Alameda is a city of 77,300 in Alameda County, about 9 miles east of downtown San Francisco · Updated November 2026
How common is property crime in Alameda?
Alameda grades D- for property crime, with more of it than the neighborhoods where 90% of Americans live. Theft makes up 60% of it. Burglary, the crime most likely to reach into a home, grades A-, and vehicle theft grades F.
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Property crime CrimeGrade™
Safety score 82 of 1,000More property crime than nearly all US neighborhoodsi What this means
10% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more property crime than Alameda as a whole, and 90% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a property crime safety score of 823, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Alameda scores 82.
Crime is concentrated in a small share of places, so most neighborhoods score high on the 0 to 1,000 scale. That is why a score in the 800s can still mean more property crime than most US neighborhoods.
How to read the map: each area's color compares its property crime with the homes, parked cars and people there, on one national scale, from green for the least to red for the most. Each area gets its own color, so a busy shopping center can show red while the homes beside it stay green. The interactive maps load faster on a strong connection. Compare high speed internet in Alameda, CA at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Alameda, and anyone thinking about buying or renting a home there.
Business and enterprise customers: this free map shows neighborhood areas. CrimeGrade™ business reports map crime at about 66-meter detail and estimate it for one address and type of business. See business reports
What stands out about property crime in Alameda
One part of Alameda stands out for vehicle theft. Car thefts in Gold Coast, in central Alameda, run at more than triple the rate in the rest of the city.
Thefts run high for a city with a D for property crime. Alameda has 32.6 thefts a year per 1,000 residents; for the typical resident of a US city graded D for property crime, the figure is 16.5.
Where property crime is lowest and highest in Alameda
High property crime is widespread across Alameda: 83% of residents live in areas graded D or F, and 4% in areas graded A or B. Property crime grades across Alameda run from B to F.
13%83%
A or B 4%C 13%D or F 83%
Share of residents, by the property crime CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
1East End & Bay Farm Island, southeastThefts run at about half the rate in the rest of Alameda.C-369
2Woodstock, northwestCar thefts run at less than half the rate in the rest of Alameda.D+252
3South Shore, southBurglaries run about 40% lower here than in the rest of Alameda.D-109
4Fernside, eastCar thefts run at more than double the rate in the rest of Alameda.F0
5Gold Coast, centralThefts run about 30% higher here than in the rest of Alameda.F0
6West End, westThefts run about 40% higher here than in the rest of Alameda.F0
Neighborhood areas of Alameda, ranked by property crime CrimeGrade™; beside each grade is its safety score, from 0 to 1,000 (higher is safer). Each one combines several of the smaller areas on the map.
Is property crime going up in Alameda?
Reported property crime in Alameda has risen 44% since 2019. Burglaries, thefts and vehicle thefts went from about 32 to 46 a year per 1,000 residents (US: 18). In 2024 alone, property crime fell 16%.
Property crime, change since 2019
AlamedaUnited States
Source: crime reports to the FBI from the police department that serves Alameda. The charts follow crimes per resident.
Data table
Year
Property, Alameda
Property, US
2016
-22%
+15%
2017
-9%
+12%
2018
-18%
+4%
2019
+0%
+0%
2020
-2%
-8%
2021
+10%
-10%
2022
+31%
-6%
2023
+72%
-7%
2024
+44%
-15%
Property crime rates and types in Alameda
CrimeGrade™ estimates Alameda has about 54 reported property crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, more than double the rate for the US as a whole and about double the rate for California.
All property crime
Burglary
Vehicle theft
Reported crimes a year, per 1,000 residents. Property crime here includes vandalism, which the FBI's property crime rate leaves out.
Theft is the most common property crime in Alameda, about 60% of the total, followed by vehicle theft and vandalism.
Each CrimeGrade™ here compares a property crime with what it affects: homes for burglary and arson, parked cars for vehicle theft, people and parking for theft, homes and businesses for vandalism. Rates count crimes per 1,000 residents.
Select a crime's name to see its map above. CrimeGrade™ business reports map each crime at about 66-meter detail.
Where and when property crime happens in Alameda
Alameda has its own police department, and these figures come from its reports, 2022 to 2024.
In Alameda, 29% of burglaries hit homes, against 57% nationally. Car thefts happen most often on streets and sidewalks: 63% of them, against 27% nationally.
Crime
Most often at
Busiest time
Burglary
Stores and businesses (40%)
Night (midnight to 6 am)
Car theft
Streets and sidewalks (63%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Theft from cars
Streets and sidewalks (52%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Vandalism
Streets and sidewalks (40%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Shares of the crimes reported to police, 2022 to 2024. Reports with no time recorded are left out of the times.
Property crime in Alameda and nearby cities
Alameda has less property crime than 5 of its 8 nearest cities.
Among the traits that tend to go with property crime, two set Alameda apart: it has 77% of its residents in dense blocks, against 24% nationally, and 19 buses and trains an hour at the evening rush, where most Americans have none nearby. Places like that tend to report more car theft, and it runs high here.
Residents in dense blocksBlocks of 10,000 or more people per square mile. Dense neighborhoods tend to report more car theft.77% of residentsUS: 24%Higher than for 92% of US city residents
Transit serviceBuses and trains an hour at the evening rush. Places with busy transit tend to report more theft. BestNeighborhood's Transit Grade for Alameda: C- (29 of 100).19 trips an hourUS: noneHigher than for 91% of US city residents
Walk GradeBestNeighborhood's grade for getting through daily life on foot, traced along real walking routes to shops, schools and parks. Walkable places tend to report more theft.C+ (47 of 100)US: 21Higher than for 91% of US city residents
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Lit at nightSatellite images show which neighborhoods are lit at night, a sign of busy streets and businesses. Brightly lit places tend to report more theft and vandalism.100% where people liveUS: 78%Higher than for 72% of US city residents
Parking lotsBig lots at stores, offices and apartment complexes. Places with more lot space tend to report more theft.1.4 spaces per residentUS: 2.0Lower than for 61% of US city residents
Empty homesSeasonal and vacation homes are left out. Places with many empty homes tend to report more burglary, vandalism and arson.6.8% of homesUS: 7.1%Higher than for 61% of US city residents
BestNeighborhood, a sister site of CrimeGrade™, ranks the neighborhoods of Alameda on shops, parks, home prices, getting around and more.
These traits tend to go with more or less crime; none of them causes it on its own. Sources: Census job counts and housing figures, OpenStreetMap and Overture business listings, CrimeGrade™ parking estimates, NASA night-light imagery, US Forest Service tree cover, EPA transit data and BestNeighborhood's Walk Grade.
What property crime costs Alameda
Property crime costs Alameda about $34 million a year, or $434 per resident and about $1,080 per household: the value of what is stolen or damaged, plus the police, courts and prisons that respond.
Cost of property crime per resident, per year
How the cost breaks down
Pain and suffering add little to the cost of property crime, so this is close to its full cost.
Crime
Cost a year
Per resident
Burglary
$1.7 million
$22
Theft
$13 million
$167
Vehicle theft
$15 million
$190
Arson
$730,000
$9
Vandalism
$3.5 million
$45
Total
$34 million
$434
How CrimeGrade™ works
The property crime CrimeGrade™ covers burglary, theft, car theft, arson and vandalism, from A+ for the least crime to F for the most, on one scale for the whole country.
It weighs each property crime against what it affects: homes for burglary and arson, parked cars for car theft, and the people and parking around stores for theft.
The rates on this page count crimes for every 1,000 people who live here, the way police departments report them.
Comparisons with US neighborhoods use the Census Bureau's block groups, small areas of about 1,400 residents, and count the people who live in each. The figures count crimes reported to police; many crimes, shoplifting above all, never are. Behind the grades, CrimeGrade™ tested 21,607 factors from 125 data families. For business owners, paid CrimeGrade™ location reports estimate crime at a single address for each type of business.
Where the numbers come from
Crime reports that police departments file with the FBI
State crime records and city crime data, where they are published
Published research on what crime costs victims and communities
These are estimates of reported crime for whole areas, not a record of what happened on any one street. CrimeGrade™ updates them once a year and provides them free and without guarantee. Check local sources before you rely on them for a decision.
