Big Shanty Village Historic District · Photo: Nilesrob · CC BY-SA 4.0For property crime, Kennesaw beats 64% of U.S. towns per resident
Per resident, the graded crimes were down 16% from 2023 to 2025. On top of that, its Safety Grade, B− (#32 of 132 graded towns in Georgia), rests on crimes its police reported from 2023 to 2025: close to the middle of U.S. towns. For every 1,000 residents, 2.3 violent crimes and 7.9 incidents of property crime were logged a year; in the rest of Georgia, the figures are 3.9 and 21.6.
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. “Rest of GA” is every other Georgia 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 Kennesaw
1 of the 1 graded towns next door reports less crime
Of the 1 Georgia towns on Kennesaw’s borders, 1 have a Safety Grade: Acworth (B+). Neighbors ↓
Among Georgia towns, higher
Georgia’s cities and towns report more crime than most states’, so Kennesaw’s place among its own towns differs from its national one: it reports less crime than 76% of the 132 Georgia towns we grade, against 53% 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 Kennesaw’s grade
Property crimes plus four times violent crimes reported to the FBI per resident, 2023–2025, on a national curve. Property crime holds Kennesaw’s grade up; violent crime pulls it down. Its violent rate (2.3) is below the FBI’s national estimate (3.6) 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 | Kennesaw property | Rest of Georgia property | Kennesaw violent | Rest of Georgia violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 10.0 | 24.8 | 1.9 | 5.0 |
| 2023 | 8.1 | 25.5 | 2.6 | 4.5 |
| 2024 | 8.5 | 21.6 | 2.5 | 3.8 |
| 2025 | 7.1 | 18.1 | 1.9 | 3.5 |
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 Georgia.
Violent crime, by year and by type
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| Year | Kennesaw | Rest of Georgia | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 1.9 | 5.0 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 2.6 | 4.5 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 2.5 | 3.8 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 1.9 | 3.5 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
Kennesaw’s police reported 251 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 2.3 per 1,000 residents a year, against 3.9 in the rest of Georgia and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
Crime in Kennesaw 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 2 violent crimes, in 2025. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.
351 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.
74 violent and 277 property, as reported to the FBI by Kennesaw’s police.
Five people died in crashes on Kennesaw’s roads in 2019–2023
Kennesaw had 5 fatal crashes in five years, in which five people died; 2 were pedestrians.
That is fewer than is typical for Georgia towns of 25,000–100,000 people: at their median rate (7.9 deaths per 100,000 residents a year), a town of Kennesaw’s size would see about 14 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Kennesaw’s own rate (2.9) 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.
Kennesaw and its neighbors
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Georgia towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kennesaw | B− | 2.3 | 7.9 |
| Woodstock | B | 0.8 | 9.9 |
| Statesboro | C− | 3.4 | 20.3 |
| Stockbridge | C− | 3.8 | 20.4 |
| Hinesville | D | 6.9 | 22.9 |
| Rome | D | 7.7 | 31.4 |
The five graded Georgia towns closest to Kennesaw’s population (37,970), 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 Kennesaw. 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 Kennesaw’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (38,937 in 2025); our figure for Kennesaw is 37,970 (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 Kennesaw
Is Kennesaw, GA safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Kennesaw reports less crime per resident than 53% of U.S. towns, a B− Safety Grade and #32 of 132 in Georgia. Its police reported 2.3 violent crimes per 1,000 residents a year, against 3.9 in the rest of Georgia and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
What is the crime rate in Kennesaw?
2.3 violent and 7.9 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025, as reported to the FBI. The rest of Georgia reports 3.9 and 21.6; the FBI’s national estimate is 3.6 and 17.6.
How many homicides were there in Kennesaw in 2025?
Kennesaw’s police reported 0 homicides to the FBI for 2025, 0.0 per 100,000 residents. Across U.S. cities and towns in the FBI’s tables the 2025 figure was 4.6.
Is Kennesaw safer than Acworth?
Acworth reports less crime per resident than Kennesaw: Acworth grades B+ for safety and Kennesaw B−. Acworth’s police reported 0.4 violent and 11.2 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Kennesaw?
Kennesaw’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Kennesaw”. 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.