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Bakersfield Crime Rate Report (California)

Bakersfield crime statistics report an overall upward trend in crime based on data from 26 years with violent crime increasing and property crime increasing. Based on this trend, the crime rate in Bakersfield for 2026 is expected to be higher than in 2025.

The city violent crime rate for Bakersfield in 2025 was higher than the national violent crime rate average by 51.02% and the city property crime rate in Bakersfield was higher than the national property crime rate average by 45.62%.

In 2025 the city violent crime rate in Bakersfield was higher than the violent crime rate in California by 14.34% and the city property crime rate in Bakersfield was higher than the property crime rate in California by 24.7%.

Property and Violent Crime
Bakersfield Property Crime vs. State and National Per Capita
Bakersfield Violent Crime vs. State and National Per Capita

Bakersfield Crime Statistics
Summary Report

2025 Crime (Actual Data)*Incidents
Aggravated Assault1,463
Arson8
Burglary1,748
Larceny and Theft5,673
Motor Vehicle Theft1,979
Murder and Manslaughter33
Rape103
Robbery482
Crime Rate (Total Incidents)10,259
Property Crime9,400
Violent Crime2,081
2026 Crime (Projected Data)*Incidents
Aggravated Assault1,961
Arson0
Burglary2,014
Larceny and Theft5,465
Motor Vehicle Theft3,491
Murder and Manslaughter34
Rape168
Robbery530
Crime Rate (Total Incidents)11,829
Property Crime10,970
Violent Crime2,693

Property and Violent Crime Totals

Bakersfield Property Crime

Bakersfield Violent Crime

Actual versus Projected Crime Totals

Bakersfield Crime 2025

Bakersfield Crime 2026

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 found in the years of actual reported crime data on file. In this case, the Bakersfield crime report data for 2026 was projected from 26 years of actual data. The last year of actual available crime data, as reported above, was 2025.

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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