Public Safety Committee
October 27, 2026
AGENDA REPORT
TO: Elizabeth Lake
Interim City Administrator
FROM: James P. Beere
Chief of Police
SUBJECT: OPD Part 1 Crime Data Report DATE: October 8, 2026
City Administrator Approval Date
RECOMMENDATION
Staff Recommends That The City Council Receive An Informational Report From The Oakland Police Department (OPD) On Crime, Crime Trends And Crime Reduction Activities in the City of Oakland.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Attachment A to this biannual report provides information on crime, crime trends, crime reduction, and crime intervention activities in Oakland for April 2026 through September 2026.
BACKGROUND AND LEGISLATIVE HISTORY
In 2013, the Public Safety Committee requested a quarterly report from OPD on crime trends and crime reduction activities in the City of Oakland. This report was provided four times a year and updated to include the preceding three-month period. At the Rules Committee meeting on March 23, 2023, there was a motion made and approved to change the reports’ frequency from quarterly to biannual.
ANALYSIS AND POLICY ALTERNATIVES
This informational report is presented to the City Council and the Oakland community to provide an update on crime and crime reduction activities in Oakland. The attached report (Attachment A) contains information as follows:
• Citywide Trends: Homicide, Robbery, and Shootings;
• Overview of Police Area and Bureau of Field Operations Issues; • Crime statistics for each of OPD’s six Police Areas (1-6)
RELATED PLANNING EFFORTS
This agenda item is a routine item and does not relate to any Oakland strategic planning efforts.
Elizabeth Lake (Oct 14, 2026 16:21:10 PDT) Oct 14, 2026 Elizabeth Lake, Interim City Administrator
Subject: OPD Crime Data Report
Date: October 8, 2026 Page 2
Public Safety Committee
October 27, 2026
FISCAL IMPACT
This item is for informational purposes only and does not have a direct fiscal impact or cost.
PUBLIC OUTREACH / INTEREST
No outreach was deemed necessary for this report beyond the standard City Council agenda noticing procedures.
COORDINATION
There was no outside agency coordination in the production of this report.
RACE AND EQUITY:
Work being done to improve public safety in the most underserved areas in the City of Oakland and narratives regarding the public safety update and collaborative efforts are provided in the attached presentation.
Elizabeth Lake, Interim City Administrator
Subject: OPD Crime Data Report
Date: October 8, 2026 Page 3
Public Safety Committee
October 27, 2026
ACTION REQUESTED OF THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE
Staff Recommends That The City Council Receive An Informational Report From The Oakland Police Department (OPD) On Crime, Crime Trends And Crime Reduction Activities in the City of Oakland.
For questions regarding this report, please contact Anthony Tedesco, Deputy Chief of Police, at [email protected].
Reviewed by:
Anthony Tedesco, Deputy Chief
OPD, Bureau of Field Operations 1
Francisco Rojas, Acting Deputy Chief
OPD, Bureau of Field Operations 2
Prepared by:
Dr. Tracey Jones, Legislative Services Manager
OPD, BRM, Research and Planning Unit
Nicole Freeman, Crime Analysis Manager
OPD, Criminal Investigations Division (CID)
Attachment (1):
A: Crime Statistics (trends and reduction activities), Citywide Trends, and Six Police Area Crime Data