In 2005, the Alameda County Board of Supervisors adopted a violence prevention plan, A Lifetime Commitment to Violence Prevention: The Alameda County Blueprint. The Blueprint serves as the county's guide for supporting and sustaining violence prevention efforts, thereby creating safer communities.  As part of the plan, the county launched the Alameda County Violence Prevention Initiative, which funded violence prevention projects in several target neighborhoods that focused on the youth and reentry populations.   Urban Strategies Council has produced this fact sheet, Violent Crimes in Alameda County, which presents an overview of violent crimes in various cities in the county from 2000-2009.  This fact sheet is an important tool for stakeholders seeking to implement effective violence prevention programs in their neighborhoods.

Some of the main highlights from the factsheet include:

• In 2009, Alameda County's violent crime rate declined by 13%, roughly twice the decline in the state and national rates.

• In 2009 Alameda County's violent crime rate still far exceeded the statewide and national rates by roughly 60%.
• Oakland continues to be the largest contributor to the county rate of aggravated assaults. Over the 9-year period Oakland contributed on average 61% of the county's aggravated assaults.
• Over the 9-year period Oakland contributed on average 84.7% of the murders in the County.

Violent Crime Rate per 100,000 People from 2000 to 2009 in Alameda County