The Safest and Most Dangerous Places in Emeryville, CA
Emeryville is a city of 35,000 in Alameda County, about 8 miles northeast of downtown San Francisco · Updated November 2026
Is Emeryville, CA safe?
Crime in Emeryville is high, with an overall CrimeGrade™ of F. Most US neighborhoods have far less: 94% of Americans live in neighborhoods with less crime than Emeryville. Violent crime grades D- and property crime F. What matters most is the neighborhood: grades within Emeryville run from A- to F, so check the map or the safest and least safe neighborhoods below.
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Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 0 of 1,000Less safe than nearly all US neighborhoodsi What this means
6% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than Emeryville as a whole, and 94% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, 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 crime than most US neighborhoods.
How to read the map: each area's color compares its crime with the people, homes and cars there, on one national scale, from green for the least crime 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 in Emeryville
One part of Emeryville stands out for robbery. Robberies in Hoover-Foster, in southeast Emeryville, run at more than triple the rate in the rest of the city.
Car thefts and thefts both run high. In Emeryville, each runs at more than triple the US rate: 20.9 car thefts and 60.3 thefts a year per 1,000 residents, against 2.7 and 13.1 nationally.
The safest and most dangerous neighborhoods in Emeryville
High crime is widespread across Emeryville: 82% of residents live in areas graded D or F, and 12% in areas graded A or B. Grades across Emeryville run from A- to F; every part of Emeryville has more crime than the typical US neighborhood.
12%82%
A or B 12%C 6%D or F 82%
Share of residents, by the overall CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
1Golden Gate, northwestAggravated assaults run at less than half the rate in the rest of Emeryville.C-337
2Gaskill, centralRobberies run at about double 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
4Longfellow, eastCar thefts run at more than triple the rate in the rest of Emeryville.F0
5Santa Fe, northeastCar thefts run at more than double the rate in the rest of Emeryville.F0
6Clawson & McClymonds, southThefts run at about triple the rate in the rest of Emeryville.F0
7Hoover-Foster, southeastCar thefts run at more than triple the rate in the rest of Emeryville.F0
Neighborhood areas of Emeryville, ranked by overall 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.
Crime rates and types in Emeryville
CrimeGrade™ estimates Emeryville has about 130 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, about triple the rate for the US as a whole and about triple the rate for California.
Overall crime
Violent crime
Property crime
Reported crimes a year, per 1,000 residents. These figures include simple assaults and vandalism, which the FBI's violent and property crime rates leave out.
Theft is the most common crime in Emeryville, about 47% of everything reported.
Each CrimeGrade™ compares a crime with what it affects: people for assaults and robbery, homes for burglary, parked cars for vehicle theft. 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 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. Thefts from cars happen most often in parking lots and garages: 74% of them, against 31% 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)
Robbery
Stores and businesses (52%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Aggravated assault
Streets and sidewalks (28%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Shares of the crimes reported to police, 2022 to 2024. Reports with no time recorded are left out of the times.
How Emeryville compares with nearby cities
Of the 8 cities closest to Emeryville, 7 have less crime. Orinda and Albany have the least.
Two things 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 and robbery than places with only one of them, and they run 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 and assault. 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 robbery and 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 and robbery.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 and robbery. 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 crime costs Emeryville
Counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, crime costs Emeryville about $3,782 a year per household, about triple the US figure of $1,205.
Cost of crime per resident, per year
Counting the pain and suffering of victims, which comes almost entirely from violent crime, the full cost comes to about $184 million a year, or $5,260 per resident.
How the cost breaks down
Crime
Cost a year
Per resident
Murder
$13 million
$368
Rape
$1.2 million
$34
Robbery
$6.4 million
$184
Assault
$11 million
$317
Burglary
$2.1 million
$59
Theft
$11 million
$309
Vehicle theft
$11 million
$321
Arson
$300,000
$9
Vandalism
$3.4 million
$97
Total
$59 million
$1,698
How CrimeGrade™ works
A CrimeGrade™ shows how much crime an area has compared with the rest of the country, from A+ for the least crime to F for the most. Every neighborhood in the US is graded on the same scale, so a B in Emeryville means the same as a B anywhere else.
CrimeGrade™ starts from the crimes people report to police and measures each kind of crime against what it affects: people for assaults, homes for burglaries, parked cars for car thefts.
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.
Schools in Emeryville, CA average a SchoolGrade of C: 38% of students test proficient, against 35% projected for schools like them. Overall, they meet expectations. See schools in Emeryville on SchoolGrade
