CrimeMetric

Crime in Emeryville, California

Major crime in Emeryville is 5.7 times the U.S. rate per resident: 2.5 times for persons crimes and 6.5 times for property crimes. Expected major crimes are down 8.8% from a year earlier.

Modeled estimates per resident, not counts of incidents. How we calculated this

Major crime
574
5.7 times the U.S. rate
4.8 times the California rate
down 8.8% in a year
Persons crimes
247
2.5 times the U.S. rate
1.8 times the California rate
down 8.6% in a year
Property crimes
646
6.5 times the U.S. rate
5.5 times the California rate
down 8.8% in a year
Social disorder
141
41% above the U.S. rate
39% above the California rate
down 6.3% in a year

Index: crimes per resident compared with the U.S., where 100 is the U.S. rate and 200 is twice it.

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Crime by type

Shoplifting stands out most, at 11.3 times the U.S. rate

Expected crimes per year in Emeryville for each type, and the index against the U.S. rate per resident.

Citywide indexWhere the middle half of residents live

IndexPer year

How crime varies across Emeryville

The middle half of Emeryville residents live in neighborhoods with a major-crime index between 352 and 472; the typical (median) resident's is 370. The citywide figure (574) is higher than that because crime concentrates in a smaller set of areas.

Map of Emeryville, with its census block groups shaded by major-crime index band
Block groups shaded by major-crime index, in the bar's bands below; pale gray where fewer than 100 people live. Highways and boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau.
  • 0–500.0%
  • 50–1000.0%
  • 100–2009.9%
  • 200–40046.6%
  • 400+42.7%

Share of residents by the index of their census block group, a neighborhood of roughly 600 to 3,000 people.

When it happens

Highest in the daytime

Major-crime index by time of week, against the U.S. rate for the same hours.

Monday to Friday, 6am to 6pm688
Sunday to Thursday nights, 6pm to 6am446
Saturday and Sunday, 6am to 6pm668
Friday and Saturday nights, 6pm to 6am429
Trend and outlook

Major crime fell 8.8% in a year; across California it fell 7.4%

Past yearBy 2031
Major crime-8.8%CA -7.4%-11.3%CA -14.1%
Persons crimes-8.6%CA -3.5%-11.0%CA -6.1%
Property crimes-8.8%CA -8.4%-11.3%CA -16.1%
Social disorder-6.3%CA -4.9%-4.3%CA -9.4%

Change in expected crimes, with California as a whole in gray. The past year uses the reporting agencies' year-to-date FBI data; 2031 is the model's projection.

Similar-size places

Emeryville against U.S. places with 10,000 to 25,000 residents

1 of the 2,149 other places of this size has a higher major-crime index than Emeryville; the middle of the group is 72. The 9 nearest in population:

Emeryville, CA13,890574
Bonita, CA13,876174
Lamont, CA13,863117
Larkspur, CA13,88234

Major-crime index per resident, U.S. = 100; residents in gray.

Nearby places

Emeryville has a higher major-crime index than all of its 8 nearest neighbors

The 8 nearest cities and towns we cover, by major-crime index. The closest, Berkeley (2 mi), is 52% below Emeryville's rate.

Emeryville574
Oakland5 mi361
Berkeley2 mi277
Alameda5 mi240
El Cerrito6 mi173
Albany4 mi140
Piedmont3 mi119
Orinda7 mi51

Major-crime index per resident, U.S. = 100; distances between where residents live, in miles.

Questions about crime in Emeryville

What are the most common crimes in Emeryville?

By expected count, the most common persons and property crimes are shoplifting (about 498 a year), theft from vehicle (about 302 a year) and other larceny (about 240 a year). Compared with the U.S., shoplifting stands out most: 11.3 times the U.S. rate per resident.

How we calculated this

Each police agency's crimes, as reported to the FBI, are spread across the census block groups it serves using population, jobs, points of interest and, where available, local incident records. Emeryville's figures add up its 13 block groups. The index compares crimes per resident with the U.S. rate.

  • Emeryville's published incident records inform the estimate for every neighborhood.
  • 71.6% of residents live in block groups whose estimate has high confidence (80% interval within about 5x).
  • Rates are per resident, so places where many people work or visit but few live, such as downtowns, airports and stadiums, can read high.
  • Disorderly conduct and trespassing are modeled, because the FBI records them only through arrests.
  • Residents: 13,890. Model updated Oct 20, 2026. Release 2026-2026-10-20-2

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CrimeMetric. "Crime in Emeryville, California." Vorp Labs, model updated Oct 20, 2026. https://crimemetric.com/ca/emeryville

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Major-crime index, U.S. = 100