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Shafter Crime Rate Report (California)

Shafter 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 Shafter for 2026 is expected to be lower than in 2025.

The city violent crime rate for Shafter in 2025 was lower than the national violent crime rate average by 1.22% and the city property crime rate in Shafter was lower than the national property crime rate average by 21.2%.

In 2025 the city violent crime rate in Shafter was lower than the violent crime rate in California by 25.21% and the city property crime rate in Shafter was lower than the property crime rate in California by 32.52%.

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

Shafter Crime Statistics
Summary Report

2025 Crime (Actual Data)*Incidents
Aggravated Assault59
Arson5
Burglary21
Larceny and Theft184
Motor Vehicle Theft79
Murder and Manslaughter0
Rape8
Robbery9
Crime Rate (Total Incidents)342
Property Crime284
Violent Crime76
2026 Crime (Projected Data)*Incidents
Aggravated Assault63
Arson2
Burglary10
Larceny and Theft220
Motor Vehicle Theft93
Murder and Manslaughter0
Rape8
Robbery6
Crime Rate (Total Incidents)381
Property Crime323
Violent Crime76

Property and Violent Crime Totals

Shafter Property Crime

Shafter Violent Crime

Actual versus Projected Crime Totals

Shafter Crime 2025

Shafter Crime 2026

City versus State versus National Crime Comparison

Shafter Property Crime vs. State and National Comparison

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