CrimeMetric

Crime in Oakdale, California

Major crime in Oakdale is 30% below the U.S. rate per resident: 27% higher for persons crimes and 42% lower for property crimes. Expected major crimes are down 7.7% from a year earlier.

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

Major crime
70
30% below the U.S. rate
42% below the California rate
down 7.7% in a year
Persons crimes
127
27% above the U.S. rate
5% below the California rate
down 4.8% in a year
Property crimes
58
42% below the U.S. rate
51% below the California rate
down 9.1% in a year
Social disorder
136
36% above the U.S. rate
33% above the California rate
down 6.8% 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

Drugs and alcohol stands out most, at 2.6 times the U.S. rate

Expected crimes per year in Oakdale 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 Oakdale

The middle half of Oakdale residents live in neighborhoods with a major-crime index between 38 and 78; the typical (median) resident's is 65.

Map of Oakdale, 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.
  • 0–5042.0%
  • 50–10043.3%
  • 100–20012.3%
  • 200–4002.3%
  • 400+0.0%

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

When it happens

Highest on weekday daytimes

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

Monday to Friday, 6am to 6pm80
Sunday to Thursday nights, 6pm to 6am63
Saturday and Sunday, 6am to 6pm66
Friday and Saturday nights, 6pm to 6am63
Trend and outlook

Major crime fell 7.7% in a year; across California it fell 7.4%

Past yearBy 2031
Major crime-7.7%CA -7.4%-12.2%CA -14.1%
Persons crimes-4.8%CA -3.5%-3.6%CA -6.1%
Property crimes-9.1%CA -8.4%-16.3%CA -16.1%
Social disorder-6.8%CA -4.9%-10.4%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

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

1,100 of the 2,149 other places of this size have a higher major-crime index than Oakdale; the middle of the group is 72. The 9 nearest in population:

Griffin, GA23,671164
Oxford, AL23,663117
Benbrook, TX23,700108
Terrell, TX23,65686
Oakdale, CA23,68370
Solon, OH23,64037
Summit, NJ23,70431

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

Nearby places

Oakdale has a higher major-crime index than 4 of its 8 nearest neighbors

The 8 nearest cities and towns we cover, by major-crime index. The closest, Riverbank (6 mi), is 17% above Oakdale's rate.

Empire8 mi148
Modesto10 mi107
Ceres13 mi88
Riverbank6 mi82
Oakdale70
Escalon8 mi69
Waterford10 mi44
Hughson11 mi26

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

Questions about crime in Oakdale

What are the most common crimes in Oakdale?

By expected count, the most common persons and property crimes are other larceny (about 78 a year), aggravated assault (about 69 a year) and theft from vehicle (about 50 a year). Compared with the U.S., drugs and alcohol stands out most: 2.6 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. Oakdale's figures add up its 14 block groups. The index compares crimes per resident with the U.S. rate.

  • Oakdale has no published incident records in our data, so its estimate relies on agency totals and neighborhood characteristics.
  • 13.4% 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: 23,683. Model updated Oct 20, 2026. Release 2026-2026-10-20-2

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

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Major-crime index, U.S. = 100