CrimeMetric

Crime in Ford City, California

Major crime in Ford City is 26% above the U.S. rate per resident: 45% higher for persons crimes and 22% higher for property crimes. Expected major crimes are up 2.9% from a year earlier.

Modeled estimates per resident, not counts of incidents. How we calculated this

Major crime
126
26% above the U.S. rate
about the California rate
up 2.9% in a year
Persons crimes
145
45% above the U.S. rate
8% above the California rate
down 26.2% in a year
Property crimes
122
22% above the U.S. rate
about the California rate
up 14.8% in a year
Social disorder
115
15% above the U.S. rate
13% above the California rate
down 14.3% in a year

Index: crimes per resident compared with the U.S., where 100 is the U.S. rate and 200 is twice it.

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Crime by type

Weapons violations stand out most, at 2.7 times the U.S. rate

Expected crimes per year in Ford City for each type, and the index against the U.S. rate per resident.

Citywide indexWhere the middle half of residents live

IndexPer year

Neighborhoods in Ford City

Ford City is made up of 3 census block groups. The typical resident lives where the major-crime index is 132; the middle half of residents live where it is between 119 and 133.

Map of Ford City, with its census block groups shaded by major-crime index band
Block groups shaded by major-crime index, in the key's bands below; pale gray where fewer than 100 people live. Highways and boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau.
  • 0–500.0%
  • 50–1000.0%
  • 100–200100.0%
  • 200–4000.0%
  • 400+0.0%

Share of residents by the index of their census block group, a neighborhood of roughly 600 to 3,000 people.

When it happens

Highest on Friday and Saturday nights

Major-crime index by time of week, against the U.S. rate for the same hours.

Monday to Friday, 6am to 6pm112
Sunday to Thursday nights, 6pm to 6am141
Saturday and Sunday, 6am to 6pm111
Friday and Saturday nights, 6pm to 6am150
Trend and outlook

Major crime rose 2.9% in a year; across California it fell 7.4%

Past yearBy 2031
Major crime+2.9%CA -7.4%-11.4%CA -14.1%
Persons crimes-26.2%CA -3.5%-3.6%CA -6.1%
Property crimes+14.8%CA -8.4%-13.5%CA -16.1%
Social disorder-14.3%CA -4.9%-8.9%CA -9.4%

Change in expected crimes, with California as a whole in gray. The past year uses the reporting agencies' year-to-date FBI data; 2031 is the model's projection.

Similar-size places

Ford City against U.S. places with 2,000 to 5,000 residents

261 of the 1,761 other places of this size have a higher major-crime index than Ford City; the middle of the group is 58. The 9 nearest in population:

Ford City, CA4,201126
Perry, OK4,19991
Armona, CA4,20581
Sweeny, TX4,20754
Mora, MN4,19644

Major-crime index per resident, U.S. = 100; residents in gray.

Nearby places

Ford City has a higher major-crime index than 2 of its 8 nearest neighbors

The 8 nearest cities and towns we cover, by major-crime index. The closest, Taft (2 mi), is 35% above Ford City's rate.

Old Stine27 mi209
Benton Park27 mi195
Greenacres25 mi180
Taft2 mi170
Bakersfield26 mi165
Ford City126
Rosedale23 mi68
Shafter26 mi67

Major-crime index per resident, U.S. = 100; distances between where residents live, in miles.

Questions about crime in Ford City

What are the most common crimes in Ford City?

By expected count, the most common persons and property crimes are other larceny (about 29 a year), motor vehicle theft (about 16 a year) and theft from vehicle (about 14 a year). Compared with the U.S., weapons violations stands out most: 2.7 times the U.S. rate per resident.

How we calculated this

Each police agency's crimes, as reported to the FBI, are spread across the census block groups it serves using population, jobs, points of interest and, where available, local incident records. Ford City's figures add up its 3 block groups. The index compares crimes per resident with the U.S. rate.

  • Ford City has no published incident records in our data, so its estimate relies on agency totals and neighborhood characteristics.
  • 100.0% of residents live in block groups whose estimate has high confidence (80% interval within about 5x).
  • Rates are per resident, so places where many people work or visit but few live, such as downtowns, airports and stadiums, can read high.
  • Disorderly conduct and trespassing are modeled, because the FBI records them only through arrests.
  • Residents: 4,201. Model updated Oct 20, 2026. Release 2026-2026-10-20-2

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CrimeMetric. "Crime in Ford City, California." Vorp Labs, model updated Oct 20, 2026. https://crimemetric.com/ca/ford-city

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Major-crime index, U.S. = 100