Photo: Omar Bárcena · CC BY 2.0The crimes the grade counts fell 50% per resident in Kingsburg from 2023 to 2025
Overall, Kingsburg grades B− for safety (#89 of 416 graded towns in California): close to the middle of U.S. towns, on crimes its police reported in 2023–2025. Year on year, 1.6 violent crimes and 12.5 incidents of property crime occur per 1,000 residents, compared with 4.9 and 21.4 in the rest of California.
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. “Rest of CA” is every other California city and town in the FBI’s tables; the U.S. figure is the FBI’s national estimate as published, averaged over the three years. The FBI publishes no national homicide or robbery rate in our data, so those compare with all U.S. cities and towns in its tables.
What stands out about safety in Kingsburg
Kingsburg reports less crime than every graded town next door
Of the 1 California towns on Kingsburg’s borders, 1 have a Safety Grade: Selma (C−). Neighbors ↓
Among California towns, closer to the middle
California’s cities and towns report more crime than most states’, so Kingsburg’s place among its own towns differs from its national one: it reports less crime than 79% of the 416 California towns we grade, against 49% nationally. Safety Grade ↓
Reported crime is falling
Crime reported per resident fell from 2023 to 2025 by more than ordinary year-to-year swings, on the grade’s own score. Trend ↓
Written from the FBI data on this page. Figures are crimes reported to police, not convictions.
What’s behind Kingsburg’s grade
Property crimes plus four times violent crimes reported to the FBI per resident, 2023–2025, on a national curve. Violent crime holds Kingsburg’s grade up; property crime pulls it down. Its property rate (12.5) is below the FBI’s national estimate (17.6) but higher than in most individual towns: the national figure is weighted by people, and the grade counts towns.
Reported crime per resident, 2023 to 2025
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| Year | Kingsburg property | Rest of California property | Kingsburg violent | Rest of California violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 19.2 | 24.8 | 2.9 | 5.1 |
| 2023 | 16.6 | 25.0 | 1.7 | 5.4 |
| 2024 | 13.3 | 20.8 | 1.7 | 4.9 |
| 2025 | 7.8 | 18.5 | 1.4 | 4.3 |
Crimes per 1,000 residents
Reported crime per resident fell from 2023 to 2025, by more than ordinary year-to-year swings. Per 1,000 residents, 2022–2025, against the rest of California.
Violent crime, by year and by type
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| Year | Kingsburg | Rest of California | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 2.9 | 5.1 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 1.7 | 5.4 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 1.7 | 4.9 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 1.4 | 4.3 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
Kingsburg’s police reported 63 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 1.6 per 1,000 residents a year, against 4.9 in the rest of California and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
Crime in Kingsburg per 1,000 residents
Violent crime per 1,000 residents, 2025
Property crime per 1,000 residents, 2025
Crimes reported to police in 2025 per resident; one person can be the victim of more than one, and some reports involve visitors.
And about 1 violent crime, in 2025. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.
123 crimes reported in 2025
2025 offenses reported
Offenses reported to police, not convictions. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting. The last row is counted outside the property total.
19 violent and 104 property, as reported to the FBI by Kingsburg’s police.
Seven people died in crashes on Kingsburg’s roads in 2019–2023
Kingsburg had 7 fatal crashes in five years, in which seven people died; 1 was a pedestrian.
That is more than is typical for California towns of 5,000–25,000 people: at their median rate (5.6 deaths per 100,000 residents a year), a town of Kingsburg’s size would see about 4 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Kingsburg’s own rate (11.0) is context, not a ranking.
Deaths are counted where the crash happened, not where the people lived: a highway through town adds through-traffic deaths, and residents’ own risk on roads elsewhere isn’t here. Town rates sit below state and U.S. rates because a third of fatal crashes happen outside any town. Road safety is described here and is not part of the Safety Grade. Source: NHTSA Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), 2019–2023.
Kingsburg and its neighbors
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
California towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kingsburg | B− | 1.6 | 12.5 |
| Avenal | B− | 3.9 | 2.5 |
| Susanville | C− | 6.6 | 10.8 |
| California City | C− | 5.7 | 15.8 |
| Hawaiian Gardens | D | 6.3 | 19.9 |
| Emeryville | D− | 11.6 | 132.7 |
The five graded California towns closest to Kingsburg’s population (13,249), by grade.
How reported crime compares across the town line. Tap a town to see its safety page.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- It’s reported crime. Only incidents reported to and recorded by police appear here. Many crimes are never reported to police.
- One number for all of Kingsburg. A town-wide rate doesn’t show where incidents happen, and that can differ a lot from one part of town to another.
- Visitors count too. Incidents involving people who work, shop or visit are counted against Kingsburg’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (13,310 in 2025); our figure for Kingsburg is 13,249 (2025 Census estimate).
- Gaps are real gaps. A missing year means the department didn’t report a full year, not that nothing happened.
How the grade is calculated, for every town: How TownRatings grades safety →
Questions about safety in Kingsburg
Is Kingsburg, CA safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Kingsburg reports more crime per resident than 51% of U.S. towns, a B− Safety Grade and #89 of 416 in California. Its police reported 1.6 violent crimes per 1,000 residents a year, against 4.9 in the rest of California and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
What is the crime rate in Kingsburg?
1.6 violent and 12.5 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025, as reported to the FBI. The rest of California reports 4.9 and 21.4; the FBI’s national estimate is 3.6 and 17.6.
Is Kingsburg safer than Selma?
Selma reports more crime per resident than Kingsburg: Selma grades C− for safety and Kingsburg B−. Selma’s police reported 5.4 violent and 15.7 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Kingsburg?
Kingsburg’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Kingsburg”. Its figures are the ones on this page.
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Crime: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Crime Data Explorer: offenses known to law enforcement by city, 2025, and state and national rates. Counts are crimes reported to police, not convictions. The Safety Grade is our own summary of that data, not an official rating. Road deaths: NHTSA Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), 2019–2023. This isn’t an official statement of public safety. In an emergency, call 911.