Crime on Campus

How safe is UC Berkeley? The Daily Californian analyzed five years of police reports to see where and when crime occurs most often.

In 2014, UC Berkeley experienced more than 1,000 property crimes, such as burglary and theft — the most of any of 49 California public schools reporting to the FBI. It also had the second-highest violent-crime-per-student rate of any undergraduate UC campus, behind only UCLA.

On a campus with more than 35,000 students located in an urban area, it may be unsurprising that the crime rate is relatively high compared with that of smaller schools in suburban settings. A Daily Californian analysis showed, however, that violent crime clusters on the outskirts of campus, while most property crime reports originate on campus and are concentrated during the weekday daytime hours.

Explore an interactive map of crime around campus, view crime by time of day, see historical trends or read about how we analyzed the data.