What is the crime rate in Kennesaw, GA?

In 2025, the Kennesaw Police Department reported 74 violent crimes and 282 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 190 violent and 724 property crimes per 100,000 of the 38,937 residents it serves.

Across Georgia the rates were 304 and 1,413.

Nationally they were 330 and 1,552.

Figures last updated on November 12, 2026.

Violent per 100,000: 190
Property per 100,000: 724
Violent crimes: 74
Property crimes: 282

Crime reported by the Kennesaw Police Department, 2023 to 2025

Offenses known to law enforcement, reported to the FBI; rates per 100,000 residents of the area the department serves
Year	Violent crimes	Violent per 100,000	Property crimes	Property per 100,000	Residents served
2023	92	273	276	820	33,646
2024	89	253	293	834	35,138
2025	74	190	282	724	38,937

Violent crimes reported went from 92 in 2023 to 74 in 2025.

Property crimes reported went from 276 in 2023 to 282 in 2025.

In a small town a handful of incidents moves these numbers a long way, so one year’s change says little on its own.

Kennesaw against Georgia and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2025
	Violent crime	Property crime
Kennesaw	190	724
Cobb County	193	981
Georgia	304	1,413
United States	330	1,552

These are rates per resident; they are not adjusted for visitors, commuters or the size of the area, which raise or lower a town’s figures without changing anybody’s risk.

Crime reported in places near Kennesaw, 2025

Each place’s own police department; rates per 100,000 residents served
Place	Distance	Violent per 100,000	Property per 100,000
Kennesaw	—	190	724
Acworth	4.4 mi	44	900
Marietta	6.6 mi	291	1,535
Woodstock	7.9 mi	89	827
Emerson	10 mi	40	242
Powder Springs	12 mi	265	584
Hiram	12 mi	282	5,941
Holly Springs	12 mi	0	355
Smyrna	13 mi	240	1,008

Neighboring departments count the same offenses the same way, but their areas, populations and visitors differ, so a difference between two towns is a starting point for a question, not an answer.

How to read these numbers

These are offenses known to the police and reported to the FBI’s Uniform Crime Reporting Program: crimes nobody reported, or that a department did not record, are not in them.

Violent crime is murder and nonnegligent manslaughter, rape, robbery and aggravated assault; property crime is burglary, larceny-theft, motor vehicle theft and arson.

A department reports the crimes in the area it polices, which can differ from the town’s boundaries, and the FBI estimates the population it serves.

The FBI asks that these figures not be used to rank places or to judge how safe a neighborhood is: crime depends on many local factors, and the counts describe a whole town, not any street or home.

A year is shown only when the department reported all twelve months.

FBI: Uniform Crime Reporting statistics and their proper use

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