Bakersfield Crime Map
California · September 2026 · updated 2026-11-12
| September 2026 | 519 incidents |
|---|---|
| 2026 YTD | 5,113 incidents through September |
| 2024 (full year) | 9,789 incidents |
| Full archive | 23,103 incidents (2023–2026) |
| Per 100K / year | 2,345 |
Source: Bakersfield Police Department open data.
About crime in Bakersfield
Latest available snapshot. Bakersfield has 519 incidents for September 2026. Counts reflect the source coverage published for this city.
2024 category breakdown
| Burglary | 2,968 |
| Auto theft | 2,681 |
| Theft | 1,520 |
| Assault | 965 |
| Other | 539 |
| Robbery | 519 |
| Theft from vehicle | 429 |
| Sexual assault | 96 |
Across 2023–2026, the current archive contains 23,103 incidents for Bakersfield. Missing categories or periods reflect what the source publishes; missing is not zero.
Bakersfield crime overview
Essay updated 2026-11-12 · figures above are from the latest data
TL;DR. Bakersfield recorded 9,789 police-reported incidents in 2024, based on Bakersfield Police Department data. Burglary was the most common category with 2,968 cases, followed by auto theft at 2,681. The archive also lists 2,770 incidents in 2023, 5,149 in 2025 and 5,395 in 2026, but those years are partial with 3, 11 and 9 months of data, so they cannot be directly compared to the complete 2024 year.
About this data
TheCrimeMaps crime map for Bakersfield, California visualizes police-reported incidents published as open data by the Bakersfield Police Department. Each marker represents an incident report logged by the department and placed by location, showing how reports were distributed across the city. The archive behind the map spans 2023 to 2026 with 23,103 incidents combined, with data current through October 2026.
In calendar year 2024, Bakersfield recorded 9,789 police-reported incidents across 12 months of data. That equals 2,344.9 reported incidents per 100,000 residents in 2024, calculated from the U.S. Census 2024 population estimate of 417,468, as a rate of police-reported incidents rather than a measure of personal risk. Violent-category incidents, defined as assault plus sexual assault plus robbery plus shooting plus homicide, totaled 1,605 in 2024, or 16.4% of the total, at 384.5 reported violent incidents per 100,000 residents.
Recent trend
Bakersfield has one complete calendar year in the series: 2024 with 9,789 incidents across 12 months. The remaining years are partial and cannot be compared as annual totals. In 2023 the file contains 2,770 incidents covering 3 months, while 2025 contains 5,149 incidents covering 11 months. The 2026 file holds 5,395 incidents covering 9 months through October 2026. Because only 2024 is complete, no year-over-year percentage change is calculated here; partial-year counts reflect the months listed, not full-year performance on TheCrimeMaps.
Category breakdown
In 2024, Burglary was the most reported category in Bakersfield with 2,968 incidents, or 30.3% of the 9,789 total. Auto theft followed with 2,681 incidents, or 27.4%, and Theft was third with 1,520 incidents, or 15.5%. Those three groupings are the three largest shares in the 2024 breakdown. Assault totaled 965 incidents, or 9.9%, while the Other grouping added 539 incidents, or 5.5%. Robbery accounted for 519 incidents, or 5.3%. Within Other in 2024, weapons offenses contributed 422 incidents, or 4.3% of the total, and other crime added 117 incidents, or 1.2%. Violent-category reports totaled 1,605 incidents in 2024 across the combined assault, sexual assault, robbery, shooting and homicide grouping.
What this means
Bakersfield’s 2024 picture is dominated by Burglary at 2,968 incidents, or 30.3%, and Auto theft at 2,681 incidents, or 27.4%, which together exceed Theft at 1,520 incidents, or 15.5%. Assault at 965 incidents, or 9.9%, and Robbery at 519 incidents, or 5.3%, sit well below those property totals. With 9,789 incidents in the complete 2024 year versus 2,770 in the 3-month 2023 file, readers should center on the 2024 category shares rather than cross-year totals.
FAQ
How many crimes were reported in Bakersfield in 2024?
Bakersfield recorded 9,789 police-reported incidents in calendar year 2024, which covers 12 months of data. That equals 2,344.9 reported incidents per 100,000 residents in 2024 based on the U.S. Census Bureau Vintage 2024 population estimate of 417,468. Of that total, 1,605 incidents, or 16.4%, were in violent categories including assault, sexual assault, robbery, shooting and homicide.
What was the most common crime reported in Bakersfield in 2024?
Burglary was the most reported category in Bakersfield in 2024, with 2,968 incidents accounting for 30.3% of the 9,789 total. Auto theft ranked second with 2,681 incidents, or 27.4%, followed by theft with 1,520 incidents, or 15.5%. All three figures describe the complete 12-month calendar year 2024.
Is crime in Bakersfield going up or down?
A year-over-year percentage change is not available because only 2024 has 12 months of data. The archive lists 2,770 incidents in 2023 covering 3 months, 9,789 incidents in 2024 covering 12 months, 5,149 incidents in 2025 covering 11 months, and 5,395 incidents in 2026 covering 9 months. Because three of those years are partial, the counts cannot be compared as annual changes.
Which Bakersfield neighborhoods had the most reported incidents in 2024?
The 2024 Bakersfield figures are presented as a citywide total of 9,789 police-reported incidents, with no named neighborhoods ranked by incidents in this release. That means comparisons in 2024 focus on crime categories, such as burglary at 2,968 incidents and auto theft at 2,681 incidents, rather than on one neighborhood versus another.
Where does Bakersfield crime data on this page come from?
The 2024 Bakersfield figures come from the Bakersfield Police Department, as published through TheCrimeMaps. The 9,789 total reflects police-reported incidents in calendar year 2024, with violent categories totaling 1,605 incidents. The Other category, with 539 incidents, includes weapons offenses at 422 incidents and other crime at 117 incidents in the department's 2024 breakdown.
How current is the Bakersfield crime data?
TheCrimeMaps data for Bakersfield runs through October 2026. The headline total of 9,789 incidents describes the complete calendar year 2024 with 12 months of data. Across all years in the archive, from 2023 to 2026, there are 23,103 incidents combined, including partial-year counts such as 5,395 incidents over 9 months in 2026.
Explore Bakersfield
By category
- Bakersfield Assault (2,342)
- Bakersfield Sexual assault (247)
- Bakersfield Robbery (1,288)
- Bakersfield Homicide (59)
- Bakersfield Burglary (6,751)
- Bakersfield Auto theft (6,198)
- Bakersfield Theft from vehicle (1,009)
- Bakersfield Theft (3,643)
- Bakersfield Bike theft (166)
- Bakersfield Other (1,400)
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