Oakland is a large city and has many nice and safe neighborhoods in it.
I think you mean "safer than East International Blvd."
I don't demand that you cite crime statistics by zip code, and compare the good ones to other cities. But that's what you'd need to do to be persuasive.
as do I. However, there are city-wide issues you can't avoid, like:
1) If your house is burglarized, will the police show up, at all?
2) When you call 911 for a real emergency, how long before someone shows up?
3) If you get robbed on the street, do the cops show up?