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Bakersfield, CA · the CityFunIndex

Safety in Bakersfield

Bakersfield ranks T#55 of 134 US cities for staying safe, with a safety score of 59 — Fun. That puts it in the 60th percentile nationally and #10 of 18 in California.

safety score
59
Fun
National rank
T#55 of 134
In California
#10 of 18
Percentile
60th

The typical city scores 50 for staying safe; Bakersfield sits 9 points above the median.

How safety is measured

Reported violent and property crime rates.

The safety score is the flip side of our crime measure — 100 minus the raw crime score — so a city with less of it scores higher.

Data sources: FBI Crime Data Explorer and city open-data crime portals.

Full methodology → Glossary The raw measurement is part of the Data plan →

Ranked around Bakersfield

  1. #53 Jacksonville, FL 61
  2. #54 Boulder, CO 60
  3. T#55 Bakersfield, CA — this page 59
  4. #57 Phoenix, AZ 58
  5. #58 Miami, FL 57

See the full leaderboard — The safest cities in America →

Top US cities for staying safe

  1. #1 Jackson, WY 100
  2. #2 Gilbert, AZ 99
  3. T#3 Boise, ID 98
  4. T#3 Santa Clarita, CA 98
  5. #5 Irvine, CA 97

More about Bakersfield

Bakersfield scores 0 overall (Quiet) on the CityFunIndex. Its strongest factors: