Healthcare & Safety — Taft, California

Hospitals

HospitalRatingEmergency
BAKERSFIELD MEMORIAL HOSPITALN/A starsN/A
GOOD SAMARITAN HOSPITALN/A starsN/A
MERCY HOSPITALN/A starsN/A
KERN MEDICAL CENTERN/A starsN/A
ADVENTIST HEALTH BAKERSFIELDN/A starsN/A
ADVENTIST HEALTH DELANON/A starsN/A
ADVENTIST HEALTH TEHACHAPI VALLEYN/A starsN/A
KERN VALLEY HEALTHCARE DISTRICTN/A starsN/A
RIDGECREST REGIONAL HOSPITALN/A starsN/A
BAKERSFIELD BEHAVIORAL HEALTHCARE HOSPITAL, LLCN/A starsN/A

County Health Rankings

Adult Obesity0.359%
Adult Smoking0.166%
Uninsured0.0772961519%
Physical Inactivity0.308%
Excessive Drinking0.1867626093%
Poor Health0.255%
Children Poverty0.248%

Crime

Violent Crime RateN/A
Property Crime RateN/A

Emergency Services

ServiceNameDistance
PoliceKERN COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE - TAFT SUBSTATIONN/A mi
PoliceTAFT POLICE DEPARTMENT / TAFT COMMUNITY CORRECTIONAL FACILITYN/A mi
PoliceCALIFORNIA HIGHWAY PATROL - BUTTONWILLOW POST 426N/A mi
FireBureau of Land Management - Midway Fire StationN/A mi
FireKern County Fire Department Station 21 TaftN/A mi
FireKern County Fire Department Station 23 FellowsN/A mi
EMSSANTA BARBARA COUNTY FIRE DEPARTMENT STATION 41N/A mi
EMSBAKERSFIELD FIRE DEPARTMENT STATION 15N/A mi
EMSBUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT - MIDWAY FIRE STATIONN/A mi

VA Medical Facilities

Traffic Safety (County, N/A)

Fatal Crashes170
Fatalities183
Fatality Rate (per 100K)20.1
Drunk Driving Crashes0
Pedestrian Fatalities62

Vaccination (County)

COVID Dose 162.5%
Fully VaccinatedN/A
BoosterN/A

Overdose Deaths (County, N/A)

Death Rate (per 100K)44.63
Sources: County Health Rankings 2025; FBI UCR/NIBRS 2024; NHTSA FARS 2023.