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C+
Safety in Kingston · FBI data, 2023–2025

Kingston reports more crime per resident than 64% of U.S. towns

On crimes reported to the FBI by Kingston’s police in 2023–2025, it grades C+ for safety.

Violent crime
2.9
per 1,000 a year · Well below rest of OK (4.7)
U.S. (FBI national estimate) 3.6
Property crime
13.4
per 1,000 a year · Well below rest of OK (22.6)
U.S. (FBI national estimate) 17.6
Crimes reported
73
13 violent · 60 property
2023–2025
Trend
→ Steady
2023 to 2025
within ordinary swings

Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. “Rest of OK” is every other Oklahoma 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.

Safety Grade

What’s behind Kingston’s grade

Property crimes plus four times violent crimes reported to the FBI per resident, 2023–2025, on a national curve. Both violent and property crime are higher than in most U.S. towns; property crime is the closer of the two to typical. Its violent rate (2.9) 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. Its property rate (13.4) 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.

Where Kingston sits
C Violent 2.9C+ Property 13.4
All U.S. towns we grade (7,426)Less crime than 36%
More reported crimeLess reported crime
Places of 1,000–5,000 people (2,448)Less crime than 26%
A fairly firm grade. Built on 73 reported crimes over three years. Ordinary swings could put Kingston anywhere from C to B−.

How TownRatings grades safety →

Violent crime

Violent crime, by year and by type

Kingston’s police reported 13 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 2.9 per 1,000 residents a year, against 4.7 in the rest of Oklahoma and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.

1,000 neighbors · one year

For every 1,000 residents, about 17 property crimes reported

And about 5 violent crimes, in 2025. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.

Property crime (17.4)Violent crime (4.7)Everyone else

Violent crime per 1,000 residents, 2025

Kingston4.7
Rest of OK4.6
U.S. (FBI)3.3

Property crime per 1,000 residents, 2025

Kingston17.4
Rest of OK20.7
U.S. (FBI)15.5

Crimes reported to police in 2025 per resident; one person can be the victim of more than one, and some reports involve visitors.

Trend

Reported crime is steady

Reported crime per resident was steady from 2023 to 2025: the change is within ordinary year-to-year swings. Per 1,000 residents, 2022–2025, against the rest of Oklahoma.

Show as a table
YearKingston propertyRest of Oklahoma propertyKingston violentRest of Oklahoma violent
202220.526.20.74.7
202312.724.42.04.7
202410.122.72.04.9
202517.420.74.74.6

Crimes per 1,000 residents

What gets reported

33 crimes reported in 2025

7 violent and 26 property, as reported to the FBI by Kingston’s police.

2025 offenses reported

Larceny / theft11
Burglary10
Vehicle theft5
Aggravated assault6
Robbery0
Rape1
Homicide0
Arson0
7
violent crimes
26
property crimes

Offenses reported to police, not convictions. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting. The last row is counted outside the property total.

On the roads

Two people died in crashes on Kingston’s roads in 2019–2023

Kingston had 2 fatal crashes in five years, in which two people died.

That is about what is typical for Oklahoma towns of 2,500–5,000 people: at their median rate (6.1 deaths per 100,000 residents a year), a town of Kingston’s size would see about 1 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Kingston’s own rate (23.0) is context, not a ranking.

2
people died in crashes, 2019–2023
0
pedestrians among them
0
cyclists among them
23.0
per 100,000 a year · Oklahoma towns of 2,500–5,000: 6.1

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.

Next door

Kingston and its neighbors

How reported crime compares across the town line. Tap a town to see its safety page.

Kingston
A rangeB rangeC rangeD rangeNot graded
TownGradeViolentProperty
KingstonC+2.913.4

Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.

Oklahoma towns of a similar size

TownGradeViolentProperty
KingstonC+2.913.4
CrescentA−1.24.8
WilsonB0.910.7
StratfordC3.513.6
CherokeeC−6.016.5
WestvilleD−8.135.6

The five graded Oklahoma towns closest to Kingston’s population (1,480), by grade.

How to read these numbers

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 Kingston. 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 Kingston’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
  • Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (1,490 in 2025); our figure for Kingston is 1,480 (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 Kingston

Is Kingston, OK safe?

On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Kingston reports more crime per resident than 64% of U.S. towns, a C+ Safety Grade. Its police reported 2.9 violent crimes per 1,000 residents a year, against 4.7 in the rest of Oklahoma and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.

What is the crime rate in Kingston?

2.9 violent and 13.4 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025, as reported to the FBI. The rest of Oklahoma reports 4.7 and 22.6; the FBI’s national estimate is 3.6 and 17.6.

Is crime going up or down in Kingston?

Reported crime per resident was steady from 2023 to 2025: the change is within ordinary year-to-year swings.

Who polices Kingston?

Kingston’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Kingston”. 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.