Neighborhood overview
Chinatown, Oakland
Recent police-feed safety data for Chinatown in Oakland, compared to the FBI Crime Data Explorer 2025 national average. Sourced directly from the Oakland police open-data feed.
Safety Index
Chinatown reports close to Oakland's citywide rate.
Violent (persons)
2,219 / 100k local
vs Oakland 1,119 / 100k citywide (+98%)
reference: FBI 328 / 100k national (+577%)
Property
986 / 100k local
vs Oakland 1,278 / 100k citywide (-23%)
reference: FBI 1,548 / 100k national (-36%)
~5,287 residents (estimated, US Census Vintage 2023) · window ~56 days · newest report 5/22/2026 · FBI Crime Data Explorer 2025 (annual sum of monthly UCR rates)
Smaller-than-usual data window. Based on a ~56-day data window — read the grade as provisional. When the upstream feed refreshes, the longer window will tighten the comparison.
Recent activity (47 reports in the last 30 days)
- · violent / persons reports up 1 week-over-week (1 this week, 0 the week before).
- · property reports up 3 week-over-week (6 this week, 3 the week before).
- · society / public-order reports down 9 week-over-week (2 this week, 11 the week before).
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How to read this: CommunitySafe summarizes publicly published police reports. Scores reflect historical reporting only — not predictions of future risk, and not a substitute for professional safety advice. Should not be used as the sole basis for housing, lending, insurance, or hiring decisions. See /methodology for the full calculation.