Crime & Safety in Kingston
Kingston's crime data reads genuinely mixed: favorable overall and violent-crime figures alongside a property-crime rate running slightly above the national average.
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Learn moreFavorable overall and violent-crime figures
Kingston's overall crime rate (23.32 per 1,000) and violent crime rate (2.58 per 1,000) both run genuinely below cited national averages (33.37 and 13.32, respectively).
A property-crime rate slightly above the national average
Property crime ran 20.73 per 1,000, slightly ABOVE the cited national average of 20.05 -- a real, disclosed nuance this record does not obscure.
Economic context, not uniform disorder
One source attributes Kingston's crime profile in part to concentrated economic pressures, consistent with the city's disclosed poverty rate, rather than uniform citywide disorder.
Key takeaways
- Kingston's overall and violent-crime rates run genuinely favorable relative to cited national averages.
- Property crime runs slightly ABOVE the national average -- a real, disclosed nuance.
- Crime is attributed in part to concentrated economic pressures rather than uniform disorder.
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