Bakersfield Sexual assault
Bakersfield · Sexual assault · updated 2026-11-12
In 2024, the latest complete year, Bakersfield police open data recorded 96 sexual assault incidents, 1.0% of all 9,789 incidents reported in the city that year. That is about 23.0 per 100,000 residents, compared with 86.6 per 100,000 across the 40 US cities on TheCrimeMaps.com with complete 2024 data that list this crime type. So far in 2026, 91 sexual assault incidents have been published.
Sexual assault in Bakersfield by year
| Year | Incidents | Per 100K | vs prior year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (year to date) | 91 | — | — |
| 2025 (partial year) | 34 | — | — |
| 2024 | 96 | 23.0 | — |
| 2023 (partial year) | 26 | — | — |
Year rows reflect the months published by the source; partial years are labelled and never compared or turned into rates. Full archive: 247 sexual assault incidents.
Questions
How many sexual assault incidents were reported in Bakersfield in 2024?
96, according to Bakersfield Police Department open data as mapped by TheCrimeMaps.com.
Where does this data come from?
Source: Bakersfield Police Department open data. TheCrimeMaps.com groups each published offense into a crime type; counts are police-reported incidents, not convictions, and some reports are reclassified or removed by the source later.
Other crime types in Bakersfield
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- Bakersfield assault 965 in 2024
- Bakersfield other 539 in 2024
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