The 311 Cases dataset represents service request or inquiry calls, emails and online requests submitted to the City of Berkeley.

Calls for service (not criminal reports) within last 180 days

This dataset was provided to the Berkeley City Auditor for the Fiscal Year 2020 report entitled: Data Analysis of the City of Berkeley's Police Response (5/11/21). The data provided herein include calls for service for the years 2015-2019. For a definition of the columns, please refer to the attached document entitled: Auditor's Report (5-11-21) Tabular Data Definitions (Updated May 27, 2021).pdf.

* Updated on May 27, 2021. The initial dataset uploaded was a slightly different version. This May 27 update is the version used for the analysis.

Adult arrests by the Berkeley Police Department over the past 30 days.

Adults booked into the Berkeley Police Department Jail over the past 30 days.

This data was extracted from the Department’s Public Safety Server and covers data beginning January 26, 2015. On January 26, 2015 the department began collecting data pursuant to General Order B-4 (issued December 31, 2014). Under that Order, officers were required to provide certain data after making any detention (vehicle, bicycle, pedestrian, suspicious auto). This dataset provides information about detentions, including the race, sex, age range, of the person detained; the reason for the stop; the type of enforcement taken (if any), and whether or not a search was conducted. Also provided are the date, time, location of the detention, as well as the incident number and call for service type.

Berkeley PD transitioned to RIPA stop data collection effective October 1, 2020. Data collected from these stops conforms to requirements set forth in Government Code section 12525.5 that was enacted as a result of AB 953, the Racial and Identity Profiling Act (RIPA) of 2015 (https://oag.ca.gov/ab953). Berkeley PD will begin reporting RIPA data to the CA DOJ effective January 1, 2021.

For more information about any of the column definitions, please download the document: One Page Narrative for Stop Data (October 1, 2020).pdf.

Offenses known to the police.

This dataset contains the compliance status and reported energy metrics of medium and large buildings (greater than 15,000 square feet) subject to BESO's energy benchmarking and assessment requirement. If the status for your property is incorrect, email BESO@CityofBerkeley.info. For more information about the requirements for medium and large buildings, please visit: www.berkeleyca.gov/BESO

BESO data to upload to GIS Portal