The Safest and Most Dangerous Places in Kingman, AZ
Kingman is a city of 43,000 in Mohave County, about 55 miles north of downtown Lake Havasu City · Updated November 2026
Is Kingman, AZ safe?
Yes, by national standards: an overall CrimeGrade™ of A- means crime in Kingman is low. Most US neighborhoods have even less, though: 60% of Americans live in neighborhoods with less crime. Violent crime grades A- and property crime B+. What matters most is the neighborhood: grades within Kingman run from A+ to C+, so check the map below.
A-
Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 779 of 1,000Less safe than most US neighborhoodsi What this means
40% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than Kingman as a whole, and 60% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Kingman scores 779.
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 Kingman, AZ at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Kingman, 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 Kingman
Car thefts run high for an A-graded city. Kingman has 4.8 car thefts a year per 1,000 residents; for the typical resident of an A-graded US city, the figure is 0.93.
Robberies are less common than the crime level suggests. Crime overall in Kingman runs 52% above the US rate, but robberies run 47% below it: 0.33 a year per 1,000 residents, against 0.62 nationally.
The safest and least safe parts of Kingman
Most of Kingman grades well: 97% of residents live in areas graded A or B, and the rest in areas graded C. Grades across Kingman run from A+ to C+; 23% of residents live in areas with less crime than the typical US neighborhood.
97%
A or B 97%C 3%
Share of residents, by the overall CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
Within Kingman, the southeast side has the least crime and the center the most.
Is crime going up in Kingman?
Reported crime in Kingman has fallen since 2019: violent crime is down 29% and property crime down 20%. Murders, rapes, robberies and aggravated assaults went from about 3.2 to 2.3 a year per 1,000 residents (US: 3.7); burglaries, thefts and vehicle thefts from about 43 to 35 (US: 18). In 2024 alone, property crime rose 19%.
Violent crime, change since 2019
Property crime, change since 2019
KingmanUnited States
Source: crime reports to the FBI from the police department that serves Kingman. The charts follow crimes per resident.
Data table
Year
Violent, Kingman
Violent, US
Property, Kingman
Property, US
2016
+8%
+4%
+18%
+15%
2017
+39%
+4%
+14%
+12%
2018
+21%
+0%
-12%
+4%
2019
+0%
+0%
+0%
+0%
2020
+18%
+4%
-22%
-8%
2021
+24%
+6%
-33%
-10%
2022
+19%
+5%
-26%
-6%
2023
-21%
+2%
-33%
-7%
2024
-29%
-4%
-20%
-15%
Crime rates and types in Kingman
CrimeGrade™ estimates Kingman has about 57 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 52% more than the US as a whole and 42% more than Arizona.
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.
Theft is the most common crime in Kingman, about 43% of everything reported, but assault 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.
Where and when crime happens in Kingman
Kingman has its own police department, and these figures come from its reports, 2022 to 2024.
In Kingman, 56% of burglaries hit homes, against 57% nationally. Thefts from cars happen most often at homes: 48% of them, against 34% nationally.
Crime
Most often at
Busiest time
Burglary
Homes (56%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Car theft
Homes (53%)
Morning (6 am to noon)
Theft from cars
Homes (48%)
Morning (6 am to noon)
Vandalism
Homes (44%)
Morning (6 am to noon)
Aggravated assault
Homes (46%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Shares of the crimes reported to police, 2022 to 2024. Reports with no time recorded are left out of the times.
How Kingman compares with nearby cities
Of the 4 cities closest to Kingman, 3 have less crime. Yucca and Golden Valley have the least.
Two things set Kingman apart: it has 3.7% of its homes standing empty, against 7.1% nationally, and a Walk Grade of D- (11 of 100) on BestNeighborhood, against 21 for the US as a whole. Places like that tend to report less burglary, vandalism and arson, yet burglary and vandalism run higher here than that would suggest.
Transit serviceBuses and trains an hour at the evening rush. Places with busy transit tend to report more theft and robbery. BestNeighborhood's Transit Grade for Kingman: F (2 of 100).NoneUS: noneLower than for 84% of US city residents
Empty homesSeasonal and vacation homes are left out. Places with many empty homes tend to report more burglary, vandalism and arson.3.7% of homesUS: 7.1%Lower than for 79% of US city residents
Walk GradeBestNeighborhood's grade for getting through daily life on foot, traced along real walking routes to shops, schools and parks. Walkable places tend to report more theft and assault. 92% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.D- (11 of 100)US: 21Lower than for 72% of US city residents
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Lit at nightSatellite images show which neighborhoods are lit at night, a sign of busy streets and businesses. Brightly lit places tend to report more theft and vandalism.74% where people liveUS: 78%Lower than for 75% of US city residents
Residents in dense blocksBlocks of 10,000 or more people per square mile. Dense neighborhoods tend to report more robbery and car theft.7% of residentsUS: 24%Lower than for 69% of US city residents
Stores and restaurantsShops and restaurants draw crowds and parked cars. Places with many stores tend to report more theft.11.6 per 1,000 residentsUS: 10.5Higher than for 65% of US city residents
BestNeighborhood, a sister site of CrimeGrade™, ranks the neighborhoods of Kingman on shops, parks, home prices, getting around and more.
These traits tend to go with more or less crime; none of them causes it on its own. Sources: Census job counts and housing figures, OpenStreetMap and Overture business listings, CrimeGrade™ parking estimates, NASA night-light imagery, US Forest Service tree cover, EPA transit data and BestNeighborhood's Walk Grade.
What crime costs Kingman
Crime costs Kingman about $1,513 a year per household, counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, 26% more than 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 $71 million a year, or $1,652 per resident.
How the cost breaks down
Crime
Cost a year
Per resident
Murder
$5.2 million
$121
Rape
$900,000
$21
Robbery
$440,000
$10
Assault
$6.1 million
$141
Burglary
$1.0 million
$24
Theft
$5.4 million
$126
Vehicle theft
$3.1 million
$73
Arson
$210,000
$5
Vandalism
$2.8 million
$66
Total
$25 million
$587
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 Kingman 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.
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 Kingman, AZ average a SchoolGrade of C-: 28% of students test proficient, against 30% projected for schools like them. Overall, they don't meet expectations. See schools in Kingman on SchoolGrade
