Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2024
Kent, WA Crime Grade
How Kent grades for violent crime against every other reporting U.S. city — and against the rest of Washington — based on the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting data.
National
9/10
vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population
Washington
10/10
vs. Washington cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2024, the violent crime rate in Kent, WA was 492.0 per 100,000 residents (651 incidents over a population of 132,324). That puts Kent Infinity% above the U.S. rate of 0.0 and 49% above the Washington statewide rate of 331.1.
That ranks Kent #3,265 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 13% of them, and #84 of 91 in Washington. Violent crime is down 11% year over year and up 40% over the last five years.
Kent, WA crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- F (9/10)
- Washington Grade
- F (10/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 492.0 / 100k
- National rank
- #3,265 of 3,771
- WA rank
- #84 of 91
- Safer than
- 13% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- down 11%
- 5-year change
- up 40%
- Population
- 132,324
- Reporting agency
- Kent Police Department
- Data year
- 2024 · FBI UCR
Reported by Kent Police Department (FBI ORI WA0170700) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About Kent, WA
Also known as
- Titusville
Name history sourced from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) — public-domain federal geographic-names data.
Violent crime rate, 5-year trend
Per 100,000 residents. Kent (red), Washington (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Kent vs. U.S., 2024 — by offense
Rates per 100,000 residents for each offense category.
Full data, last 5 years
Rates per 100,000 residents. Raw counts in parentheses.
| Offense | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violent crime | 351.8(471) | 402.6(531) | 459.9(612) | 555.8(741) | 492.0(651) |
| Murder | 5.2(7) | 9.1(12) | 6.8(9) | 12.8(17) | 5.3(7) |
| Rape | 57.5(77) | 74.3(98) | 54.9(73) | 72.0(96) | 65.0(86) |
| Robbery | 137.4(184) | 144.0(190) | 156.3(208) | 192.0(256) | 145.9(193) |
| Aggravated assault | 151.6(203) | 175.1(231) | 242.0(322) | 279.0(372) | 275.8(365) |
| Property crime | 4050.6(5,423) | 4918.2(6,487) | 5559.6(7,398) | 5121.8(6,828) | 3774.1(4,994) |
| Burglary | 788.0(1,055) | 854.4(1,127) | 1161.1(1,545) | 929.4(1,239) | 628.0(831) |
| Larceny | 2527.6(3,384) | 2904.5(3,831) | 2869.3(3,818) | 2390.6(3,187) | 2184.8(2,891) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 723.8(969) | 1136.5(1,499) | 1511.3(2,011) | 1781.5(2,375) | 935.6(1,238) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Kent, WA Crime Grade?
- FBI Uniform Crime Reporting via the Crime Data Explorer. Agency-level data, pulled directly. No third-party aggregators, no proprietary score.
- What metric does the Kent Crime Grade use?
- Violent crime rate per 100,000 residents (murder + rape + robbery + aggravated assault), most recent fully-reported year.
- How is the national decile for Kent calculated?
- Kent's rate placed against all FBI-reporting U.S. cities with population ≥ 25,000. 1 = safest.
- How is the Washington state decile calculated?
- Same calculation restricted to Washington cities with population ≥ 10,000.
- How do decile scores convert to a letter grade?
- 1–3 = A · 4–5 = B · 6–7 = C · 8 = D · 9–10 = F.
- How often is the Kent Crime Grade refreshed?
- Twice a year. The FBI typically releases the prior year's full data each September.
- What are the limits of this Crime Grade?
- The FBI relies on local agency reporting. Rates reflect what was reported, not what occurred.
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