2025 Berkeley gunfire map: Third shooting confirmed on University Ave.

The Berkeley Police Department investigated three shootings in the first six weeks of 2025. The first shootings of the year happened two days apart, one in the Elmwood neighborhood roughly two blocks over from Willard Park, the other in South Berkeley at the city border with Oakland.

Feb. 9: BPD officers investigated gunshots on University Avenue between Acton and Sacramento streets, according to the agency’s Transparency Hub. More information was not immediately available. Jan. 18: BPD officers went to the 2800 block of College Avenue around 2:16 a.m. to investigate a report of a gunshot but found no victims or evidence. A second caller about an hour later reported there may have been somebody hurt in the shooting and while officers did not find any victims they did find evidence of gunfire when they went back to the scene. Jan. 20: BPD officers went to 62nd and King streets around 7:30 p.m. to investigate a report of gunshots and found evidence of gunfire a block west at 62nd and California streets.

At this time — Feb. 24 — last year, there had been four shootings in Berkeley, and two of those left people wounded.

BPD, the University of California Police Department and the California Highway Patrol investigated 30 shooting incidents altogether in 2024, leaving a total of three people dead and seven more hurt. That figure was down from 35 shootings the year before, with eight people hurt and one death, a burglary suspect fatally shot by police.

In the 2025 Berkeley gunfire map, as with previous years, incidents with no known injuries are marked in yellow. If incidents with injuries do occur they will be marked in orange; fatal shootings, if they happen, in red.

City police have previously told Berkeleyside that they consider a gunfire call confirmed if officers find evidence such as bullet casings, a gunshot victim or victims or property damaged by gunfire at the scene. UCPD also uses a ShotSpotter detection system that helps them identify gunshots.

City police ask that anyone with information on any shooting incident contact the department’s Homicide Detail at 510-981-5741. The non-emergency line for UCPD is 510-642-6760. University police also accept tips by email, or you can send UCPD a tip anonymously through CalTIP by texting 510-664-8477.