The Safest and Most Dangerous Places in Oakley, CA
Oakley is a city of 46,200 in Contra Costa County, about 40 miles east of downtown San Francisco · Updated November 2026
Is Oakley, CA safe?
Yes, crime in Oakley is low, with an overall CrimeGrade™ of A-. Because most US neighborhoods are safe as well, Oakley sits near the middle: safer than the neighborhoods where 43% of Americans live. Violent crime grades A- and property crime B+. What matters most is the neighborhood: grades within Oakley run from A to B, so check the map below.
A-
Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 797 of 1,000About as safe as the typical US neighborhoodi What this means
43% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than Oakley as a whole, and 57% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Oakley scores 797.
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 Oakley, CA at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Oakley, 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 Oakley
Aggravated assaults are uncommon. Oakley has aggravated assaults at less than half the US rate: 1.1 a year per 1,000 residents, against 2.6 nationally.
The safest and least safe parts of Oakley
Every part of Oakley where people live grades A or B on the national scale. Grades across Oakley run from A to B; 20% of residents live in areas with less crime than the typical US neighborhood.
100%
A or B 100%
Share of residents, by the overall CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
Within Oakley, the northeast side has the least crime and the north side the most.
Is crime going up in Oakley?
Since 2019, reported violent crime in Oakley is up 20% and property crime is down 19%. Murders, rapes, robberies and aggravated assaults went from about 1.2 to 1.5 a year per 1,000 residents (US: 3.7); burglaries, thefts and vehicle thefts from about 12 to 9.6 (US: 18). In 2024 alone, violent crime fell 49% and property crime fell 23%.
Violent crime, change since 2019
Property crime, change since 2019
OakleyUnited States
Source: crime reports to the FBI from the police department that serves Oakley. The charts follow crimes per resident.
Data table
Year
Violent, Oakley
Violent, US
Property, Oakley
Property, US
2016
+13%
+4%
-12%
+15%
2017
+5%
+4%
+1%
+12%
2018
-16%
+0%
+4%
+4%
2019
+0%
+0%
+0%
+0%
2020
-20%
+4%
-6%
-8%
2021
+46%
+6%
-7%
-10%
2022
+91%
+5%
-4%
-6%
2023
+136%
+2%
+5%
-7%
2024
+20%
-4%
-19%
-15%
Crime rates and types in Oakley
CrimeGrade™ estimates Oakley has about 22 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 42% less than the US as a whole and 46% less than 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 Oakley, about 29% of everything reported, but assault costs more, because each one does more harm.
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 Oakley
Oakley has its own police department, and these figures come from its reports, 2022 to 2024.
In Oakley, 35% of burglaries hit homes, against 57% nationally. Thefts from cars happen most often at homes: 34% of them, against 34% nationally.
Crime
Most often at
Busiest time
Burglary
Homes (35%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Car theft
Streets and sidewalks (46%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Theft from cars
Homes (34%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Vandalism
Streets and sidewalks (32%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Aggravated assault
Homes (47%)
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.
How Oakley compares with nearby cities
Oakley has less crime than 4 of its 8 nearest cities.
Two things set Oakley apart: it has 3.3 stores and restaurants for every 1,000 residents, against 10.5 nationally, and 12 jobs for every 100 residents, against 45 for the US as a whole. Places like that tend to report less theft, yet theft runs higher here than that would suggest.
Stores and restaurantsShops and restaurants draw crowds and parked cars. Places with many stores tend to report more theft.3.3 per 1,000 residentsUS: 10.5Lower than for 97% of US city residents
JobsJobs draw daytime crowds. Places with many jobs tend to report more theft and robbery.12 for every 100 residentsUS: 45Lower than for 96% 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 and assault. 90% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.D (14 of 100)US: 21Lower than for 64% of US city residents
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Empty homesSeasonal and vacation homes are left out. Places with many empty homes tend to report more burglary, vandalism and arson.3.2% of homesUS: 7.1%Lower than for 84% of US city residents
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 Oakley: D- (10 of 100).NoneUS: noneLower than for 84% 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.32% of residentsUS: 24%Higher than for 71% of US city residents
BestNeighborhood, a sister site of CrimeGrade™, ranks the neighborhoods of Oakley 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 crime costs Oakley
Crime costs Oakley about $819 a year per household, counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, 32% less than 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 $29 million a year, or $620 per resident.
How the cost breaks down
Crime
Cost a year
Per resident
Murder
$1.0 million
$22
Rape
$860,000
$19
Robbery
$510,000
$11
Assault
$3.0 million
$65
Burglary
$480,000
$10
Theft
$1.5 million
$32
Vehicle theft
$1.9 million
$42
Arson
$120,000
$3
Vandalism
$1.6 million
$35
Total
$11 million
$239
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 Oakley 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. Oakley is the other kind of example: few people work in, shop in or visit it, so its crime per resident looks lower than its CrimeGrade™ suggests.
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 Oakley, CA average a SchoolGrade of C: 34% of students test proficient, against 37% projected for schools like them. Overall, they underperform expectations. See schools in Oakley on SchoolGrade
