{"id":269248,"date":"2026-04-15T15:58:09","date_gmt":"2026-04-15T15:58:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/269248\/"},"modified":"2026-04-15T15:58:09","modified_gmt":"2026-04-15T15:58:09","slug":"bakersfield-by-the-numbers-the-crimes-driving-58000-calls-for-help","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/269248\/","title":{"rendered":"Bakersfield by the Numbers: The Crimes Driving 58,000 Calls for Help"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Bakersfield Police Department reported responding to tens of thousands of calls for service in March while making more than 1,000 arrests, according to newly released monthly crime statistics.<\/p>\n<p>Police said the department\u2019s communications center received 58,764 incoming calls during the month, including 24,141 calls to 911.<\/p>\n<p>Officers made 1,069 total arrests, the department said.<\/p>\n<p><a data-no-instant=\"1\" href=\"https:\/\/gvwire.com\/contact\/\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" class=\"a2t-link\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"GVWire-Ad-Get-our-mobile-app-1280\u00d790-1\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/GVWire-Ad-Get-our-mobile-app-1280x90-1-1.jpg\" alt=\"\"   width=\"1280\" height=\"90\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Among reported crimes, police documented 149 vehicle thefts, 89 burglaries, and 44 robberies. Authorities also reported 120 aggravated assaults, two homicides, and eight sexual assaults.<\/p>\n<p>In addition, police recorded 193 domestic violence reports and made 61 DUI arrests.<\/p>\n<p>The department noted that all figures are preliminary and subject to change as investigations continue.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014<\/p>\n<p>Connect with\u00a0\u00a0on social media. Got a tip? Send an\u00a0.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Bakersfield Police Department reported responding to tens of thousands of calls for service in March while making&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":269249,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[151,153,152],"class_list":["post-269248","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-bakersfield","tag-bakersfield","tag-bakersfield-headlines","tag-bakersfield-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/269248","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=269248"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/269248\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/269249"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=269248"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=269248"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=269248"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}