FBI agency record
Oakland Police Department
Alameda County, California
Serves ~444,211 residents · UCR reported
The Oakland Police Department (OPD) is a law enforcement agency responsible for policing the city of Oakland, California, United States. As of May 2021, the department employed 709 sworn officers and 371 civilian employees. The department is divided into 5 geographical divisions policing Oakland's 78 square miles and population of 420,000. The OPD receives 550,000 annual calls for service, and responds to over 250,000 law enforcement incidents.
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Crime & staffing trends
Summary Reporting System counts from the FBI Crime Data Explorer.
Police employment counts reported to the FBI UCR program.
NIBRS incident detail
This agency does not report incident-based (NIBRS) data to the FBI, so no victim, offender, or weapon breakdowns are available. Summary-level reporting may still appear in the trends above.
Open data
Possible sources (44) — portal matches not yet confirmed
1 Jan - 30 June 2013 Calls For Servicedata.oaklandca.gov
1 Jan - 30 June 2014 Calls For Servicedata.oaklandca.gov
1 Jan - 30 June 2015 Calls For Servicedata.oaklandca.gov
1 July - 15 Oct 2015 Calls For Servicedata.oaklandca.gov
1 July - 31 Dec 2013 Calls For Servicedata.oaklandca.gov
1 July - 31 Dec 2014 Calls For Servicedata.oaklandca.gov
All License Plate Reader Data (ALPR) September 23, 2012 - October 20, 2012data.oaklandca.gov
All license plate reader data (ALPR) 12-23-2010 thru 01-19-2011data.oaklandca.gov
All license plate reader data (ALPR) 4/1/14 thru 5/31/14data.oaklandca.gov
All license plate reader data (ALPR) 04/01/2014 thru 05/31/2014data.oaklandca.gov
All license plate reader data (ALPR) 10/20/2012-11/20/2012data.oaklandca.gov
All license plate reader data (ALPR) 11/20/2012-12/31/2012data.oaklandca.gov
All license plate reader data (ALPR) 12/19/2013-1/31/2014data.oaklandca.gov
All license plate reader data (ALPR) 3/1/2013-4/1/2013data.oaklandca.gov
All license plate reader data (ALPR) 3/19/2014-3/31/2014data.oaklandca.gov
All license plate reader data (ALPR) 5/13/2012-7/3/2012data.oaklandca.gov
All license plate reader data (ALPR) 7/6/2011-12/19/2011data.oaklandca.gov
All license plate reader data (ALPR) 8/26/2012-9/19/2012data.oaklandca.gov
All license plate reader data (ALPR) 8/6/2012-8/12/2012data.oaklandca.gov
All license plate reader data (ALPR) 9/15/2012data.oaklandca.gov
April 2013 To Dec 2013data.oaklandca.gov
Attrition from Academydata.oaklandca.gov
Attrition from Field Trainingdata.oaklandca.gov
Crime Data 2015data.oaklandca.gov
CrimeWatch Datadata.oaklandca.gov
CrimeWatch Maps Past 90-Daysdata.oaklandca.gov
Jan 2014 To May 2015data.oaklandca.gov
Jun 2014 - May 2015data.oaklandca.gov
Jun 2015 - May 2016data.oaklandca.gov
Jun 2016 - 15 Aug 2016data.oaklandca.gov
PRR # 10437data.oaklandca.gov
PRR #10437data.oaklandca.gov
PRR 21720data.oaklandca.gov
Police Response Timesdata.oaklandca.gov
Problem Solving Officer Directorydata.oaklandca.gov
Records For 2011data.oaklandca.gov
Records For 2012data.oaklandca.gov
Shotspotter Data 1-1-13 To 12-31-14data.oaklandca.gov
Shotspotter Data 7-15-15 To 8-1-15data.oaklandca.gov
Shotspotter Data 8-1-15 To 8-31-15data.oaklandca.gov
Shotspotter Data 8-16-15 To 9-15-15data.oaklandca.gov
Shotspotter Data 9-16-15 To 10-6-15data.oaklandca.gov
Stop Data April 2013 To Sept. 2015data.oaklandca.gov
Stopsdata.oaklandca.gov
Staffing
- Full-time sworn
- 724
- Part-time sworn
- 0
- Full-time civilian
- 363
- Part-time civilian
- 26
- Total FT employees
- 1,087
- Population served
- 424,891
- Operating budget
- $316,555,702
Source: BJS LEMAS 2020 (ICPSR) · all waves 1987–2020
- Sworn officers (2025)
- 633
- Civilians (2025)
- 241
Reported annually to the FBI UCR program; full history charted above.
Open data
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