Emeryville is a city of 35,000 in Alameda County, about 8 miles northeast of downtown San Francisco · Updated November 2026
How common is property crime in Emeryville?
Emeryville grades F for property crime, with more of it than the neighborhoods where 95% of Americans live. Theft makes up 59% of it. Burglary, the crime most likely to reach into a home, grades C, and vehicle theft grades F.
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Property crime CrimeGrade™
Safety score 0 of 1,000More property crime than nearly all US neighborhoodsi What this means
5% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more property crime than Emeryville as a whole, and 95% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a property crime safety score of 823, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Emeryville scores 0.
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 Emeryville, CA at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Emeryville, 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 Emeryville
Car thefts run high in Hoover-Foster. In this part of southeast Emeryville, they run at more than triple the rate in the rest of Emeryville.
Theft at more than triple the US rate. Emeryville has 60.3 thefts a year per 1,000 residents, against 13.1 nationally.
Where property crime is lowest and highest in Emeryville
High property crime is widespread across Emeryville: 95% of residents live in areas graded D or F, and 5% in areas graded A or B. Property crime grades across Emeryville run from B- to F.
95%
A or B 5%D or F 95%
Share of residents, by the property crime CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
1Gaskill, centralThefts run about 60% higher here than in the rest of Emeryville.F0
2Longfellow, eastCar thefts run at more than triple the rate in the rest of Emeryville.F0
3Paradise Park, northCar thefts run at more than double the rate in the rest of Emeryville.F0
4Santa Fe, northeastCar thefts run at more than double the rate in the rest of Emeryville.F0
5Golden Gate, northwestThefts run about 40% lower here than in the rest of Emeryville.F0
6Clawson & McClymonds, southThefts run at about triple the rate in the rest of Emeryville.F0
7Hoover-Foster, southeastThefts run at more than triple the rate in the rest of Emeryville.F0
Neighborhood areas of Emeryville, 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.
Property crime rates and types in Emeryville
CrimeGrade™ estimates Emeryville has about 102 reported property crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, more than triple the rate for the US as a whole and more than triple 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 Emeryville, about 59% 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 Emeryville
Emeryville has its own police department, and these figures come from its reports, 2022 to 2024.
In Emeryville, 36% of burglaries hit homes, against 57% nationally. Car thefts happen most often in parking lots and garages: 57% of them, against 23% nationally.
Crime
Most often at
Busiest time
Burglary
Stores and businesses (48%)
Night (midnight to 6 am)
Car theft
Parking lots and garages (57%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Theft from cars
Parking lots and garages (74%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Vandalism
Parking lots and garages (43%)
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 Emeryville and nearby cities
Of the 8 cities closest to Emeryville, 7 have less property crime. Orinda and Albany have the least.
Nearest first, with each place's distance from Emeryville. Beside each property crime CrimeGrade™ is its safety score, from 0 to 1,000 (higher is safer).
Compared with cities of similar size and density, Emeryville has more property crime than 96% of them.
Among the traits that tend to go with property crime, two set Emeryville apart: it has a Walk Grade of A- (73 of 100) on BestNeighborhood, against 21 for the US as a whole, and 90% of its residents in dense blocks, against 24% nationally. It also combines many jobs with busy transit: places with both tend to report more theft than places with only one of them, and it runs high here.
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. 74% of residents here live in walkable areas.A- (73 of 100)US: 21Higher than for 96% of US city residents
Residents in dense blocksBlocks of 10,000 or more people per square mile. Dense neighborhoods tend to report more car theft.90% of residentsUS: 24%Higher than for 95% of US city residents
JobsJobs draw daytime crowds. Places with many jobs tend to report more theft.86 for every 100 residentsUS: 45Higher than for 94% of US city residents
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Transit serviceBuses and trains an hour at the evening rush. Places with busy transit tend to report more theft. BestNeighborhood's Transit Grade for Emeryville: C (37 of 100).27 trips an hourUS: noneHigher than for 94% of US city residents
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 92% of US city residents
Stores and restaurantsShops and restaurants draw crowds and parked cars. Places with many stores tend to report more theft.16.2 per 1,000 residentsUS: 10.5Higher than for 91% of US city residents
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 Emeryville
Property crime costs Emeryville about $28 million a year, or $796 per resident and about $1,772 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
$2.1 million
$59
Theft
$11 million
$309
Vehicle theft
$11 million
$321
Arson
$300,000
$9
Vandalism
$3.4 million
$97
Total
$28 million
$796
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.
