Emeryville is a city of 35,000 in Alameda County, about 8 miles northeast of downtown San Francisco · Updated November 2026
How common is violent crime in Emeryville?
Emeryville grades D- for violent crime, with more of it than the neighborhoods where 93% of Americans live. Assaults make up 76% of it, and most of those are simple assaults, which involve no weapon and no serious injury.
D-
Violent crime CrimeGrade™
Safety score 144 of 1,000More violent crime than nearly all US neighborhoodsi What this means
7% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more violent crime than Emeryville as a whole, and 93% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a violent crime safety score of 860, a CrimeGrade™ of A. Emeryville scores 144.
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 violent crime than most US neighborhoods.
How to read the map: each area's color compares its violent crime with the people who spend time there, on one national scale, from green for the least to red for the most. Each area gets its own color, so a busy downtown or nightlife strip can show red while the homes around it stay green. The interactive maps load faster on a solid 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 violent crime 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.
Aggravated assaults run high. Emeryville has aggravated assaults at about triple the US rate: 7.7 a year per 1,000 residents, against 2.6 nationally.
Where violent crime is lowest and highest in Emeryville
Violent crime varies widely across Emeryville: 23% of residents live in areas graded A or B, and 67% in areas graded D or F. Violent crime grades across Emeryville run from A to F.
23%10%67%
A or B 23%C 10%D or F 67%
Share of residents, by the violent crime CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
1Golden Gate, northwestAggravated assaults run at less than half the rate in the rest of Emeryville.B617
2Gaskill, centralRobberies run at about double the rate in the rest of Emeryville.D162
3Paradise Park, northRobberies run about 70% higher here than in the rest of Emeryville.F0
4Longfellow, eastRobberies run about 50% higher here than in the rest of Emeryville.F0
5Santa Fe, northeastSimple assaults run about 30% lower here than in the rest of Emeryville.F0
6Clawson & McClymonds, southRobberies run at more than double the rate in the rest of Emeryville.F0
7Hoover-Foster, southeastAggravated assaults run at more than triple the rate in the rest of Emeryville.F0
Neighborhood areas of Emeryville, ranked by violent 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.
Violent crime rates and types in Emeryville
CrimeGrade™ estimates Emeryville has about 28 reported violent crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, about double the rate for the US as a whole and more than double the rate for California.
All violent crime
Assaults
Robbery
Reported crimes a year, per 1,000 residents. Violent crime here includes simple assaults, which the FBI's violent crime rate leaves out.
Assault is the most common violent crime in Emeryville, about 76% of the total.
Each CrimeGrade™ here compares a violent crime with the people who spend time in an area, not only the people who live there. 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 violent crime happens in Emeryville
Emeryville has its own police department, and these figures come from its reports, 2022 to 2024.
In Emeryville, 24% of aggravated assaults happen at a home, against 53% nationally. Robberies happen most often at stores and businesses: 52% of them.
Crime
Most often at
Busiest time
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.
Violent crime in Emeryville and nearby cities
Of the 8 cities closest to Emeryville, 7 have less violent crime. Orinda and Piedmont have the least.
Nearest first, with each place's distance from Emeryville. Beside each violent 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 violent crime than 95% of them.
Among the traits that tend to go with violent 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 robbery 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 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.90% of residentsUS: 24%Higher than for 95% of US city residents
JobsJobs draw daytime crowds. Places with many jobs tend to report more 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 robbery. BestNeighborhood's Transit Grade for Emeryville: C (37 of 100).27 trips an hourUS: noneHigher than for 94% 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 violent crime costs Emeryville
Counting the pain and suffering of victims, violent crime costs Emeryville about $156 million a year, or $4,451 per resident. The costs that reach a bill, such as medical care, lost work and the justice system, come to about $32 million, or $903 per resident.
Billed cost of violent crime per resident, per year
How the cost breaks down
Pain and suffering are about 80% of that full cost.
Crime
Cost a year
Per resident
Murder
$13 million
$368
Rape
$1.2 million
$34
Robbery
$6.4 million
$184
Assault
$11 million
$317
Total
$32 million
$903
How CrimeGrade™ works
The violent crime CrimeGrade™ covers murder, rape, robbery and assault, from A+ for the least crime to F for the most, on one scale for the whole country.
It weighs each violent crime against the people who spend time in an area, so a busy downtown is graded on its workers and visitors as well as its residents.
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.
