Why hold Oakland accountable for solving homicides?

Holding the city accountable for solving homicides means tracking homicide clearance in plain language: whether each killing has a public arrest or charging update. Homicides are solved through witnesses, families, and neighbors who believe the justice system will listen to them and protect them. If Oakland wants more killings solved, police have to make the community their partners, not their enemies.

It also saves lives. When murders go unanswered, people still feel a need for justice. If the state will not deliver it, some will take justice into their own hands, and grief can turn into cycles of retribution. A justice system that solves homicides fairly can interrupt those cycles, prevent the next killing, and make Oakland safer.

Tell Oakland leaders that solving homicides matters

Ask the city to make solving homicides a public priority: better witness protection, faster case updates for families, clear clearance reporting, and police work that earns community trust.

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Cumulative homicides and reported arrests

Victim-level count over time. Arrests are shown when public sources report an arrest tied to the case.

Current arrest status

Victim rows by public arrest status.

Monthly pattern

Victims by month and arrest status.

Victim-level tracker, 2026

One row per victim. Multi-victim incidents share an incident ID and OPD case number.

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Date	Victim	Location	OPD case	Arrest status	Public charge	Summary

Published Oakland homicide count articles

Technical notes

A few notes on what is included and how the arrest rate is counted.

What is included

Fatal police shootings are not included in the arrest-rate calculation.
Race and ethnicity are shown only when a credible source reports them directly.
Police data helps check case numbers and dates, but it is not treated as a complete victim list.
Cases with no clear public arrest report are not counted as cleared.