Upper Rockridge is a neighborhood of 6,320 residents in Oakland, about 3 miles northeast of downtown · Updated November 2026
Is Upper Rockridge in Oakland safe?
With an overall CrimeGrade™ of B+, Upper Rockridge has moderate crime by national standards. Most US neighborhoods have less: 67% of Americans live in neighborhoods with less crime. Violent crime grades better than property crime here, A against C. Oakland as a whole grades F. What matters most is the neighborhood: grades within Upper Rockridge run from A- to C, so check the map below.
B+
Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 722 of 1,000Less safe than most US neighborhoodsi What this means
33% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than Upper Rockridge as a whole, and 67% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Upper Rockridge scores 722.
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 Upper Rockridge, Oakland, CA at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Upper Rockridge in Oakland, 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 Upper Rockridge
Vehicle theft at more than double the US rate. Upper Rockridge has 6.3 car thefts a year per 1,000 residents, against 2.7 nationally.
Crime rates and types in Upper Rockridge
CrimeGrade™ estimates Upper Rockridge has about 32 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 14% less than the US as a whole and 75% less than Oakland as a whole.
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 makes up about 43% of crime reported in Upper Rockridge. Vehicle theft is less common but 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.
How Upper Rockridge compares with nearby neighborhoods
Upper Rockridge has less crime than 8 of its 10 nearest neighborhoods; only Claremont and Merriwood have less.
Nearest first, with each place's distance from Upper Rockridge. Beside each overall CrimeGrade™ is its safety score, from 0 to 1,000 (higher is safer).
Compared with neighborhoods of similar size and density, Upper Rockridge is safer than 63% of them.
Two things set Upper Rockridge apart: it has 1.1 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 and car theft, yet theft and car theft run 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 and car theft.1.1 per 1,000 residentsUS: 10.5Lower than for 98% of residents of US city neighborhoods
JobsJobs draw daytime crowds. Places with many jobs tend to report more theft and robbery.12 for every 100 residentsUS: 45Lower than for 86% of residents of US city neighborhoods
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. 93% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.D (15 of 100)US: 21Lower than for 82% of residents of US city neighborhoods
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Tree coverThe share of land under tree canopy where people live. Leafy neighborhoods tend to report less robbery.21% where people liveUS: 21%Higher than for 80% of residents of US city neighborhoods
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 Upper Rockridge
Counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, crime costs Upper Rockridge about $873 a year per household, 28% 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 $3.7 million a year, or $579 per resident.
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 Upper Rockridge 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
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 Upper Rockridge, Oakland, CA average a SchoolGrade of A+: 62% of students test proficient, against 56% projected for schools like them. Overall, they exceed expectations. See schools in Upper Rockridge on SchoolGrade
