Oakland Sexual assault
Oakland · Sexual assault · updated 2026-11-12
In 2025, the latest complete year, Oakland police open data recorded 372 sexual assault incidents, 0.8% of all 49,064 incidents reported in the city that year and down 6.8% from 2024. That is about 83.9 per 100,000 residents, compared with 80.9 per 100,000 across the 42 US cities on TheCrimeMaps.com with complete 2025 data that list this crime type. So far in 2026, 256 sexual assault incidents have been published.
Sexual assault in Oakland by year
| Year | Incidents | Per 100K | vs prior year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (year to date) | 256 | — | — |
| 2025 | 372 | 83.9 | down 6.8% |
| 2024 | 399 | 90.0 | down 16.9% |
| 2023 | 480 | 108 | up 25.0% |
| 2022 | 384 | 86.6 | up 3.5% |
| 2021 | 371 | 83.6 | down 10.8% |
| 2020 | 416 | 93.8 | down 8.8% |
Year rows reflect the months published by the source; partial years are labelled and never compared or turned into rates. Full archive: 8,591 sexual assault incidents.
Questions
How many sexual assault incidents were reported in Oakland in 2025?
372, according to Oakland Police Department open data as mapped by TheCrimeMaps.com.
Is sexual assault going up or down in Oakland?
Reported sexual assault was down 6.8% in 2025 compared with 2024, and down 3.1% compared with 2022 (falling over three years).
Where does this data come from?
Source: Oakland Police Department open data. TheCrimeMaps.com groups each published offense into a crime type; counts are police-reported incidents, not convictions, and some reports are reclassified or removed by the source later.
Other crime types in Oakland
- Oakland other 13,457 in 2025
- Oakland theft 8,903 in 2025
- Oakland burglary 8,897 in 2025
- Oakland auto theft 6,766 in 2025
- Oakland assault 4,688 in 2025
- Oakland vandalism 3,539 in 2025
- Oakland robbery 1,592 in 2025
- Oakland fraud 791 in 2025
- Oakland homicide 53 in 2025
- Oakland theft from vehicle 5 in 2025
- Oakland bike theft 1 in 2025