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Kinston Crime Rate Report (North Carolina)

Kinston crime statistics report an overall downward trend in crime based on data from 24 years with violent crime decreasing and property crime decreasing. Based on this trend, the crime rate in Kinston for 2026 is expected to be lower than in 2025.

The city violent crime rate for Kinston in 2025 was higher than the national violent crime rate average by 136.85% and the city property crime rate in Kinston was higher than the national property crime rate average by 160.83%.

In 2025 the city violent crime rate in Kinston was higher than the violent crime rate in North Carolina by 134.91% and the city property crime rate in Kinston was higher than the property crime rate in North Carolina by 124.92%.

Property and Violent Crime
Kinston Property Crime vs. State and National Per Capita
Kinston Violent Crime vs. State and National Per Capita

Kinston Crime Statistics
Summary Report

2025 Crime (Actual Data)*Incidents
Aggravated Assault118
Arson8
Burglary167
Larceny and Theft563
Motor Vehicle Theft49
Murder and Manslaughter7
Rape12
Robbery14
Crime Rate (Total Incidents)1,032
Property Crime779
Violent Crime151
2026 Crime (Projected Data)*Incidents
Aggravated Assault92
Arson15
Burglary141
Larceny and Theft466
Motor Vehicle Theft54
Murder and Manslaughter6
Rape13
Robbery5
Crime Rate (Total Incidents)914
Property Crime661
Violent Crime129

Property and Violent Crime Totals

Kinston Property Crime

Kinston Violent Crime

Actual versus Projected Crime Totals

Kinston Crime 2025

Kinston Crime 2026

City versus State versus National Crime Comparison

Kinston Property Crime vs. State and National Comparison

Kinston Violent Crime vs. State and National Comparison
* The source of actual data on this Kinston, North Carolina crime rate report is the FBI Report of Offenses Known to Law Enforcement for the corresponding year or years. Arson numbers are reported inconsistently. Zero values may indicate the data was not available. The projected crime rate data displayed above was generated from the trends found in the years of actual reported crime data on file. In this case, the Kinston crime report data for 2026 was projected from 24 years of actual data. The last year of actual available crime data, as reported above, was 2025.

The FBI cautions the data users against comparing yearly statistical data solely on the basis of their population coverage. The comparisons made herein are thus, only meaningful upon further examination of all variables that affect crime in each reported city, state or other reported jurisdicition.



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