Greater Rockridge NCPC

When Crime Occurs

Report a crime If you see a crime in progress, call the police!

Only call 911 from a land line!

From a cell phone call 510-777-3211 which routes directly to OPD dispatch.

To report a crime that has already happened, call the non-emergency number 510-777-3333, or fill in OPD's Online Crime Reporting form. You'll find the link on their Report a Crime page.

For MEDICAL OR FIRE EMERGENCIES ONLY, you can call the Fire Department directly at 510-444-1616. They may respond faster than OPD.

Send OPD an Anonymous Tip

Crime Stoppers of Oakland
(510) 777-8572
Firearm Tip Line
(510) 535-4867
Illegal Drugs
(510) 238-3784
OPD Sexual Assault Hotline
(510) 637-0298

Compliment a Cop

Did an officer, or a non-sworn police employee, serve you particularly well? Would you like to tell their boss you appreciate them?

Compliment an OPD Officer or Employee

Next NCPC Meeting

The Greater Rockridge NCPC meets on the 2nd Thursday of even numbered months: February, April, June, August, October, and December.

Next meeting: Thursday, October 12, 2023, 7:00 PM, Rockridge Library conference room.

Bi-monthly meeting of the Greater Rockridge Neighborhood Crime Prevention Council. In addition to brief presentations by the Community Resource Officers, and some discussion of local crime and safety issues, we will have a presentation from Damon Manni, a local resident, the Lighthouse Project, a grassroots solution he is developing to help Oakland be safer. In-person will meet in the library conference room, masks optional. Hybrid meeting available on Zoom, see below.

There will be a hybrid meeting for those who don't want to attend in person.

Here is the Zoom link for all NCPC meetings through December 2023:

Join Zoom Meeting

https://us06web.zoom.us/j/82709204888?pwd=Y3pFQTlWQ3ZiLzd3d3EyK3dPYmxLdz09

Meeting ID: 827 0920 4888

Passcode: 684165

One tap mobile

+16699006833,,82709204888#,,,,*684165# US (San Jose)

Dial by your location

+1 669 900 6833 US (San Jose)

Meeting ID: 827 0920 4888

Passcode: 684165

Find your local number: https://us06web.zoom.us/u/kdFUhud8qY

You can find the agenda for this meeting here. Email the NCPC at chair@rockridgencpc.com if you have items you'd like to add to the NCPC agenda.

What Beat do I Live In?

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what policing area you're in,
what beat you're in,
the name and meeting address of the local NCPC,
dates and times of the meetings,
the name and email of the Neighborhood Services Coordinator (NSC)
an address where you can reach your beat's Community Resource Officer (CRO)

National Help Lines

Domestic Violence

1-866-331-9474, Teens can also text “loveis” to 77054 to reach an advocate.

Suicide

988 Suicide and Crisis hotline

Available 24x7, call or chat, languages English and Spanish

Are you prepared for emergencies? Do you know what Oakland and Alameda County provide for both dealing with emergencies and responding to emergencies? Check out our reference page on Emergency Preparedness and see what your options are.

June 2022 Minutes Available

Details: Written by: Karen Ivy; Parent Category: 12Y/13X NCPC; Published: 07 July 2022; Created: 07 July 2022; Last Updated: 07 July 2022

The June 2022 minutes of the Greater Rockridge Neighborhood Crime Prevention Council (NCPC) are now available online. They are available on the NCPC web site, on the page at this link:

https://tinyurl.com/y7r5qmbz

You can also open the document directly at this link:

https://tinyurl.com/2jrykwed

We had 2 speakers from the Alameda County: Colleen Budenholzer, Coordinated Entry Program Director, Alameda County’s Office of Homeless Care and Coordination, and Lucy Kasdin, Health Care for the Homeless Director for Alameda County. They gave a joint presentation on what the County is doing. There's a link to their presentation deck in the minutes, or you can find it here:

https://tinyurl.com/mwtf3ewd

Monthly Crime Stats - May 2022

Details: Written by: Karen Ivy; Parent Category: Resources; Published: 06 June 2022; Created: 06 June 2022; Last Updated: 06 June 2022

The monthly crime statistics for May 2022, for beats 12Y and 13X, are now available on http://rockridgencpc.com, under Resources > Crime Stats and Maps > Rockridge Crime Trends 2021-2022. Here’s a direct link to the page:

https://tinyurl.com/y9yyke8v

Here’s a direct link to the document:

https://tinyurl.com/26phblb3

Crime in May was down considerably from March and April – 55 total incidents for both beats, as against 74 for both beats in April and 104 for both in March. I still don’t know if there’s actually less crime or a new problem with the data feed. For May against April, the primary decrease in 12Y was in auto-related property crimes (from 17 down to 8) and quality of life (from 12 to 5). Crimes against the person were down slightly in both beats but were low to begin with. Property and auto-related property crimes were up slightly in 13X, which also had (for the first time I’ve seen) zero quality of life crimes. That mainly means no vandalism. I will be trying to reach the city’s new chief information officer, Tony Batalla, to discuss this.

In the meantime, remember that I can only analyze crimes that are reported to the police. If you think it’s not worth reporting an incident, and don’t call it in or report it online, it will never show up in the data the city publishes, which I analyze and publish here. And reporting an incident on NextDoor does not count and is not tracked.