Emeryville, CA Crime Statistics For 2025

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Updated: 2025-10-24

Crime Rate In Emeryville, CA Summary

Crime in Emeryville research summary. HomeSnacks has been using Saturday Night Science to report crime data in Emeryville over the past eight years using the FBI Crime Explorer. Based on the most recently available data released on October 17, 2023, we found the following about crime in Emeryville:

  • There were 1,865 total crimes committed in Emeryville in the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 14,718.6 total crimes per 100K people in Emeryville.
  • The overall crime rate in Emeryville is 594.53% above the national average.
  • Emeryville ranks #455 safest out of 460 cities in California.
  • Emeryville ranks #9,872 safest out of 9,896 cities in the United States.

Because the crime rate is so low in America, we use "per 100,000 people" to make the number a bit easier to compare across locations visually. It's mathematically the same as per capita comparisons and isn't meant to convey that 100,000+ people live in a location.

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Emeryville Vs California And National Crime Rates

According to the most recent data from the FBI, the total crime rate in Emeryville is 14,718.6 per 100,000 people. That's 594.53% higher than the national rate of 2,119.2 per 100,000 people and 473.95% higher than the California total crime rate of 2,564.5 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
Emeryville
/ 100k People
California
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 1,865 14,718.6 2,564.5 2,119.2
Murder 0 0.0 4.5 5.0
Robbery 102 805.0 119.1 61.0
Aggravated Assault 51 402.5 325.8 256.0
Violent Crime 156 1,231.2 486.0 359.0
Burglary 95 749.7 305.8 229.0
Larceny 1,300 10,259.6 1,345.2 1,272.0
Car Theft 314 2,478.1 427.5 259.0
Property Crime 1,709 13,487.5 2,078.4 1,760.0

Emeryville Crime Compared To California Averages

Each category of crime indexed to the worst per capita in California.
Data Source -- FBI UCR 2024.

Violent Crime Rates In Emeryville

156
Violent Crimes
1,231.2
Violent Crimes / 100k People
242.94%
Above The National Average
  • There were 156 violent crimes in Emeryville in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in Emeryville is 1,231.2 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 81.2 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in Emeryville each year. That compares to a 1 in 205.8 chance statewide.
  • That's 242.94% higher than the national rate of 359.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And 153.32% higher than the California violent crime rate of 486.0 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In Emeryville

1,709
Property Crimes
13,487.5
Property Crimes / 100k People
666.33%
Above The National Average
  • There were 1,709 property crimes in Emeryville in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in Emeryville is 13,487.5 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 7.4 chance of being the victim of a property crime in Emeryville each year. That compares to a 1 in 0.0 chance nationally.
  • That's 666.33% higher than the national rate of 1,760.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And 548.92% higher than the California property crime rate of 2,078.4 per 100,000 people.

Crime In Cities Around Emeryville

City Population Count
Raw
Total Crime
/ 100k People
Property Crime
/ 100k People
Violent Crime
/ 100k People
Oakland, CA 435,042 39,831 9,155.7 7,230.3 1,925.3
Berkeley, CA 117,400 6,889 5,868.0 5,229.1 638.8
Richmond, CA 113,418 4,180 3,685.5 2,762.3 923.1
San Mateo, CA 99,929 2,125 2,126.5 1,883.3 243.2
Mountain View, CA 81,461 2,509 3,080.0 2,773.1 306.9
Alameda, CA 74,458 3,895 5,231.1 4,914.2 317.0
South San Francisco, CA 62,229 1,157 1,859.3 1,558.8 300.5
San Bruno, CA 40,553 901 2,221.8 1,965.3 256.5
El Cerrito, CA 25,424 896 3,524.2 3,044.4 479.9
Orinda, CA 19,314 181 937.1 880.2 57.0

Emeryville SnackAbility

8.5
/10
Overall SnackAbility
Jobs
8.5/10
Housing
10
Affordability
3
Diversity
10
Safety
3
Amenities
9
Education
10
Commute
3
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