Kodiak, AK is higher-crime than most U.S. cities, and earns a B PlainCrime safety grade, where violent crime runs 25% below the U.S. average
According to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program for 2024, Kodiak, AK shows violent crime at 264.7 per 100,000 residents and property crime at 1,002.1 per 100,000. Violent crime runs 25% below the U.S. average. PlainCrime assigns grade B from those rates. Figures are voluntary agency submissions joined to population denominators; incomplete coverage can move the number.
B safety grade
264.7/100K violent
1002.1/100K property
-25% vs U.S.
What the 2024 FBI UCR record shows for Kodiak, AK
Small-count caution
The violent-crime count is small enough that the derived rate is unstable
Kodiak reported 14 violent offences in 2024 against a population of 5,289. At this volume one additional or one fewer report moves the per-100,000 rate noticeably, so the figure is better read as a data point than as a precise measurement, and year-to-year swings here are expected.
2020–2024 direction
The reported violent-crime rate ended the window lower
Across 5 comparable reporting years, the rate moved from 571.1 per 100,000 in 2020 to 264.7 in 2024 (-53.7%). The highest observed value was 900.3 in 2021 and the lowest 264.7 in 2024. Years whose submission failed the completeness test are left out of this comparison rather than plotted as change.
Comparable rate records
Kodiak's closest reported-rate comparisons are in the Alaska cohort
The nearest comparable 2024 records to Kodiak's 264.7 violent-crime rate per 100,000 are Seward (256.0), North Pole (281.1), Craig (287.9), Cordova (230.3). 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.
Offense mix
The reported mix leans further toward property offenses than the state cohort
Violent offenses are 20.9% of the 67 Part I offenses reported in Kodiak for 2024, against a median of 25.9% across comparable Alaska cities — a gap of 5.0 points. Offense mix is shaped by which agencies report and how incidents are classified as well as by the underlying offenses, so it describes the reported record rather than a settled difference in conditions.
Position in the state cohort
Kodiak sits mid-pack among comparable Alaska cities
At 264.7 reported violent offenses per 100,000 residents in 2024, Kodiak ranks 13 of 25 — above 12 of the 24 other Alaska cities whose 2024 submission passes this site’s completeness test. That is -1.4% against the cohort median of 268.6. 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 Kodiak'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.
Based on 14 reported violent incidents in a population of 5,289. At this volume, one additional or one fewer report can shift the rate and letter grade noticeably; small-city crime counts are inherently more volatile year to year than large-city counts, so treat this grade as a data point, not a precise ranking.
Small-city offense counts above are voluntary UCR submissions, not neighbourhood advice. Year-to-year swings can look large when the population base is modest.
Kodiak's 2024 municipal footprint
Across 3.9 Census sq mi, Kodiak logged 13.5 property and 3.6 violent offenses per square mile in 2024.
Kodiak's 2024 book concentrates in larceny-theft (63% of 67 offenses; mix index 4,397).
Violent offenses are 21% of the municipal total; property offenses still dominate the count.
Density uses Census Gazetteer land area (3.9 sq mi); mix index is HHI x 10,000 on the offense-type shares above. Distinct from the per-100K rates in the hero.
Violent rate moved most (2023→2024)
Violent Crime Rate
-21.2%
336 → 264.7/100K
Property Crime Rate
-5.8%
1064 → 1002.1/100K
Property offenses lead Kodiak's 2024 record
Offense
Count
Rate /100K
vs AK
vs US avg
Property Crime
53
1002.1
1740.8
1711
Larceny-Theft
42
794.1
-
-
Motor Vehicle Theft
6
113.4
-
-
Burglary
5
94.5
-
-
Arson
1
18.9
-
-
Violent Crime
14
264.7
728.4
352
Aggravated Assault
12
226.9
-
-
Rape
2
37.8
-
-
Murder
0
0
-
-
Robbery
0
0
-
-
Kodiak Crime Trend (2020-2024)
Kodiak 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
Kodiak: 265 violent, 1002 property per 100,000 (grade B)
Soldotna: 86 violent, 1139 property per 100,000 (grade A)
Homer: 209 violent, 1256 property per 100,000 (grade B)
Bethel: 1656 violent, 2245 property per 100,000 (grade F)
Unalaska: 119 violent, 95 property per 100,000 (grade A)
Palmer: 153 violent, 949 property per 100,000 (grade A)
Valdez: 130 violent, 337 property per 100,000 (grade A)
Nome: 829 violent, 718 property per 100,000 (grade F)
Petersburg: 202 violent, 606 property per 100,000 (grade A)
Kodiak Police Department
Reporting agency for Kodiak NIBRS-participating
Kodiak Police Department filed the 2024 UCR row behind Kodiak's 67 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 Alaska
Crime rates read differently at different scales, so these are the Alaska cities closest to Kodiak in population. Their populations run from 3,465 to 6,533, against 5,289 here. Or use our
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In 2024, Kodiak reported 14 violent crimes and 53 property crimes, for a total of 67 reported offenses.
Is crime increasing or decreasing in Kodiak?
From 2023 to 2024, Kodiak's violent crime rate decreased by 21.2%, and the property crime rate decreased by 5.8%.
What is the most common crime in Kodiak?
The most common crime type in Kodiak is larceny-theft, accounting for 62.7% of all reported crimes (42 incidents in 2024).
Small-city read: Kodiak is sourced from FBI UCR Table 8 for 2024; rates use that row's population.
Small-city rows use the same per-100,000 formula; a few unreported years can leave gaps in the trend table. Verify the agency's submission on FBI.gov UCR.
Disclaimer (small city): UCR counts here are informational only. They are not a victimization probability. Source: FBI UCR Program.
Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program CIUS Table 8 municipal crime rates · 2024 Kodiak, AK rates use the reporting-year population on the municipal row.