Berkeley, CA crime rate
In 2025 the Berkeley Police Department reported 639.3 violent crimes and 4,112.7 property crimes per 100,000 residents it covers. The FBI's estimates for California and the US for the same year are beside each number.
Data as of 2025 (FBI), checked October 30, 2026. How we got these numbers
Data notes.
- Arson, 2024: possibly incomplete. 48 reported; 3 of 12 months zero (Feb, Jul, Sep) while other offenses were reported in those months; 2023: 61 reported. The count is shown; its rate is not compared.
How does Berkeley compare with California and the US?
Arson has no FBI state or US estimate, so its row shows Berkeley only.
What offenses were reported in Berkeley, 2025?
| Offense | Reported | Per 100k | California | US | vs 2024 | vs 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violent crime | ||||||
| Violent crime | 775 | 639.3 | 432.7 | 327.6 | down 0.9% | 2021: partial year: 2 of 12 months |
| Murder | 1 | 0.8 | 3.5 | 4.1 | down 76.5% | 2021: partial year: 2 of 12 months |
| Rape | 84 | 69.3 | 33.4 | 36.1 | up 37.8% | 2021: partial year: 2 of 12 months |
| Robbery | 152 | 125.4 | 94.9 | 49.4 | down 33.4% | 2021: partial year: 2 of 12 months |
| Aggravated assault | 538 | 443.8 | 301.0 | 238.0 | up 10.2% | 2021: partial year: 2 of 12 months |
| Property crime | ||||||
| Property crime | 4,986 | 4,112.7 | 1,792.2 | 1,534.8 | down 22.3% | 2021: partial year: 2 of 12 months |
| Burglary | 711 | 586.5 | 275.1 | 193.6 | down 12.3% | 2021: partial year: 2 of 12 months |
| Larceny-theft | 3,664 | 3,022.2 | 1,200.5 | 1,144.1 | down 17.6% | 2021: partial year: 2 of 12 months |
| Motor vehicle theft | 553 | 456.1 | 316.7 | 197.0 | down 50.2% | 2021: partial year: 2 of 12 months |
| Arson | 58 | 47.8 | Not estimated | Not estimated | See data note | 2021: partial year: 2 of 12 months |
Reported = offenses known to the Berkeley Police Department and sent to the FBI. California and US are FBI estimates for the same year. Changes compare rates of full years only.
Violent crime rate, 2021 to 2025
2021: partial year: 2 of 12 months. No rate is drawn for that year, and the line breaks there.
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| Year | Berkeley | United States | California |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Partial year: 2 of 12 months | 387.0 | 481.2 |
| 2022 | 580.6 | 388.7 | 503.6 |
| 2023 | 681.8 | 379.5 | 506.9 |
| 2024 | 644.8 | 362.9 | 475.3 |
| 2025 | 639.3 | 327.6 | 432.7 |
Property crime rate, 2021 to 2025
2021: partial year: 2 of 12 months. No rate is drawn for that year, and the line breaks there.
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| Year | Berkeley | United States | California |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Partial year: 2 of 12 months | 1,832.3 | 2,165.3 |
| 2022 | 5,688.9 | 1,973.8 | 2,361.5 |
| 2023 | 6,111.8 | 1,934.1 | 2,326.1 |
| 2024 | 5,295.6 | 1,761.1 | 1,964.9 |
| 2025 | 4,112.7 | 1,534.8 | 1,792.2 |
Is Berkeley safe?
We don't rate cities as safe or unsafe. What the FBI's numbers show: in 2025 the violent crime rate the Berkeley Police Department reported, 639.3 per 100,000 residents, was higher than California's 432.7, and higher than the US rate of 327.6 (FBI estimates). It fell 0.9% from 2024.
What these numbers can't tell you:
- How crime differs between neighborhoods (the FBI publishes agency totals only).
- Crimes nobody reported to the police.
- How many offenses involved visitors and commuters, who are not in the population count.
Berkeley police logged 4,986 property crimes and 775 violent crimes reported to the FBI in 2025. Per 100,000 residents covered by the Berkeley Police Department, property crime came to 4,112.7, which is 2.3 times the California estimate of 1,792.2 and 2.7 times the US rate of 1,534.8. The violent rate of 639.3 was 1.5 times the state's 432.7 and 2.0 times the national 327.6.
Property crime is down 27.7% from 2022 and 22.3% from 2024, and motor vehicle theft fell 50.2% in the last year alone. Violent crime edged down 0.9% from 2024 to 2025. Against 2022, when the rate was 580.6, violent crime is up 10.1%.
Aggravated assault had the largest rise of the violent offenses over that span, 80.8%, to 443.8 per 100,000, and it made up 69% of violent crime. Robbery moved the other way, falling 50.7% since 2022. Rape had the largest rise of the violent offenses from 2024 to 2025, 37.8%, and at 69.3 per 100,000 was 2.1 times the state estimate.
The city recorded 1 homicide in 2025. The 2024 arson count is flagged as possibly incomplete because several months were sent as zero, so arson is not compared. 2021 is a partial year: 2 of 12 months, and the 4 of 5 years from 2022 on are complete with 12 months each.
The department has reported to NIBRS since 2023. The Alameda County Sheriff's Office and University of California police report separately, so their cases are not included.
Written from the numbers on this page. Every figure and every comparison is checked against the stored FBI data before publishing.
Police employees, 2025: 2.04 per 1,000 residents (144 officers, 103 civilians), FBI Crime Data Explorer. Shown as context, not as a measure of crime.
Other California cities
The nearest California cities with a page, in alphabetical order. VC = violent crime per 100,000, 2025.
Sources
- FBI Crime Data Explorer, Berkeley Police Department (ORI CA0010300), offenses known to law enforcement and police employees, 2021 to 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026. Crime Data Explorer
- FBI Crime Data Explorer, California and United States estimated crime (Summary Reporting System estimates), 2021 to 2025.
- FBI, "UCR Statistics: Their Proper Use" (why we don't rank cities).
Every stored file behind this page (11)
- Berkeley Police Department (CA0010300): violent crime, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_CA0010300_violent_crime__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Berkeley Police Department (CA0010300): murder, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_CA0010300_homicide__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Berkeley Police Department (CA0010300): rape, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_CA0010300_rape__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Berkeley Police Department (CA0010300): robbery, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_CA0010300_robbery__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Berkeley Police Department (CA0010300): aggravated assault, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_CA0010300_aggravated_assault__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Berkeley Police Department (CA0010300): property crime, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_CA0010300_property_crime__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Berkeley Police Department (CA0010300): burglary, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_CA0010300_burglary__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Berkeley Police Department (CA0010300): larceny-theft, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_CA0010300_larceny__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Berkeley Police Department (CA0010300): motor vehicle theft, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_CA0010300_motor_vehicle_theft__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Berkeley Police Department (CA0010300): arson, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_CA0010300_arson__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Berkeley Police Department (CA0010300): police employees, 2021 to 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/pe_agency_CA0010300__from-2021-to-2025.json)