What is the crime rate in Kinston, NC?

In 2025, the Kinston Police Department reported 151 violent crimes and 786 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 776 violent and 4,039 property crimes per 100,000 of the 19,459 residents it serves.

Across North Carolina the rates were 334 and 1,815.

Nationally they were 330 and 1,552.

Figures last updated on November 12, 2026.

Violent per 100,000: 776
Property per 100,000: 4,039
Violent crimes: 151
Property crimes: 786

Crime reported by the Kinston 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	172	897	741	3,865	19,174
2024	185	959	1,003	5,197	19,298
2025	151	776	786	4,039	19,459

Violent crimes reported went from 172 in 2023 to 151 in 2025.

Property crimes reported went from 741 in 2023 to 786 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.

Kinston against North Carolina and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2025
	Violent crime	Property crime
Kinston	776	4,039
Lenoir County	391	2,155
North Carolina	334	1,815
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 Kinston, 2025

Each place’s own police department; rates per 100,000 residents served
Place	Distance	Violent per 100,000	Property per 100,000
Kinston	—	776	4,039
Grifton	11 mi	237	1,303
Snow Hill	13 mi	64	1,906
Ayden	17 mi	345	1,723
Winterville	21 mi	173	764
Farmville	22 mi	416	2,583
Goldsboro	22 mi	1,111	3,961
Greenville	25 mi	449	2,368
Richlands	26 mi	0	724

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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