Kodiak, AK has a B safety grade (65/100) with a violent crime rate of 265 per 100,000, 25% below the national average.

FBI UCR 2024 Per-capita rates FBI UCR + NIBRS

Kodiak, AK Crime Rate & Safety

Kodiak is a small municipal reporter (5,289 on the UCR row). Per-100,000 violent and property rates are shown with AK and U.S. context.

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B
Safety grade
Above Average
1002.1
Property / 100K
264.7
Violent / 100K
5K
Population
-41%
property vs U.S.

Kodiak, AK carries a PlainCrime B safety grade with violent crime 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.

The verdict

Kodiak earns a B safety grade: violent crime runs 25% below the U.S. average, placing it higher-crime than most U.S. cities.

B
PlainCrime safety grade
-25%
violent crime vs. U.S. average
35th
percentile of 7,769 U.S. cities
1,002.1
property crimes per 100K

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.

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.

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
Property Crime 53 1002.1
Larceny-Theft 42 794.1
Motor Vehicle Theft 6 113.4
Burglary 5 94.5
Arson 1 18.9
Violent Crime 14 264.7
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

Property crime rate (2024)
1,002.1/100K 5.8% vs 2023
6008001,0001,2001,4001,6001,800 20202021202220232024 1,002

Kodiak violent crime rate trend

Secondary series · fell · 2020-2024 · FBI UCR

Violent crime rate (2024)
264.7/100K 21.2% vs 2023
2004006008001,000 20202021202220232024 265
Year Coverage Population Violent Rate Property Rate
2020 Comparable 5,778 571.1 1592.2
2021 Comparable 5,776 900.3 1229.2
2022 Comparable 5,357 336 821.4
2023 Comparable 5,357 336 1064
2024 Comparable 5,289 264.7 1002.1

How Kodiak sits among AK peers

Kodiak vs. similar-size AK cities, violent vs. property crime. X axis violent crime per 100K, Y axis property crime per 100K, split by the national averages. 9 cities; the anchor is ringed. Kodiak vs. similar-size AK cities, violent vs. property crime 77 1,789 Violent crime per 100K → 86 2,425 Property crime per 100K → Kodiak SAFEST HIGHEST CRIME Safety grade A / B C D / F
Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program · split lines are the U.S. national averages

Reporting Agency

Kodiak Police Department NIBRS-participating

Kodiak's crime figures on this page originate from Kodiak 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 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 side-by-side compare tool to benchmark two cities directly.

Similar violent-crime rates in Alaska

These Alaska cities report the closest violent-crime rates to Kodiak's 264.7/100K (same FBI UCR vintage rules; size peers above are excluded so the two lists stay distinct).

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the crime rate in Kodiak, AK?
Kodiak has a violent crime rate of 264.7 per 100,000 residents and a property crime rate of 1002.1 per 100,000, based on 2024 FBI UCR data.
Is Kodiak, AK safe?
Kodiak receives a safety grade of B (Above Average), with a safety score of 65/100. The violent crime rate is 25% below the national average and 64% below the Alaska average.
What is the population of Kodiak, AK?
The reporting population for Kodiak is 5,289 as of 2024.
How many crimes were reported in Kodiak?
In 2024, Kodiak reported 14 violent crimes and 53 property crimes, for a total of 67 reported offenses.
How do Kodiak's reported offenses compare with its population?
In 2024, Kodiak recorded about one reported offense per 79 residents and one reported violent offense per 378 residents. These ratios count reported offenses, not distinct victims, and are not a person's probability of victimization.
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.

Federal sources for this small-city row

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.

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Every figure on PlainCrime is rendered directly from FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) source data, no number is typed in by an editor. Kodiak is scored as a small-city UCR reporter (5,289 on the row). See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error.