The Safest and Most Dangerous Places in Lamont, CA
Lamont is an unincorporated community of 14,900 in Kern County, about 10 miles southeast of downtown Bakersfield · Updated November 2026
Is Lamont, CA safe?
Crime in Lamont is high, with an overall CrimeGrade™ of D-. Most US neighborhoods have far less: 92% of Americans live in neighborhoods with less crime than Lamont. Violent crime grades D and property crime F. What matters most is the neighborhood: grades within Lamont run from A- to F, so check the map below.
D-
Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 104 of 1,000Less safe than nearly all US neighborhoodsi What this means
8% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than Lamont as a whole, and 92% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Lamont scores 104.
Crime is concentrated in a small share of places, so most neighborhoods score high on the 0 to 1,000 scale. That is why a score in the 800s can still mean more crime than most US neighborhoods.
How to read the map: each area's color compares its crime with the people, homes and cars there, on one national scale, from green for the least crime to red for the most. Each area gets its own color, so a busy shopping center can show red while the homes beside it stay green. The interactive maps load faster on a strong connection. Compare high speed internet in Lamont, CA at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Lamont, and anyone thinking about buying or renting a home there.
Business and enterprise customers: this free map shows neighborhood areas. CrimeGrade™ business reports map crime at about 66-meter detail and estimate it for one address and type of business. See business reports
What stands out in Lamont
Theft is a strength. Lamont grades F for property crime, but theft grades B-.
Vehicle theft at more than triple the US rate. Lamont has 11.3 car thefts a year per 1,000 residents, against 2.7 nationally.
The safest and least safe parts of Lamont
High crime is widespread across Lamont: 80% of residents live in areas graded D or F, and 2% in areas graded A or B. Grades across Lamont run from A- to F; every part of Lamont has more crime than the typical US neighborhood.
18%80%
A or B 2%C 18%D or F 80%
Share of residents, by the overall CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
Within Lamont, the west side has the least crime and the center the most.
Crime rates and types in Lamont
CrimeGrade™ estimates Lamont has about 42 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 13% more than the US as a whole and close to California.
Overall crime
Violent crime
Property crime
Reported crimes a year, per 1,000 residents. These figures include simple assaults and vandalism, which the FBI's violent and property crime rates leave out.
Assault is the most common crime in Lamont, about 30% of everything reported.
Each CrimeGrade™ compares a crime with what it affects: people for assaults and robbery, homes for burglary, parked cars for vehicle theft. Rates count crimes per 1,000 residents.
Select a crime's name to see its map above. CrimeGrade™ business reports map each crime at about 66-meter detail.
How Lamont compares with nearby cities
Lamont has the most crime of its 4 nearest cities.
Two things set Lamont apart: it has 0.3 parking-lot spaces per resident, against 2.0 nationally, and 16 jobs for every 100 residents, against 45 for the US as a whole. Places like that tend to report less theft, yet theft runs higher here than that would suggest.
Parking lotsBig lots at stores, offices and apartment complexes. Places with more lot space tend to report more theft.0.3 spaces per residentUS: 2.0Lower than for 95% of US city residents
JobsJobs draw daytime crowds. Places with many jobs tend to report more theft and robbery.16 for every 100 residentsUS: 45Lower than for 91% of US city residents
Walk GradeBestNeighborhood's grade for getting through daily life on foot, traced along real walking routes to shops, schools and parks. Walkable places tend to report more theft and assault. 56% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.C- (31 of 100)US: 21Higher than for 82% of US city residents
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Residents in dense blocksBlocks of 10,000 or more people per square mile. Dense neighborhoods tend to report more robbery and car theft.56% of residentsUS: 24%Higher than for 86% of US city residents
Stores and restaurantsShops and restaurants draw crowds and parked cars. Places with many stores tend to report more theft.7.0 per 1,000 residentsUS: 10.5Lower than for 81% of US city residents
Transit serviceBuses and trains an hour at the evening rush. Places with busy transit tend to report more theft and robbery. BestNeighborhood's Transit Grade for Lamont: D (17 of 100).under 1 trip an hourUS: noneLower than for 58% of US city residents
BestNeighborhood, a sister site of CrimeGrade™, ranks the neighborhoods of Lamont on shops, parks, home prices, getting around and more.
These traits tend to go with more or less crime; none of them causes it on its own. Sources: Census job counts and housing figures, OpenStreetMap and Overture business listings, CrimeGrade™ parking estimates, NASA night-light imagery, US Forest Service tree cover, EPA transit data and BestNeighborhood's Walk Grade.
What crime costs Lamont
Crime costs Lamont about $3,380 a year per household, counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, about triple the US figure of $1,205.
Cost of crime per resident, per year
Counting the pain and suffering of victims, which comes almost entirely from violent crime, the full cost comes to about $54 million a year, or $3,627 per resident.
How the cost breaks down
Crime
Cost a year
Per resident
Murder
$4.2 million
$280
Rape
$370,000
$25
Robbery
$750,000
$50
Assault
$3.6 million
$238
Burglary
$500,000
$33
Theft
$610,000
$41
Vehicle theft
$2.6 million
$173
Arson
$220,000
$15
Vandalism
$370,000
$24
Total
$13 million
$880
How CrimeGrade™ works
A CrimeGrade™ shows how much crime an area has compared with the rest of the country, from A+ for the least crime to F for the most. Every neighborhood in the US is graded on the same scale, so a B in Lamont means the same as a B anywhere else.
CrimeGrade™ starts from the crimes people report to police and measures each kind of crime against what it affects: people for assaults, homes for burglaries, parked cars for car thefts.
The rates on this page count crimes for every 1,000 people who live here, the way police departments report them.
Comparisons with US neighborhoods use the Census Bureau's block groups, small areas of about 1,400 residents, and count the people who live in each. The figures count crimes reported to police; many crimes, shoplifting above all, never are. Behind the grades, CrimeGrade™ tested 21,607 factors from 125 data families. For business owners, paid CrimeGrade™ location reports estimate crime at a single address for each type of business.
Where the numbers come from
Crime reports that police departments file with the FBI
State crime records and city crime data, where they are published
Published research on what crime costs victims and communities
These are estimates of reported crime for whole areas, not a record of what happened on any one street. CrimeGrade™ updates them once a year and provides them free and without guarantee. Check local sources before you rely on them for a decision.
Schools in Lamont, CA average a SchoolGrade of F: 19% of students test proficient, against 25% projected for schools like them. Overall, they underperform expectations. See schools in Lamont on SchoolGrade
