The Berkeley Police Review Commission voted Wednesday night to ask the city to push BPD to hand over an incomplete draft analysis about racial disparities in police stops.
Crime trends
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Violence up, property crime down in 2016
Violent crime rose 18% in Berkeley in 2016, while serious property crime fell 9%, according to an annual report set to be presented to the Berkeley City Council next week.
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First 6 months of year see crime drop
2016 mid-year crime report. Source: BPD Crime is down in Berkeley this year, after it spiked in 2015 with the highest serious felony statistics since 2009. In the six-month crime report, set to go before the Berkeley City Council on Tuesday, Berkeley police authorities say overall Uniform Crime Report numbers were down 8.3% from January […]
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Berkeley coalition says police stops show racial bias
A local coalition has raised concerns about alleged racial profiling by Berkeley police. Photo: Emilie Raguso Berkeley police officers disproportionately stop and search people of color during traffic stops, according to a coalition of groups that presented data and demanded changes from the department Tuesday. Representatives from the Berkeley NAACP, Berkeley Copwatch and UC Berkeley’s Black […]
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Serious Berkeley crime skyrockets in first half of 2015
The 2015 mid-year crime report: other than homicides, numbers are up across the board. Source: BPD The 2015 mid-year crime report: other than homicides, numbers are up across the board. Source: BPD Berkeley police are reporting significant increases in serious crimes including robberies, aggravated assaults and burglaries during the first half of 2015, compared to statistics from 2014. […]
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City of Berkeley unveils new open data portal
This municipal water map is one of 17 data sets and visualizations available in the city of Berkeley’s new open data portal. Image: City of Berkeley The city of Berkeley has officially launched a new website featuring 17 data sets related to everything from municipal water usage and employee salaries to crime heat maps, energy consumption, […]
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Berkeley home burglaries spike in 2015 over prior year
Police have reported sharp increases in home burglaries around Berkeley. (Click the map to view it larger.) Image: BPD Berkeley police are reporting huge increases in home burglaries in early 2015 compared to preliminary statistics recorded last year. Police received 70 home burglary calls for service in January 2015, compared to 46 the prior year. In February, the […]
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Violent crime dropped 25% in Berkeley in 2014
Berkeley’s annual crime report is coming up Tuesday night. See the staff report. Image: Berkeley Police Department Police officials will give the Berkeley City Council a broad overview of 2014 crime trends Tuesday night, showing significant reductions in the city’s most serious incidents. Last year saw a 25% reduction in violent crimes, and a 5% […]
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Violent crime reports down 44% in Berkeley
The 2014 mid-year crime report: numbers are down almost across the board. Image: Berkeley Police Department Fewer robberies, rapes and aggravated assaults led to a 44% drop in violent crime reports for serious offenses in Berkeley over the first half of the year, according to new data released by the Berkeley Police Department. The mid-year crime report […]
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3 teens charged after robbery via gun in Berkeley
Police arrested three Oakland teenagers after the robbery of a Cal student at gunpoint south of People’s Park in Berkeley last week. According to the University of California Police Department, the robbery took place Thursday, Aug. 7, in the 2600 block of Parker Street (near Hillegass Avenue) just after midnight. According to a UCPD statement, […]
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3 teens arrested after Berkeley robbery, assault
Police arrested three teens at the downtown Berkeley BART station after a robbery and assault Tuesday night. Photo: Mona Taleb-Agha Three teens with a gun assaulted and robbed a man in his 60s in downtown Berkeley on Tuesday night, but were arrested by police a short time later, authorities said Wednesday. Tuesday just before 9:20 […]
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Robberies rise, but serious crime down overall in 2013
Serious crime in Berkeley continues to show a downward trend for the most part. Click the graph to see the full report. Image: Berkeley Police Pedestrian robberies, home burglaries, aggravated assaults and vehicle thefts rose in 2013 over the prior year, though the overall number of serious crimes fell, according to new data from the […]
