Homicides in Oakland as of late November each year
11 months into the year, 2025 is on track to see a big drop in lethal violence for the second year in a row.
A bar chart showing how homicides in Oakland declined from 2015 to 2019, then spiked during the COVID-19 pandemic from 2020 to 2023. Then in 2024, a big drop in homicides started again, sustained in 2025.
