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Taft Crime Rate Report (California)

Taft crime statistics report an overall downward trend in crime based on data from 20 years with violent crime increasing and property crime decreasing. Based on this trend, the crime rate in Taft for 2026 is expected to be lower than in 2025.

The city violent crime rate for Taft in 2025 was higher than the national violent crime rate average by 15.87% and the city property crime rate in Taft was higher than the national property crime rate average by 48.4%.

In 2025 the city violent crime rate in Taft was lower than the violent crime rate in California by 12.27% and the city property crime rate in Taft was higher than the property crime rate in California by 27.09%.

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

Taft Crime Statistics
Summary Report

2025 Crime (Actual Data)*Incidents
Aggravated Assault20
Arson0
Burglary25
Larceny and Theft111
Motor Vehicle Theft20
Murder and Manslaughter0
Rape4
Robbery2
Crime Rate (Total Incidents)190
Property Crime156
Violent Crime26
2026 Crime (Projected Data)*Incidents
Aggravated Assault20
Arson2
Burglary15
Larceny and Theft100
Motor Vehicle Theft36
Murder and Manslaughter0
Rape4
Robbery4
Crime Rate (Total Incidents)185
Property Crime151
Violent Crime29

Property and Violent Crime Totals

Taft Property Crime

Taft Violent Crime

Actual versus Projected Crime Totals

Taft Crime 2025

Taft Crime 2026

City versus State versus National Crime Comparison

Taft Property Crime vs. State and National Comparison

Taft Violent Crime vs. State and National Comparison
* The source of actual data on this Taft, 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 Taft crime report data for 2026 was projected from 20 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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