Calling the Cops

An EdSource investigation into policing in California schools

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Attempted Theft (1) Auto Theft (64) Bike Theft (2) Burglary (191) Fraud (1) Grand Theft (116) Lost / Stolen Property (52) Petty Theft (177) Receiving Stolen Property (1) Robbery (55) Theft - Other / Unknown (95)

Theft incidents

From all counties, school districts and schools in the database.

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755
Incidents reported
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116
Police Departments
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348
Schools
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120
School Districts
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39
Counties

Police call logs are from a sampling of schools representing California for the period Jan. 1 to June 30, 2023. The database does not include all schools or districts.

Incident Breakdown by Subcategory of Theft

Incident Logs

displaying 1 - 25 records in total 755
Serious Violent

Robbery — Castro Valley High School

Castro Valley Unified School District, Alameda County

OV - On View Reported to Alameda County Sheriff

1/28/23 at 6:08:35 PM

Incident details:

POSS A211----[redacted] YO SON [redacted] CALLED HIS FATHER AND SAID SOMEONE ATT TO 211 HIM
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Serious Non-Violent

Lost / Stolen Property — Castro Valley High School

Castro Valley Unified School District, Alameda County

LSPROP - LOST/STOLENPROP Reported to Alameda County Sheriff

2/15/23 at 12:24:57 PM

Incident details:

RP IS PARENT IFO ADMIN OFFICE IN VEH - [redacted] SON'S PHONE TAKEN FROM BACKPACK
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Serious Non-Violent

Petty Theft — Castro Valley High School

Castro Valley Unified School District, Alameda County

488R - PETTY THEFT RPT Reported to Alameda County Sheriff

3/13/23 at 4:24:11 PM

Incident details:

[redacted] HAD HER WALLET STOLEN FROM HER CLASSROOM [redacted] X IS 1097 FRONT OFC FOR RPT CARDS ARE BEING USED @ CVS IN CASTRO VALLEY [redacted]
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Serious Non-Violent

Petty Theft — Castro Valley High School

Castro Valley Unified School District, Alameda County

488R - PETTY THEFT RPT Reported to Alameda County Sheriff

3/16/23 at 2:09:21 PM

Incident details:

STUDENT 488 HER WALLET AND USED CARD AT CVS IN CAS RP IS IN ROOM [redacted]
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Serious Non-Violent

Lost / Stolen Property — Castro Valley High School

Castro Valley Unified School District, Alameda County

LSPROP - LOST/STOLENPROP Reported to Alameda County Sheriff

3/17/23 at 8:18:27 AM

Incident details:

WALLET MISSING SINCE MONDAY TAKING OR LOST AT THE SCHOOL RP [redacted] RP ADV GO TO MAIN OFFICE SHE CAN 1198 AT THE OFFICE ONCE THE CAL HER IN HER ROOM
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Serious Non-Violent

Auto Theft — Castro Valley High School

Castro Valley Unified School District, Alameda County

10851REC - REC STLN VEH Reported to Alameda County Sheriff

6/3/23 at 8:57:11 PM

Incident details:

RP SEZ HE HAS BEEN SEARCHING AND SEARCHING FOR HIS VEH AND HAPPENED TO STUMBLE ACROSS IT IN OAKLAND [redacted] LAWLOR ST HE CALLED OPD AND SINCE THEY DIDNT COME AFTER 45 MIN HE DECIDED TO DRIVE IT TO CVHS
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Serious Violent

Robbery — Lincoln Middle School

Alameda Unified School District, Alameda County

Robbery Reported to Alameda Police Department

2/24/23 at 4:35:40 PM

Serious Non-Violent

Burglary — Albany Middle School

Albany City Unified School District, Alameda County

459 PC - BURGLARY Reported to Albany Police Department

3/18/23 at 6:38:05 AM

Incident details:

00:24 L17 MD236619 16:08:58 16:08:59 16:09:22 00:01 N/A 00:23 Incident Comments APD: 23-373 Suspect: unknown Synopsis: Officer initiated activity located an opened vehicle. Officer contacted RO who stated
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Serious Non-Violent

Theft - Other / Unknown — Martin Luther King Middle School

Berkeley Unified School District, Alameda County

THEFT FROM PERSON Reported to Berkeley Police Department

4/15/23 at 9:10:31 PM

Incident details:

DRIVER WAS ADMONISHED FOR RUNNING THE TRAFFIC LIGHT AT EIGHTH AND GILMAN
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Serious Violent

Robbery — Willard Middle School

Berkeley Unified School District, Alameda County

ROBBERY Reported to Berkeley Police Department

2/17/23 at 7:42:00 PM

Serious Non-Violent

Theft - Other / Unknown — Newark Middle School

Newark Unified School District, Alameda County

Theft Reported to Newark Police Department

2/3/23 at 2:17:25 PM

Incident details:

RP STATES THAT HER SONS WALLET WAS STOLEN ON 01/31 FROM THE NEWARK JUNIOR HIGH TOTAL LOSS $12.87 TRANSACTIONS OCCURRED AT MCDONALDS AND LIQUOR STORE NEAR LOS GALLOS ADMINISTRATION WAS NOTIFIED AND RP WAS ADVISED TO FILE PD REPORT
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Serious Non-Violent

Auto Theft — Fremont High School

Oakland Unified School District, Alameda County

R10851 Reported to Oakland Police Department

3/6/23 at 6:35:00 PM

Serious Non-Violent

Burglary — McClymonds High School

Oakland Unified School District, Alameda County

459AU Reported to Oakland Police Department

2/25/23 at 4:48:00 PM

Serious Non-Violent

Burglary — McClymonds High School

Oakland Unified School District, Alameda County

459AU Reported to Oakland Police Department

2/25/23 at 4:51:00 PM

Serious Non-Violent

Auto Theft — Oakland High School

Oakland Unified School District, Alameda County

10851 Reported to Oakland Police Department

1/21/23 at 12:23:00 PM

Serious Non-Violent

Auto Theft — Oakland High School

Oakland Unified School District, Alameda County

10851 Reported to Oakland Police Department

1/21/23 at 1:15:00 PM

Serious Violent

Robbery — Oakland High School

Oakland Unified School District, Alameda County

211 Reported to Oakland Police Department

2/13/23 at 5:23:00 AM

Serious Non-Violent

Auto Theft — Skyline High School

Oakland Unified School District, Alameda County

10851 Reported to Oakland Police Department

4/5/23 at 9:12:00 AM

Serious Non-Violent

Auto Theft — West Oakland Middle School

Oakland Unified School District, Alameda County

R10851 Reported to Oakland Police Department

4/14/23 at 9:49:00 AM

Serious Non-Violent

Auto Theft — Westlake Middle School

Oakland Unified School District, Alameda County

A10851 Reported to Oakland Police Department

1/24/23 at 6:10:00 PM

Serious Non-Violent

Auto Theft — Westlake Middle School

Oakland Unified School District, Alameda County

10851 Reported to Oakland Police Department

3/22/23 at 9:21:00 AM

Serious Non-Violent

Lost / Stolen Property — Piedmont High School

Piedmont City Unified School District, Alameda County

PROPERTY LOST AND FOUND Reported to Piedmont Police Department

4/17/23 at 9:03:46 PM

Serious Non-Violent

Petty Theft — Bancroft Middle School

San Leandro Unified School District, Alameda County

484 PC- PETTY THEFT Reported to San Leandro Police Department

4/21/23 at 5:10:37 PM

Incident details:

DONE - 1
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Serious Non-Violent

Petty Theft — San Leandro High School

San Leandro Unified School District, Alameda County

484 PC- PETTY THEFT Reported to San Leandro Police Department

3/7/23 at 10:30:23 AM

Incident details:

RPT - 1
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Serious Non-Violent

Burglary — San Leandro High School

San Leandro Unified School District, Alameda County

459 PC- BURGLARY Reported to San Leandro Police Department

4/27/23 at 7:06:05 AM

Incident details:

RPT - 1, NR - 1
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