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Ridgecrest Crime Rate Report (California)

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

The city violent crime rate for Ridgecrest in 2025 was higher than the national violent crime rate average by 70.47% and the city property crime rate in Ridgecrest was lower than the national property crime rate average by 45.53%.

In 2025 the city violent crime rate in Ridgecrest was higher than the violent crime rate in California by 29.07% and the city property crime rate in Ridgecrest was lower than the property crime rate in California by 53.35%.

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

Ridgecrest Crime Statistics
Summary Report

2025 Crime (Actual Data)*Incidents
Aggravated Assault142
Arson7
Burglary36
Larceny and Theft175
Motor Vehicle Theft27
Murder and Manslaughter0
Rape14
Robbery3
Crime Rate (Total Incidents)374
Property Crime238
Violent Crime159
2026 Crime (Projected Data)*Incidents
Aggravated Assault146
Arson4
Burglary32
Larceny and Theft131
Motor Vehicle Theft39
Murder and Manslaughter1
Rape16
Robbery11
Crime Rate (Total Incidents)338
Property Crime202
Violent Crime174

Property and Violent Crime Totals

Ridgecrest Property Crime

Ridgecrest Violent Crime

Actual versus Projected Crime Totals

Ridgecrest Crime 2025

Ridgecrest Crime 2026

City versus State versus National Crime Comparison

Ridgecrest Property Crime vs. State and National Comparison

Ridgecrest Violent Crime vs. State and National Comparison
* The source of actual data on this Ridgecrest, 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 Ridgecrest 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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