The Safest and Most Dangerous Places in Kingsgate, WA
Kingsgate is a city of 13,300 in King County, about 11 miles northeast of downtown Seattle · Updated November 2026
Is Kingsgate, WA safe?
Yes. An overall CrimeGrade™ of A- means crime in Kingsgate is low. Most US neighborhoods have little crime too, so Kingsgate sits near the middle: 49% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime, and 51% in neighborhoods with less. Violent crime grades better than property crime here, A against B. Its neighborhoods are much alike, from A to A-; see the map below.
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Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 834 of 1,000About as safe as the typical US neighborhoodi What this means
49% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than Kingsgate as a whole, and 51% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Kingsgate scores 834.
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 Kingsgate, WA at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Kingsgate, 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 Kingsgate
Simple assault runs low. Kingsgate has 3.0 simple assaults a year per 1,000 residents, less than half the US rate of 9.7.
The safest and least safe parts of Kingsgate
Every part of Kingsgate where people live grades A or B on the national scale. Grades across Kingsgate run from A to A-; 38% of residents live in areas with less crime than the typical US neighborhood.
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A or B 100%
Share of residents, by the overall CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
Within Kingsgate, the southeast side has the least crime and the center the most.
Is crime going up in Kingsgate?
Since 2019, reported violent crime in Kingsgate is down 47%, while property crime has held about steady. Murders, rapes, robberies and aggravated assaults went from about 1.1 to 0.6 a year per 1,000 residents (US: 3.7); burglaries, thefts and vehicle thefts stayed at about 19 (US: 18). In 2024 alone, violent crime fell 51%.
Violent crime, change since 2019
Property crime, change since 2019
KingsgateUnited States
Source: crime reports to the FBI from the police department that serves Kingsgate. The charts follow crimes per resident.
Data table
Year
Violent, Kingsgate
Violent, US
Property, Kingsgate
Property, US
2016
-14%
+4%
+18%
+15%
2017
-19%
+4%
+27%
+12%
2018
+12%
+0%
+16%
+4%
2019
+0%
+0%
+0%
+0%
2020
+13%
+4%
+13%
-8%
2021
-14%
+6%
+20%
-10%
2022
+7%
+5%
+23%
-6%
2023
+8%
+2%
+7%
-7%
2024
-47%
-4%
-1%
-15%
Crime rates and types in Kingsgate
CrimeGrade™ estimates Kingsgate has about 22 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 40% less than the US as a whole and 51% less than Washington.
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.
The largest share of crime reported in Kingsgate is theft, about 44% of the total. It also makes up the largest share of what crime costs here.
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 Kingsgate
The Kirkland Police Department polices Kingsgate; these figures cover Kirkland as a whole, 2022 to 2024.
In Kirkland as a whole, 51% of burglaries hit homes, against 57% nationally. Thefts from cars happen most often in parking lots and garages: 36% of them, against 31% nationally.
Crime
Most often at
Busiest time
Burglary
Homes (51%)
Night (midnight to 6 am)
Car theft
Parking lots and garages (42%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Theft from cars
Parking lots and garages (36%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Vandalism
Homes (28%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Robbery
Stores and businesses (59%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Aggravated assault
Homes (41%)
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 Kingsgate compares with nearby cities
Of the 9 cities closest to Kingsgate, 6 have less crime. Cottage Lake and Woodinville have the least.
Shops, night lighting and walkability in Kingsgate
Two things set Kingsgate apart: it has 3.5 stores and restaurants for every 1,000 residents, against 10.5 nationally, and 18 buses and trains an hour at the evening rush, where most Americans have none nearby. Places with few stores and restaurants tend to report less theft, yet theft runs higher here than that would suggest.
Stores and restaurantsShops and restaurants draw crowds and parked cars. Places with many stores tend to report more theft.3.5 per 1,000 residentsUS: 10.5Lower than for 96% of US city residents
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.100% where people liveUS: 78%Higher than for 92% 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. 74% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.C- (25 of 100)US: 21Higher than for 73% of US city residents
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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 Kingsgate: C- (26 of 100).18 trips an hourUS: noneHigher than for 91% of US city residents
Parking lotsBig lots at stores, offices and apartment complexes. Places with more lot space tend to report more theft.0.7 spaces per residentUS: 2.0Lower than for 87% of US city residents
JobsJobs draw daytime crowds. Places with many jobs tend to report more theft and robbery.24 for every 100 residentsUS: 45Lower than for 81% of US city residents
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 Kingsgate
Crime costs Kingsgate about $552 a year per household, counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, 54% less 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 $5.1 million a year, or $387 per resident.
How the cost breaks down
Crime
Cost a year
Per resident
Murder
$260,000
$20
Rape
$100,000
$8
Robbery
$30,000
$2
Assault
$390,000
$30
Burglary
$190,000
$15
Theft
$670,000
$50
Vehicle theft
$380,000
$28
Arson
$7,000
$1
Vandalism
$500,000
$38
Total
$2.5 million
$191
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 Kingsgate 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. Kingsgate is the other kind of example: few people work in, shop in or visit it, so its crime per resident looks lower 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 Kingsgate, WA average a SchoolGrade of A+: 67% of students test proficient, against 55% projected for schools like them. Overall, they exceed expectations. See schools in Kingsgate on SchoolGrade
