Laurel is a neighborhood of 3,280 residents in Oakland, about 4 miles east of downtown · Updated November 2026
How common is violent crime in Laurel?
Violent crime is high in Laurel: an F, with more violent crime than the neighborhoods where 95% of Americans live. Assaults make up 70% of it, and most of those are simple assaults, which involve no weapon and no serious injury. Oakland as a whole grades F for violent crime.
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Violent crime CrimeGrade™
Safety score 0 of 1,000More violent crime than nearly all US neighborhoodsi What this means
5% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more violent crime than Laurel as a whole, and 95% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a violent crime safety score of 860, a CrimeGrade™ of A. Laurel 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 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 Laurel, Oakland, CA at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Laurel 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 about violent crime in Laurel
Robberies and aggravated assaults both run high. In Laurel, each runs at more than triple the US rate: 10.4 robberies and 9.8 aggravated assaults a year per 1,000 residents, against 0.62 and 2.6 nationally.
Violent crime rates and types in Laurel
CrimeGrade™ estimates Laurel has about 37 reported violent crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, more than double the rate for the US as a whole and close to Oakland as a whole.
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 Laurel, about 70% 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.
Violent crime in Laurel and nearby neighborhoods
Laurel has more violent crime than 6 of its 10 nearest neighborhoods. Glenview and Redwood Heights have the least violent crime nearby.
Among the traits that tend to go with violent crime, two set Laurel apart: it has 1.5 bars and nightlife spots for every 1,000 residents, against 0.6 nationally, and 82 jobs for every 100 residents, against 45 for the US as a whole. It also combines many bars with dense blocks: places with both tend to report more assault and robbery than places with only one of them, and they run high here.
Bars and nightlifeBars, lounges, clubs and casinos. Places with more bars tend to report more assault and robbery.1.5 per 1,000 residentsUS: 0.6Higher than for 88% of residents of US city neighborhoods
JobsJobs draw daytime crowds. Places with many jobs tend to report more robbery.82 for every 100 residentsUS: 45Higher than for 84% 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 assault.B (59 of 100)US: 21Higher than for 71% of residents of US city neighborhoods
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Residents in dense blocksBlocks of 10,000 or more people per square mile. Dense neighborhoods tend to report more robbery.95% of residentsUS: 24%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 violent crime costs Laurel
Counting the pain and suffering of victims, violent crime costs Laurel about $14 million a year, or $4,305 per resident. The costs that reach a bill, such as medical care, lost work and the justice system, come to about $3.3 million, or $1,012 per resident.
Billed cost of violent crime per resident, per year
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
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.
