The Safest and Most Dangerous Places in Kingsville, TX
Kingsville is a city of 28,300 in Kleberg County, about 35 miles southwest of downtown Corpus Christi · Updated November 2026
Is Kingsville, TX safe?
Yes. An overall CrimeGrade™ of A- means crime in Kingsville is low. Most US neighborhoods have little crime too, so Kingsville sits near the middle: 50% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime, and 50% in neighborhoods with less. Violent and property crime both grade A- here. What matters most is the neighborhood: grades within Kingsville run from A+ to B-, so check the map below.
A-
Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 837 of 1,000About as safe as the typical US neighborhoodi What this means
50% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than Kingsville as a whole, and 50% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Kingsville scores 837.
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 Kingsville, TX at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Kingsville, 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 Kingsville
Burglary stands out among A-graded cities. For the typical resident of an A-graded US city, the figure is 1.2 burglaries a year per 1,000 residents; Kingsville has 2.9.
Vehicle theft runs low. Kingsville has 1.4 car thefts a year per 1,000 residents, about half the US rate of 2.7.
The safest and least safe parts of Kingsville
Every part of Kingsville where people live grades A or B on the national scale. Grades across Kingsville run from A+ to B-; 25% 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 Kingsville, the southwest side has the least crime and the center the most.
Is crime going up in Kingsville?
Reported crime in Kingsville has fallen since 2019: violent crime is down 52% and property crime down 42%. Murders, rapes, robberies and aggravated assaults went from about 5.2 to 2.5 a year per 1,000 residents (US: 3.7); burglaries, thefts and vehicle thefts from about 30 to 17 (US: 18). In 2024 alone, violent crime fell 16% and property crime fell 22%.
Violent crime, change since 2019
Property crime, change since 2019
KingsvilleUnited States
Source: crime reports to the FBI from the police department that serves Kingsville. The charts follow crimes per resident.
Data table
Year
Violent, Kingsville
Violent, US
Property, Kingsville
Property, US
2016
-51%
+4%
+18%
+15%
2017
-17%
+4%
+21%
+12%
2018
-38%
+0%
-1%
+4%
2019
+0%
+0%
+0%
+0%
2020
-10%
+4%
-23%
-8%
2021
+4%
+6%
-21%
-10%
2022
-43%
+5%
-2%
-6%
2023
-42%
+2%
-26%
-7%
2024
-52%
-4%
-42%
-15%
Crime rates and types in Kingsville
CrimeGrade™ estimates Kingsville has about 38 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, about the same as the US as a whole and close to Texas.
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 Kingsville is assault, about 34% 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 Kingsville
Kingsville has its own police department, and these figures come from its reports, 2022 to 2024.
In Kingsville, 68% of burglaries hit homes, against 57% nationally. Thefts from cars happen most often at homes: 44% of them, against 34% nationally.
Crime
Most often at
Busiest time
Burglary
Homes (68%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Car theft
Homes (49%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Theft from cars
Homes (44%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Vandalism
Homes (59%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Aggravated assault
Homes (66%)
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 Kingsville compares with nearby cities
Kingsville has the most crime of its 6 nearest cities.
Empty homes, transit and walkability in Kingsville
One thing sets Kingsville apart: it has 10.4% of its homes standing empty, against 7.1% nationally. Places like that tend to report more burglary, vandalism and arson, and burglary and vandalism run high here.
Empty homesSeasonal and vacation homes are left out. Places with many empty homes tend to report more burglary, vandalism and arson.10.4% of homesUS: 7.1%Higher than for 87% of US city residents
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 Kingsville: F (0 of 100).NoneUS: noneLower than for 84% 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. 79% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.D+ (18 of 100)US: 21Higher than for 53% of US city residents
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Parking lotsBig lots at stores, offices and apartment complexes. Places with more lot space tend to report more theft.2.7 spaces per residentUS: 2.0Higher than for 78% 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.85% where people liveUS: 78%Lower than for 66% of US city residents
JobsJobs draw daytime crowds. Places with many jobs tend to report more theft and robbery.34 for every 100 residentsUS: 45Lower than for 65% 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 Kingsville
Crime costs Kingsville about $1,080 a year per household, counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, 10% 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 $35 million a year, or $1,244 per resident.
How the cost breaks down
Crime
Cost a year
Per resident
Murder
$2.2 million
$78
Rape
$670,000
$24
Robbery
$140,000
$5
Assault
$3.8 million
$136
Burglary
$740,000
$26
Theft
$1.9 million
$66
Vehicle theft
$600,000
$21
Arson
$44,000
$2
Vandalism
$1.4 million
$49
Total
$11 million
$406
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 Kingsville 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 Kingsville, TX average a SchoolGrade of C-: 41% of students test proficient, against 32% projected for schools like them. Overall, they meet expectations. See schools in Kingsville on SchoolGrade
