What is the crime rate in Kingston, MA?

In 2025, the Kingston Police Department reported 14 violent crimes and 101 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 96 violent and 691 property crimes per 100,000 of the 14,615 residents it serves.

Across Massachusetts the rates were 301 and 1,037.

Nationally they were 330 and 1,552.

Figures last updated on November 12, 2026.

Violent per 100,000: 96
Property per 100,000: 691
Violent crimes: 14
Property crimes: 101

Crime reported by the Kingston 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	26	187	83	595	13,939
2024	31	217	99	693	14,291
2025	14	96	101	691	14,615

Violent crimes reported went from 26 in 2023 to 14 in 2025.

Property crimes reported went from 83 in 2023 to 101 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.

Kingston against Massachusetts and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2025
	Violent crime	Property crime
Kingston	96	691
Plymouth County	250	711
Massachusetts	301	1,037
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 Kingston, 2025

Each place’s own police department; rates per 100,000 residents served
Place	Distance	Violent per 100,000	Property per 100,000
Kingston	—	96	691
Plympton	3.7 mi	169	236
Duxbury	4.4 mi	104	305
Halifax	6.3 mi	154	862
Pembroke	6.5 mi	49	321
Carver	7.7 mi	161	406
Hanson	7.8 mi	93	289
Marshfield	9.0 mi	50	196
Plymouth	9.0 mi	325	666

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

The figures for Kingston include the places inside it that have pages of their own: Kingston (community).

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