Citywide This Week — 4 Metrics Moving
🚨 Violent Crime Incidents -34% down · 🧽 Graffiti 311 Cases -28% down · 🏕️ Homeless Encampment 311 Cases -27% down · 🚗 Abandoned Vehicle 311 Cases +14% up
Apr 2, 2026For most of the past year, Oakland's graffiti 311 system created about one work order per week.
For most of the past year, Oakland's graffiti 311 system created about one work order per week. Then, in the week of March 23, 2026, it created 29. That's a 1,947% spike. The graffiti didn't suddenly get worse — the city just decided to start doing something about it.
Apr 2, 2026Most cities lump mattress dumping under "illegal dumping." Oakland said: no, this is its own thing.
Most cities lump mattress dumping under "illegal dumping." Oakland said: no, this is its own thing. The city created a dedicated 311 category for mattress/boxspring dumping, and Oaklanders have used it 61,199 times since 2013 — roughly one mattress complaint every 2.5 hours, every single day, for 13 years. One address on Davis Street has 104 of them.
Apr 2, 2026The city's flagship public library is the second-most-complained-about address in all of Oakland —…
The city's flagship public library is the second-most-complained-about address in all of Oakland — and most of the complaints are the building reporting its own problems through 311. Since 2013, the Main Library has logged 682 structural issues, 528 electrical failures, 466 custodial requests, and a pest complaint filed just last week. It's not a library. It's a building-shaped to-do list.
Apr 2, 2026