Bakersfield Crime Rate Report (California)

Bakersfield crime statistics report an overall upward trend in crime based on data from 12 years with violent crime increasing and property crime increasing. Based on this trend, the crime rate in Bakersfield for 2013 is expected to be higher than in 2010.

The city violent crime rate for Bakersfield in 2010 was higher than the national violent crime rate average by 56.32% and the city property crime rate in Bakersfield was higher than the national property crime rate average by 54.92%.

In 2010 the city violent crime rate in Bakersfield was higher than the violent crime rate in California by 43.21% and the city property crime rate in Bakersfield was higher than the property crime rate in California by 72.9%.
Bakersfield Property Crime vs. State and National Per Capita Bakersfield Violent Crime vs. State and National Per Capita

Bakersfield Crime Statistics
Summary Report

2010 Crime (Actual Data)*Incidents
Aggravated Assault1,396
Arson103
Burglary4,235
Forcible Rape34
Larceny and Theft8,507
Motor Vehicle Theft2,455
Murder and Manslaughter33
Robbery641
Crime Rate (Total Incidents)16,056
Property Crime15,197
Violent Crime2,104
2013 Crime (Projected Data)*Incidents
Aggravated Assault1,727
Arson28
Burglary5,116
Forcible Rape44
Larceny and Theft10,621
Motor Vehicle Theft3,218
Murder and Manslaughter30
Robbery857
Crime Rate (Total Incidents)19,788
Property Crime18,929
Violent Crime2,657

Property and Violent Crime Totals

Bakersfield Property Crime Bakersfield Violent Crime

Actual versus Projected Crime Totals

Bakersfield Crime 2010 Bakersfield Crime 2013

City versus State versus National Crime Comparison

Bakersfield Property Crime vs. State and National Comparison Bakersfield Violent Crime vs. State and National Comparison
* The source of actual data on this Bakersfield, California crime rate report is the FBI Report of Offenses Known to Law Enforcement for the corresponding year or years. Arson numbers are reported inconsistently. Zero values may indicate the data was not available. The projected crime rate data displayed above was generated from the trends and crime data available from previous years of actual reported data. In this case, the Bakersfield crime report data for 2013 was projected from 12 years of actual data. The last year of actual available crime data, as reported above, was 2010.

The FBI cautions the data users against comparing yearly statistical data solely on the basis of their population coverage. The comparisons made herein are thus, only meaningful upon further examination of all variables that affect crime in each reported city, state or other reported jurisdicition.
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