Kent, IA Crime Rates & Map

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Date & Last Updated: This data reflects the 2020 calendar year and was released from the FBI in September, 2021; this is the most current data available.

Crime data for this area is not available from the FBI. Either data from local enforcement agencies is applied or estimates are created based on demographic data including, but not limited to: home prices, income per capita and population density.
Statistic	Reported_incidents	_{/100k people}	Kent_{/100k people}	Iowa_{/100k people}	National_{/100k people}
Total crime	0	n/a (estimate)	n/a (estimate)	2,002	2,346
Murder	n/a	n/a	n/a	3.5	6.5
Rape	n/a	n/a	n/a	40.7	38.4
Robbery	n/a	n/a	n/a	29.8	73.9
Assault	n/a	n/a	n/a	229.4	279.7
Violent crime	n/a	n/a (estimate)	n/a (estimate)	304	388
Burglary	n/a	n/a	n/a	371.1	314.2
Theft	n/a	n/a	n/a	1,130.1	1,398.0
Vehicle theft	n/a	n/a	n/a	197.1	246.0
Property crime	n/a	n/a (estimate)	n/a (estimate)	1,698	1,958

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Violent crimes in Kent are 100% lower than the national average
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Kent is safer than 97% of the cities in the United States
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Chance of Being A Victim of Crime in Kent

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Year Over Year Crime In Kent (per 100,000 people)

Kent police department

Item	Kent	Iowa	National
Law enforcement employees (officers & civilians)	n/a	3,827	558,732
Police officers & civilians /1000 residents	n/a	1.8	3.3

Sex offenders in Iowa

State	Total offenders	Iowa_/100K	National_/100K
Iowa	6,040	205	266

There are a total of 6,040 sex offenders in Iowa. This yields a total of 205 sex offenders in Iowa per 100,000 residents which is 23% less than the national average.

Nearby Cities With Low Crime Rates

City	Population	Violent crime_{/100k people}	Property crime_{/100k people}	Total crime_{/100k people}
Corning, IA	1,598	134	751	885
Lenox, IA	1,424	138	772	910
Creston, IA	7,877	484	1,478	1,962
Afton, IA	967	418	2,337	2,755
Tingley, IA	177	421	2,352	2,774
Diagonal, IA	319	432	2,411	2,843
Shannon City, IA	54	441	2,465	2,906
Kent, IA	53	n/a	n/a	n/a

Cities with similar population

City	Population	Violent crime_{/100k people}	Property crime_{/100k people}	Total crime_{/100k people}
Kinross, IA	53	413	2,308	2,721
Olivet, KS	53	527	2,726	3,253
Pilgrim, MI	53	193	550	743
Arnegard, ND	53	0	0	0
West Hampton Dunes, NY	53	147	570	717
Kent, IA	53	n/a	n/a	n/a

Source: The Kent, IA crime data displayed above is derived from the FBI's uniform crime reports for the year of 2020. The crime report encompasses more than 18,000 city and state law enforcement agencies reporting data on property and violent crimes. The uniform crime reports program represents approximately 309 million American residents, which results in 98% coverage of metropolitan statistical areas.