County crime profile · 2024 · mid-size county · property-led
Kent County, MD
Kent County (19,198 people) sits in the mid-size county band in Maryland. This page opens with reported offense counts, then rates where a Census join exists.
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Data updated 2026-07-13
32
Property offenses
0
Violent offenses
32
Total · 2024
Kent County, MD reported 0 violent crimes per 100,000 in FBI UCR 2024
According to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program for 2024, Kent County, MD agencies reported 0 violent and 32 property offenses. That equals about 0 violent and 167 property crimes per 100,000 using a verified Census population join. Table 10 coverage is a voluntary subset of U.S. counties.
2024 UCR year
0 violent offenses
0/100K violent rate
What the 2024 FBI UCR record shows for Kent County, MD
Small-count caution
The violent-crime count is small enough that the derived rate is unstable
Kent County reported 0 violent offences in 2024 against a population of 19,198. 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.
Position in the state cohort
Kent County reported a lower violent-crime rate than most comparable Maryland counties
At 0.0 reported violent offenses per 100,000 residents in 2024, Kent County ranks 19 of 19 — above 0 of the 18 other Maryland counties whose 2024 submission passes this site’s completeness test and carries a matched Census denominator. That is -100.0% against the cohort median of 91.6. Counties that did not report, or that reported implausibly low totals, are excluded from this cohort rather than counted as low-crime.
Offense mix
The reported mix leans further toward property offenses than the state cohort
Violent offenses are 0.0% of the 32 Part I offenses reported in Kent County for 2024, against a median of 16.6% across comparable Maryland counties — a gap of 16.6 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.
Mid-size county rows still aggregate voluntary UCR submissions. Per-100,000 rates need a matched 2020 Census population; unmatched stay count-only. County-wide totals rarely describe any single town inside the line.
Property Crime
32
Violent Crime
0
Data Year
2024
Crime Breakdown (2024) · property-led · mid-size county
Category
Count
Property Crime
32
Burglary
6
Larceny-Theft
23
Motor Vehicle Theft
3
Arson
0
Violent Crime
0
Murder
0
Rape
0
Robbery
0
Aggravated Assault
0
Reporting Agency
Kent County Sheriff's Office NIBRS-participating
Kent County's crime figures on this page originate from Kent County Sheriff's Office'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.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the crime rate in Kent County, MD?▼
In 2024, Kent County reported 0 violent crimes and 32 property crimes. The most common violent crime was robbery, and the most common property crime was larceny-theft.
Is Kent County safe?▼
Kent County reported 32 total crimes in 2024.Property crime accounts for the majority of offenses. Compare with other counties in Maryland on our state page for context.
Similar-Size Counties in Maryland
A per-capita rate is easiest to read against places of similar scale, so these are the Maryland counties closest to Kent County in population. Their populations run from 28,806 to 49,874, against 19,198 here. Or launch the
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Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program, Crime in the United States (CIUS) Table 10.
FBI Table 10 supplies county offense counts but no resident population. Where this page shows a per-100,000 rate, the denominator is a separately matched 2020 U.S. Census Bureau county population; unmatched county rows remain count-only. Statewide comparisons draw on the state UCR program. Verify with FBI.gov UCR and Census.gov QuickFacts.