Kingsville, TX carries a PlainCrime C safety grade with violent crime 28% below the U.S. average
According to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program for 2024, Kingsville, TX shows violent crime at 254.8 per 100,000 residents and property crime at 1,767.1 per 100,000. Violent crime runs 28% below the U.S. average. PlainCrime assigns grade C from those rates. Figures are voluntary agency submissions joined to population denominators; incomplete coverage can move the number.
C safety grade
254.8/100K violent
1767.1/100K property
-28% vs U.S.
The verdict
Kingsville earns a C safety grade: violent crime runs 28% below the U.S. average, placing it higher-crime than most U.S. cities.
C
PlainCrime safety grade
-28%
violent crime vs. U.S. average
36th
percentile of 7,769 U.S. cities
1,767.1
property crimes per 100K
What the 2024 FBI UCR record shows for Kingsville, TX
Comparable rate records
Kingsville's closest reported-rate comparisons are in the Texas cohort
The nearest comparable 2024 records to Kingsville's 254.8 violent-crime rate per 100,000 are Pearsall (255.5), Angleton (254.0), Mont Belvieu (253.1), Wolfforth (253.0). These are same-year agency submissions that pass the same completeness screen, not a claim that the cities have identical conditions. They make the cohort position above checkable against named records instead of a generic state average.
2020–2024 direction
The reported violent-crime rate ended the window lower
Across 5 comparable reporting years, the rate moved from 468.3 per 100,000 in 2020 to 254.8 in 2024 (-45.6%). The highest observed value was 543.3 in 2021 and the lowest 254.8 in 2024. Years whose submission failed the completeness test are left out of this comparison rather than plotted as change.
Position in the state cohort
Kingsville sits mid-pack among comparable Texas cities
At 254.8 reported violent offenses per 100,000 residents in 2024, Kingsville ranks 238 of 686 — above 448 of the 685 other Texas cities whose 2024 submission passes this site’s completeness test. That is +42.4% against the cohort median of 178.9. Cities that did not report, or that reported implausibly low totals, are excluded from this cohort rather than counted as low-crime.
Property counts dominate Kingsville's FBI UCR Table 8 municipal row. Per-100,000 rates use the reporting-year population on that row; cities that fail the completeness test stay out of rate rankings. A citywide figure rarely describes any single neighbourhood inside the municipal boundary.
Mid-size municipal totals above are reported offenses, not safety advice for any single block. Reporting completeness still varies by year and agency.
Property rate moved most (2023→2024)
Property Crime Rate
-20.7%
2229.5 → 1767.1/100K
Violent Crime Rate
-15.4%
301.1 → 254.8/100K
Property offenses lead Kingsville's 2024 record
Offense
Count
Rate /100K
vs TX
Property Crime
430
1767.1
2058.2
Larceny-Theft
316
1298.6
-
Burglary
80
328.8
-
Motor Vehicle Theft
34
139.7
-
Arson
2
8.2
-
Violent Crime
62
254.8
394.7
Aggravated Assault
49
201.4
-
Rape
9
37
-
Robbery
3
12.3
-
Murder
1
4.1
-
Kingsville Crime Trend (2020-2024)
Kingsville property crime rate trend
Lead series · fell across 5 comparable years · FBI UCR
Property crime rate (2024)
1,767.1/100K↓20.7%vs 2023
Kingsville violent crime rate trend
Secondary series · fell · 2020-2024 · FBI UCR
Violent crime rate (2024)
254.8/100K↓15.4%vs 2023
Year
Coverage
Population
Violent Rate
Property Rate
Total Crimes
2020
Comparable
25,195
468.3
2306
699
2021
Comparable
24,850
543.3
2394.4
730
2022
Comparable
24,802
294.3
2931.2
800
2023
Comparable
24,579
301.1
2229.5
622
2024
Comparable
24,334
254.8
1767.1
492
How Kingsville sits among TX peers
Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program · split lines are the U.S. national averages
Reporting Agency
Kingsville Police Department NIBRS-participating
Kingsville's crime figures on this page originate from Kingsville Police Department's submission to the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting Program.
This agency reports via NIBRS, the incident-based system that captures more detail per offense (multiple crimes per incident, victim/offender data) than the older summary counts.
Similar-Size Cities in Texas
Crime rates read differently at different scales, so these are the Texas cities closest to Kingsville in population. Their populations run from 24,056 to 25,126, against 24,334 here. Or use our
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These Texas cities report the closest violent-crime rates to Kingsville's 254.8/100K (same FBI UCR vintage rules; size peers above are excluded so the two lists stay distinct).
Kingsville has a violent crime rate of 254.8 per 100,000 residents and a property crime rate of 1767.1 per 100,000, based on 2024 FBI UCR data.
Is Kingsville, TX safe? ▼
Kingsville receives a safety grade of C (Average), with a safety score of 59/100. The violent crime rate is 28% below the national average and 35% below the Texas average.
What is the population of Kingsville, TX? ▼
The reporting population for Kingsville is 24,334 as of 2024.
How many crimes were reported in Kingsville? ▼
In 2024, Kingsville reported 62 violent crimes and 430 property crimes, for a total of 492 reported offenses.
How do Kingsville's reported offenses compare with its population? ▼
In 2024, Kingsville recorded about one reported offense per 49 residents and one reported violent offense per 392 residents. These ratios count reported offenses, not distinct victims, and are not a person's probability of victimization.
Is crime increasing or decreasing in Kingsville? ▼
From 2023 to 2024, Kingsville's violent crime rate decreased by 15.4%, and the property crime rate decreased by 20.7%.
What is the most common crime in Kingsville? ▼
The most common crime type in Kingsville is larceny-theft, accounting for 64.2% of all reported crimes (316 incidents in 2024).
Mid-size read: Kingsville figures are FBI UCR CIUS Table 8 (vintage 2024), population-adjusted per 100,000.
Denominators are the reporting-year population on the municipal row. Incomplete years are dropped from rankings. Confirm at FBI Crime Data Explorer and Census.gov QuickFacts.
Disclaimer (mid-size municipal): figures are informational, not advice. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program is the source. Consult a professional before decisions.
Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program CIUS Table 8 municipal crime rates · 2024 Kingsville, TX rates use the reporting-year population on the municipal row.