda county, california, united states. Acting chief darren allison grew up in the department. Police found no motive and no suspect in khadafys murder. Google the victims name and you could probably find a news link to find out the circumstances. Oakland s submission to the fbi uniform crime report was not accepted. The oakland tribune has posted an oakland homicide map for 2010 remember when the new york times did its portraits of grief series in 2001, publishing minibios of every single person who perished in the september 11 attacks.
Even though oaklands homicide rate seems incredibly high, it is. The previous month crime map in oakland, california showed 227 assaults, 5 shootings, 50 burglaries, 601 thefts, 34 robberies, 193 vandalism, and 36 arrests. Most oakland homicides in 2006 were shootings sfgate. Download the 2008 oakland homicide map pdf east bay times. Detroit homicides fall to lowest level since 1967 freep. The following homicide statistics come from the fbi uniform crime report. On average, 1,000 homicides a year are not solved in california, adding up to 10,508 homicides from 1999 to 2008. Remember when the new york times did its portraits of grief series in 2001, publishing minibios of every single person who perished in the september 11 attacks. These maps represent crime reports that have been aggregated to police beats for a number of key crime types including robbery, shootings, burglary, property and violent crimes as well as homicides. With gun killings down in oakland, police credit ceasefire. A major west coast port city, oakland is the largest city in the east bay region of the san francisco bay area, the third largest city overall in the san francisco bay area, the eighth most populated city in california, and the 45th largest city in the united states. A place for us to remember our family and friends that we have lost to the streets of oakland please add us and send us pictures of. Bay area covid19 map breaking news alameda, santa clara counties show largest coronavirus surges in latest county figures news.
Download the 2008 oakland homicide map pdf share this. Homicides reported in 2019 in the counties of santa clara, san mateo, san francisco, alameda and contra costa. Oakland barring any deadly new years eve revelry, oakland is poised to finish with 124 homicides in 2008, three fewer than the 127 recorded in 2007. After her sons death, marilyn turned her grief into determination to call a halt to the cycle of violence, and established the khadafy foundation for nonviolence. Homicides declined on a yearly basis from 2006 to 2010, yet remained high. From 2000 through 2005, homicides in oakland accounted for over 70% of all. Oakland county farmers market opens for summer hours at waterford oaks, in photos. After her sons death, marilyn turned her grief into. Oakland police have prioritized drug crimes over homicides. These statistics are sent to the fbi each year, which uses data provided by nearly 17,000 law enforcement agencies across the united states to. Seeing the actual faces of these local murder victims may provoke a similar reaction.
Here are homicide victims in oakland from the last. Oakland, ca, surpassed 100 homicides in 2009 this thanksgiving weekend, with the death of 52yearold enoch reed friday afternoon. Like most other police departments, opd keeps statistics on specific violent crimes committed in the city. Lozano is among the wreckage left behind by a rising bay area homicide rate, a. On january 25, 2017 the oakland police department arrested a 22yearold female and 21yearold man for the homicide of. Crime continued to escalate during the 1980s and 1990s, and during the first decade of the 21st. National violent death reporting system training manual, once the data are. My great grandparents on my moms side moved to oakland from spokane for work. Homicides reported in 2020 in the counties of santa clara, san mateo, san francisco. The oakland tribune has posted an oakland homicide map for 2010. Nationwide, a perpetrator is identified by police and arrested in 63 percent of all homicides, with 37 percent remaining unsolved. In oakland in 2010, 90 people lost their lives to violence, while in the 5 year period between 2006 and 2010, our community lost 594 people.
Sports golfs soft opening has arizona event, madefortv matches. Map of oakland homicides by police service area psa 2007 12. Homicides in oakland an analysis of homicides in oakland 2003, 2004 and 2005 may 24, 2006 prepared by. The oakland police department reported five justified homicides in 2012, a determination made jointly by police and the alameda county district attorneys office.
This is a city thats averaged 109 homicides a year for the last 45 years, so its hard not to want to talk out loud about the fact that this year, oakland has recorded only seven homicides. This is a continuation of a pattern in oakland that has been the case for years and is closely tied to the economic and social realities of young people living in the citys poorest areas. But in a city where homicides seem to get more public interest than other crimes and in a city looking for any kind of good news when it comes to. In 2011, there were 103 reported homicides in oakland. Youth in east and west oakland, where the homicide rate ranges between 37. Oakland tribune maps murder victims the web site of the oakland tribune offers a detailed, interactive map of the city showing the locations of homicides and names and photos of the victims. In oakland, your chance of becoming a victim of a property crime is one in 18, which is a rate of 55 per one thousand population. Information about opd crime stats oakland city hall. Oaklands submission to the fbi uniform crime report was not accepted. Here is a look at oaklands 86 homicide victims in 2014. That brooklyn is not a monolith is not a new idea, but a new map that breaks down the murder rate by neighborhood shows again just how different the experiences of brooklynites can be while the waterfront neighborhoods of williamsburg, greenpoint, brooklyn heights and carroll gardens are about as dangerous as the tropical paradise city of honolulu, the interior neighborhoods of. In 1983, the national journal referred to oakland as the 1983 crime capital of the san francisco bay area.
Homicides reported in 2020 in the counties of santa clara, san mateo, san francisco, alameda and contra costa. In 1997, most white victims fell into the aged 40 and over category 45. The homicide rate for victims aged 40 and over decreased 38. Shooting wounds man a block away from friday homicide in east oakland. Last year at this time there were 19 homicides in oakland.
Oakland homicide map shows names, faces of the dead kqed. Table 1 over the last decade, the number of reported homicide crimes ranged from a high of 2,503 in. Map builderdisplaying locations of oakland homicides for. This report examines crime trends in the city of oakland and compares them with california overall and four greater bay area cities. Crime in oakland, california, began to rise during the late 1960s, and by the end of the 1970s oaklands per capita murder rate had risen to twice that of san francisco or new york city. This was the period just past the height of the crack epidemic, when battles were still going on to control the street corner drug traffic, and automatic weapons fire could be heard across the city on any given night. Spotcrimes oakland, california crime map shows 201 assaults, 4 shootings, burglaries, 3 thefts, 23 robberies, 34 vandalism, and 36 arrests over a one month period. My great gramps helped build the bay bridge in the 1930s before trekking off to murder some nazis in ww2. Importantly, we found that oakland has one of the highest rates of motor vehicle theft in the nation according to our analysis of fbi crime data. The map shows the number of homicides in alameda by census tract. Those cases included one officerinvolved shooting and four cases that involved selfdefense or citizens who interceded to stop a crime in progress. Com crime analysis oakland police department all data extracted via the leap network. Most of the victims were young black males who were killed with firearms in east and west oakland.
The oakland police department is committed to reducing crime and serving the community through fair, quality policing. In 2011, oakland saw 93 gun homicides and 617 nonfatal victims of gun assaults, according to a report on the citys ceasefire progress released tuesday by criminologists and researchers from. The homicide statistics in oakland are currently at such a high level, even when the crime decreases its well above the national average as far as homicides and crime statistics. Click here to read the bay area news group report on families of oakland homicide victims. However some of them were just thugs killing each other and its almost relieving to know there is one less animal out there. A place for us to remember our family and friends that we have lost to the streets of oakland please add us and send us pictures of your. Despite these staggering statistics, the numbers killed have been declining on a yearly basis during this period. Im a native, 40 years old and was born and raised in the east bay. Oakland tribune a yearly supplement and map on homicides in oakland. On wednesday, september 22nd, 2004, the alameda county coroners bureau identified a murder victim as 14yearold davon levingston, a west oakland resident.
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