Oakland, California witnessed a significant reduction in crime rates in 2024, marking the safest year since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. The city achieved a 34% decrease in homicides, a 33% decline in firearms-related shootings, and a 25% reduction in robberies.
The City of Oakland is reporting a strong finish to 2024 announcing that it has been the safest year since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. A 34% decrease in the number of homicides, a 33% decline in firearms-related shootings and a 25% reduction in robberies across our city, said Oakland Police Chief Floyd Mitchell.
For the last 12 months, the Oakland Police Department, the city's Department of Violence Prevention and the nonprofit, Faith in Action East Bay among others, worked together to identify over 200 of the most high-risk individuals involved in gun violence and offer them a way out under the 'We can interrupt those cycles of violence and that can include anything from temporarily relocating people out of Oakland, to make sure they are not caught in the cycle of gang violence; it could be re-enrolling folks in school, it could be reaching out to get employment training, housing, substance use and abuse, trauma therapy,' said Chief Holly Joshi, Oaklands Violence Prevention Chief. 'Ceasefire was first implemented in 2012 and revitalized this year by recalled Mayor Sheng Thao. It was there in name, but it didn't have the resources. For example, the ceasefire unit within the police department - there were over 30 officers that were removed from that unit. What we did is put those officers back in that unit,' said Brooklyn Williams, Chief of Education and Community Safety. OPD data shows property crime also decreased in 2024. Yet, Oakland still had the highest property crime rate when looking at similar cities across the country. This has created a sense of fear and impacted small businesses who say they continue to struggle as victims of crime
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