What is the crime rate in Barstow, CA?

In 2025, the Barstow Police Department reported 330 violent crimes and 728 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 1,332 violent and 2,939 property crimes per 100,000 of the 24,770 residents it serves.

Across California the rates were 435 and 1,822.

Nationally they were 330 and 1,552.

Figures last updated on November 12, 2026.

Violent per 100,000: 1,332
Property per 100,000: 2,939
Violent crimes: 330
Property crimes: 728

Crime reported by the Barstow Police Department, 2023 to 2025

Offenses known to law enforcement, reported to the FBI; rates per 100,000 residents of the area the department serves
Year	Violent crimes	Violent per 100,000	Property crimes	Property per 100,000	Residents served
2023	215	855	676	2,689	25,138
2024	275	1,108	682	2,748	24,817
2025	330	1,332	728	2,939	24,770

Violent crimes reported went from 215 in 2023 to 330 in 2025.

Property crimes reported went from 676 in 2023 to 728 in 2025.

In a small town a handful of incidents moves these numbers a long way, so one year’s change says little on its own.

Barstow against California and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2025
	Violent crime	Property crime
Barstow	1,332	2,939
San Bernardino County	446	1,523
California	435	1,822
United States	330	1,552

These are rates per resident; they are not adjusted for visitors, commuters or the size of the area, which raise or lower a town’s figures without changing anybody’s risk.

Crime reported in places near Barstow, 2025

Each place’s own police department; rates per 100,000 residents served
Place	Distance	Violent per 100,000	Property per 100,000
Barstow	—	1,332	2,939
Apple Valley	25 mi	485	1,375
Hesperia	36 mi	463	1,170
Big Bear Lake	44 mi	773	1,566
California City	51 mi	526	1,420

Neighboring departments count the same offenses the same way, but their areas, populations and visitors differ, so a difference between two towns is a starting point for a question, not an answer.

How to read these numbers

These are offenses known to the police and reported to the FBI’s Uniform Crime Reporting Program: crimes nobody reported, or that a department did not record, are not in them.

Violent crime is murder and nonnegligent manslaughter, rape, robbery and aggravated assault; property crime is burglary, larceny-theft, motor vehicle theft and arson.

A department reports the crimes in the area it polices, which can differ from the town’s boundaries, and the FBI estimates the population it serves.

The FBI asks that these figures not be used to rank places or to judge how safe a neighborhood is: crime depends on many local factors, and the counts describe a whole town, not any street or home.

A year is shown only when the department reported all twelve months.

FBI: Uniform Crime Reporting statistics and their proper use

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