Kettleman City is an unincorporated community of 1,470 in Kings County, about 30 miles southwest of downtown Hanford · Updated November 2026
Is Kettleman City, CA safe?
Yes. Crime is low across most of the US, and lower still in Kettleman City: an overall CrimeGrade™ of A+, safer than the neighborhoods where 88% of Americans live. Violent and property crime both grade A+ here.
A+
Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 955 of 1,000Safer than most US neighborhoodsi What this means
88% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than Kettleman City as a whole, and 12% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Kettleman City scores 955.
Crime is concentrated in a small share of places, so most neighborhoods score high on the 0 to 1,000 scale. That is why a score in the 800s can still mean more crime than most US neighborhoods.
How to read the map: each area's color compares its crime with the people, homes and cars there, on one national scale, from green for the least crime to red for the most. Each area gets its own color, so a busy shopping center can show red while the homes beside it stay green. The interactive maps load faster on a strong connection. Compare high speed internet in Kettleman City, CA at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Kettleman City, and anyone thinking about buying or renting a home there.
Business and enterprise customers: this free map shows neighborhood areas. CrimeGrade™ business reports map crime at about 66-meter detail and estimate it for one address and type of business. See business reports
What stands out in Kettleman City
Vandalism at more than triple the US rate. Kettleman City has 24.2 acts of vandalism a year per 1,000 residents, against 5.5 nationally.
Crime rates and types in Kettleman City
CrimeGrade™ estimates Kettleman City has about 90 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, more than double the rate for the US as a whole and more than double the rate for California.
Overall crime
Violent crime
Property crime
Reported crimes a year, per 1,000 residents. These figures include simple assaults and vandalism, which the FBI's violent and property crime rates leave out.
Vandalism makes up about 27% of crime reported in Kettleman City. Assault is less common but costs more, because each one does more harm.
Each CrimeGrade™ compares a crime with what it affects: people for assaults and robbery, homes for burglary, parked cars for vehicle theft. Rates count crimes per 1,000 residents.
Select a crime's name to see its map above. CrimeGrade™ business reports map each crime at about 66-meter detail.
How Kettleman City compares with nearby cities
Kettleman City has the least crime of its 8 nearest cities.
Counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, crime costs Kettleman City about $5,350 a year per household, more than triple the US figure of $1,205.
Cost of crime per resident, per year
Counting the pain and suffering of victims, which comes almost entirely from violent crime, the full cost comes to about $6.9 million a year, or $4,679 per resident.
How the cost breaks down
Crime
Cost a year
Per resident
Murder
$450,000
$305
Rape
$70,000
$48
Robbery
$42,000
$29
Assault
$490,000
$336
Burglary
$130,000
$87
Theft
$140,000
$93
Vehicle theft
$210,000
$140
Arson
$250,000
$174
Vandalism
$250,000
$172
Total
$2.0 million
$1,382
How CrimeGrade™ works
A CrimeGrade™ shows how much crime an area has compared with the rest of the country, from A+ for the least crime to F for the most. Every neighborhood in the US is graded on the same scale, so a B in Kettleman City means the same as a B anywhere else.
CrimeGrade™ starts from the crimes people report to police and measures each kind of crime against what it affects: people for assaults, homes for burglaries, parked cars for car thefts.
The rates on this page count crimes for every 1,000 people who live here, the way police departments report them. Kettleman City is a good example: many people work in, shop in or visit it, so its crime per resident looks worse than its CrimeGrade™ suggests.
Comparisons with US neighborhoods use the Census Bureau's block groups, small areas of about 1,400 residents, and count the people who live in each. The figures count crimes reported to police; many crimes, shoplifting above all, never are. Behind the grades, CrimeGrade™ tested 21,607 factors from 125 data families. For business owners, paid CrimeGrade™ location reports estimate crime at a single address for each type of business.
Where the numbers come from
Crime reports that police departments file with the FBI
State crime records and city crime data, where they are published
Published research on what crime costs victims and communities
These are estimates of reported crime for whole areas, not a record of what happened on any one street. CrimeGrade™ updates them once a year and provides them free and without guarantee. Check local sources before you rely on them for a decision.
Schools in Kettleman City, CA average a SchoolGrade of D-: 25% of students test proficient, against 20% projected for schools like them. Overall, they greatly exceed expectations. See schools in Kettleman City on SchoolGrade
