Beloved burger chain closing only store in this big city due to crime

The notoriety of the Bay Area as a burgeoning area for crime has been growing in recent years — and its the main reason a beloved food chain is leaving the city of Oakland.

In-N-Out, the California-based fast food restaurant with a massive cult following, announced last week that it's closing its lone Oakland location due to crime in the city.

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Customers of the East Oakland branch have reportedly been subject to "car break-ins, property damage, theft, and armed robberies," according to In-N-Out chief operating officer Denny Warnick in a statement provided to the San Francisco Chronicle.

He said that the company has tried to "create safer conditions," but ultimately decided to close by March 24. He said that the workers will be transferred to another location.

In-N-Out has nearly 400 locations across California, Nevada, Arizona, Utah, Texas, Oregon, and Colorado.

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According the report by the Chronicle, there have been over 1,300 reported police incidents in the vicinity of the location of the In-N-Out branch since 2019, which is more than any other place in the city of Oakland. Nearly 1,200 of those police incidents were car break-ins, which has been a fast-growing safety hazard in the city.

A 2019 FBI report said that Oakland is the number one city in America in terms of motor vehicle theft per person. The whole Bay Area has struggled so much with this issue that the Chronicle has already made a Car Break-in tracker to track the most common areas with break-ins and break-in attempts since 2018.

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