Photo: AppalachianCentrist · CC BY-SA 4.0More crimes per resident are recorded in Kingsport than in 91% of U.S. towns
Violence and property crime split as 5.5 violent crimes and 29.2 incidents of property crime per 1,000 residents a year, beside 8.2 and 30.1 in the rest of Tennessee. That puts it at D for safety, judged on crimes Kingsport’s police reported from 2023 to 2025: #111 of 129 graded towns in Tennessee. Per resident, the graded crimes were down 34% from 2023 to 2025. Violent crime here is higher than in 90% of U.S. towns; property crime, higher than in 90%.
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. “Rest of TN” is every other Tennessee 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 Kingsport
A job center
Kingsport has 40,519 jobs based in town for 57,530 residents (Census LEHD), so some reports involve people who work or shop there rather than residents. How to read it ↓
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 Kingsport’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; violent crime is the closer of the two to typical.
Reported crime per resident, 2023 to 2025
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| Year | Kingsport property | Rest of Tennessee property | Kingsport violent | Rest of Tennessee violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 40.7 | 33.5 | 7.9 | 9.1 |
| 2023 | 35.8 | 35.4 | 6.5 | 9.1 |
| 2024 | 29.6 | 30.6 | 4.4 | 8.6 |
| 2025 | 22.2 | 24.4 | 5.7 | 6.9 |
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 Tennessee.
Crime in Kingsport 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 6 violent crimes, in 2025. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.
Violent crime, by year and by type
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| Year | Kingsport | Rest of Tennessee | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 7.9 | 9.1 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 6.5 | 9.1 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 4.4 | 8.6 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 5.7 | 6.9 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
Kingsport’s police reported 947 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 5.5 per 1,000 residents a year, against 8.2 in the rest of Tennessee and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
1,602 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.
327 violent and 1,275 property, as reported to the FBI by Kingsport’s police.
47 people died in crashes on Kingsport’s roads in 2019–2023
Kingsport had 42 fatal crashes in five years, in which 47 people died; 13 were pedestrians. 17 died in crashes on an Interstate.
That is 16.7 deaths per 100,000 residents a year, above the median for Tennessee towns of 25,000–100,000 people (9.6, 22 towns).
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.
Kingsport and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kingsport | D | 5.5 | 29.2 |
| Colonial Heights | — | — | — |
| Bloomingdale | — | — | — |
| Sullivan Gardens | — | — | — |
| Mount Carmel | — | — | — |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Colonial Heights, Bloomingdale and Sullivan Gardens are unincorporated communities (census-designated places) with no police department of their own. Mount Carmel reported to the FBI for 2023 and 2025 but not 2024.
Tennessee towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kingsport | D | 5.5 | 29.2 |
| Spring Hill | B+ | 1.5 | 5.5 |
| Gallatin | B | 1.9 | 7.2 |
| Bartlett | C+ | 2.5 | 14.2 |
| Lebanon | C+ | 3.3 | 10.8 |
| Smyrna | C− | 3.0 | 22.0 |
The five graded Tennessee towns closest to Kingsport’s population (57,530), 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 Kingsport. A citywide rate doesn’t show where incidents happen, and that can differ a lot from one part of the city to another.
- Visitors count too. Incidents involving people who work, shop or visit are counted against Kingsport’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (57,516 in 2025); our figure for Kingsport is 57,530 (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 Kingsport
Is Kingsport, TN safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Kingsport reports more crime per resident than 91% of U.S. towns, a D Safety Grade and #111 of 129 in Tennessee. Its police reported 5.5 violent crimes per 1,000 residents a year, against 8.2 in the rest of Tennessee and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
What is the crime rate in Kingsport?
5.5 violent and 29.2 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025, as reported to the FBI. The rest of Tennessee reports 8.2 and 30.1; the FBI’s national estimate is 3.6 and 17.6.
How many homicides were there in Kingsport in 2025?
Kingsport’s police reported 1 homicides to the FBI for 2025, 1.7 per 100,000 residents. Across U.S. cities and towns in the FBI’s tables the 2025 figure was 4.6.
Who polices Kingsport?
Kingsport’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Kingsport”. 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.