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  2. Crime in Oakland, California - Wikipedia

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    Total crime in Oakland dropped by 41% from 1987 to 2012. In 2012, Oakland had the highest total crime rate of any California city with 20,000 or more people, with 8,587 total crimes per 100,000 residents, compared to a statewide average of 3,182 total crimes per 100,000 people. [8] Property crime in Oakland declined by 58% between 1988 and 2009 ...

  3. Oakland, California - Wikipedia

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    Oakland is the most populous city in and the county seat of Alameda County, California, United States. A major West Coast port, Oakland is the largest city in the East Bay region of the San Francisco Bay Area, and the third-largest city overall in the Bay Area. With a population of 440,646 in 2020, [13] it serves as the Bay Area's trade center ...

  4. History of Oakland, California - Wikipedia

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    Drug dealing in general, and the dealing of crack cocaine in particular, resulted in elevated rates of violent crime, causing Oakland to consistently be listed as one of America's most crime-ridden cities. During the late 1980s and early 1990s, Oakland's black plurality reached its peak at approximately 47% of the overall population.

  5. Rising crime risks turning Oakland into a ‘ghost town ... - AOL

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    Violent crime and other felonies fell in 2023 in America’s biggest cities.They increased in Oakland.. Robberies grew 38% last year in Oakland, according to police data. Burglaries increased 23% ...

  6. Killing of Oscar Grant - Wikipedia

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    Oscar Grant III was a 22-year-old African-American man who was killed in the early morning hours of New Year's Day 2009 by BART Police Officer Johannes Mehserle in Oakland, California. Responding to reports of a fight on a crowded Bay Area Rapid Transit train returning from San Francisco, BART Police officers detained Grant and several other ...

  7. California governor to send prosecutors to Oakland to help ...

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    Gov. Gavin Newsom days earlier said he would deploy 120 California Highway Patrol officers to also help with targeted crackdowns on criminal activity in Oakland, a city of 400,000 people across ...

  8. California locations by crime rate - Wikipedia

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    The following is a list of California locations by crime rate based on FBI's Uniform Crime Reports from 2014. In 2014, California reported 153,709 violent crimes (3.96 for every 1,000 people) and 947,192 property crimes (24.41 for every 1,000 people). These rates are very similar for the average county and city in California. [citation needed]

  9. 2009 shootings of Oakland police officers - Wikipedia

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    Aerial view of the initial traffic stop at 74th Avenue and MacArthur. Four police officers in Oakland, California, were fatally shot on March 21, 2009, [a] by Lovelle Mixon, a convicted felon wanted on a no-bail warrant for a parole violation. Mixon shot and killed two police officers of the Oakland Police Department during a routine traffic stop.