CrimeReports.com is a website where you can view crime information for our community. The El Cerrito Police Department contracts with CrimeReports.com to provide this information to the public for free.

See it. Hear it. Report it.

Call Police Dispatch: 237-3222
(for crimes in progress)

Or, in an emergency,
call 9-1-1

Please, let us know what you know.

You can help the El Cerrito Police Department solve a crime by providing information. You can either contact the El Cerrito Police Department, or use the tip line provided by Crime Stoppers of West Contra Costa County.

El Cerrito Police Department Investigations:
(510) 215-4400
E-mail: investigations@ci.el-cerrito.ca.us

Crimestoppers anonymous tip line:
(510) 799-TALK
(510) 799-8255

The following links report on CAD (or "Computer Aided Dispatch") statistics and call response times.

CAD Statistics
Call Response Times 2008 (through April) (PDF, 9Kb)
Call Response Times 2007 (PDF, 10Kb)
Call Response Times 2006 (PDF)
Graph of Call Response Times 1995 through Sept. 2008 (PDF, 1197Kb)

The following are links related to crime statistics reported to the State of California.
Part One Crimes, 2008 (through Sept) (PDF, 584Kb)
Part One Crimes, 2007 (PDF, 38Kb)

The following are links related to the annual Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Crime statistics for all police agencies in Contra Costa County. Our purpose for providing this information is so El Cerrito residents can have comparative data on the crime experience in our city versus other cities within the County. We have included the Alameda County Police Agencies that are within the El Cerrito sphere of influence.
Contra Costa County - 2007 Part I Crimes
El Cerrito - Part I Crimes - Since 1994

FBI website
California Department of Justice website