BAKERSFIELD, Calif.(KBAK/KBFX) — The Kern County District Attorney’s Office has released its 2025 homicide report, revealing a notable decrease in homicides compared to previous years.
The report indicates there were 76 identified homicides in 2025, marking the lowest number recorded in Kern County in nearly a decade. This represents a 7.32% decrease from 2024, which saw 82 homicides, and a 41.54% decline from the record highs of 2020 and 2021, when the county recorded 130 homicides each year.
Dr. Tommy Tunson, a former Arvin police chief and now a college professor at Bakersfield College, commented on the findings, stating, “It shows that our community…our transformational policing strategies are working.”…