Kingsville, TX is higher-crime than most U.S. cities, and earns a C PlainCrime safety grade, where violent crime runs 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.
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.
Kingsville's 2024 municipal footprint
Across 13.9 Census sq mi, Kingsville logged 31 property and 4.5 violent offenses per square mile in 2024.
Kingsville's 2024 book concentrates in larceny-theft (64% of 492 offenses; mix index 4,540).
Violent offenses are only 13% of the municipal total - a property-led book.
Density uses Census Gazetteer land area (13.9 sq mi); mix index is HHI x 10,000 on the offense-type shares above. Distinct from the per-100K rates in the hero.
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
Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program · split lines are the U.S. national averagesRead the chart as a list
Kingsville: 255 violent, 1767 property per 100,000 (grade C)
Benbrook: 119 violent, 1972 property per 100,000 (grade B)
Marshall: 345 violent, 1575 property per 100,000 (grade C)
San Benito: 263 violent, 2900 property per 100,000 (grade C)
Corinth: 33 violent, 707 property per 100,000 (grade A+)
Horizon City: 85 violent, 656 property per 100,000 (grade A)
Ennis: 176 violent, 1525 property per 100,000 (grade B)
Celina: 124 violent, 1343 property per 100,000 (grade A)
Paris: 621 violent, 2706 property per 100,000 (grade F)
Kingsville Police Department
Reporting agency for Kingsville NIBRS-participating
Kingsville Police Department filed the 2024 UCR row behind Kingsville's 492 reported offenses (5-year span 2020-2024).
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
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In 2024, Kingsville reported 62 violent crimes and 430 property crimes, for a total of 492 reported offenses.
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.