It is located in Kern County, CA. It has a population of 381,154 inhabitants. The crime rate is - 454.78 per 10.000 people. There have been 17,334 arrests in 2017. The city has seen a downtick in arrest records since last year by 0.001%. The majority of crimes committed in Bakersfield are larceny/theft crimes - 9,063 incarcerations, whereas the least popular crime is the murder and non negligent manslaughter - only 41 arrests.
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The city has seen more non-violent crimes than violent. There have been 1,827 felony charges and 15,507 non-violent crimes.
For the time period of 2007-2017, the city of Bakersfield averaged 21,029 violent crimes. Of that total, 288 was for murder/non-negligent manslaughter, 64 was for revised rape, another 498 was for legacy rape, 7,317 was for robbery, and 12,862 was for aggravated assault.
It is situated in Kern county, California with a total number of 286 employees - 32 female, 127 male officers and 127 civilians. Bakersfield PD ORI (Originated Agency Identifier) number is CA0150200, it belongs to the Pacific division in the West region with a region code of Region IV.