The Safest and Most Dangerous Places in Kokomo, IN
Kokomo is a city of 69,100 in Howard County and the main city of the Kokomo metro area, home to 83,800 · Updated November 2026
Is Kokomo, IN safe?
Yes, crime in Kokomo is low, with an overall CrimeGrade™ of A-. Because most US neighborhoods are safe as well, Kokomo sits near the middle: safer than the neighborhoods where 49% of Americans live. Property crime grades better than violent crime here, A against A-. What matters most is the neighborhood: grades within Kokomo run from A+ to C+, so check the map below.
A-
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 Kokomo as a whole, and 51% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Kokomo 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 Kokomo, IN at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Kokomo, 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 Kokomo
Aggravated assaults run high for an A-graded city. Kokomo has 3.5 aggravated assaults a year per 1,000 residents; for the typical resident of an A-graded US city, the figure is 1.2.
Reported rapes run above the US rate. Kokomo has less crime than the US as a whole, 20% below the US rate, but more reported rapes: 0.53 a year per 1,000 residents, against 0.38 nationally.
The safest and least safe parts of Kokomo
Most of Kokomo grades well: 93% of residents live in areas graded A or B, and the rest in areas graded C. Grades across Kokomo run from A+ to C+; 50% of residents live in areas with less crime than the typical US neighborhood.
93%
A or B 93%C 7%
Share of residents, by the overall CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
Within Kokomo, the southwest side has the least crime and the center the most.
Is crime going up in Kokomo?
Reported crime in Kokomo has fallen since 2019: violent crime is down 28% and property crime down 45%. Murders, rapes, robberies and aggravated assaults went from about 6.8 to 4.8 a year per 1,000 residents (US: 3.7); burglaries, thefts and vehicle thefts from about 26 to 14 (US: 18). In 2024 alone, property crime fell 14%.
Violent crime, change since 2019
Property crime, change since 2019
KokomoUnited States
Source: crime reports to the FBI from the police department that serves Kokomo. The charts follow crimes per resident.
Data table
Year
Violent, Kokomo
Violent, US
Property, Kokomo
Property, US
2016
+13%
+4%
+18%
+15%
2017
+7%
+4%
+12%
+12%
2018
-7%
+0%
-4%
+4%
2019
+0%
+0%
+0%
+0%
2020
+9%
+4%
-24%
-8%
2021
-9%
+6%
-43%
-10%
2022
-24%
+5%
-40%
-6%
2023
-20%
+2%
-36%
-7%
2024
-28%
-4%
-45%
-15%
Crime rates and types in Kokomo
CrimeGrade™ estimates Kokomo has about 30 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 20% less than the US as a whole and close to Indiana.
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.
Assault is the most common crime in Kokomo, about 50% of everything reported, and it also accounts for 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 Kokomo
Kokomo has its own police department, and these figures come from its reports, 2022 to 2024.
In Kokomo, 77% of burglaries hit homes, against 57% nationally. Thefts from cars happen most often at homes: 41% of them, against 34% nationally.
Crime
Most often at
Busiest time
Burglary
Homes (77%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Car theft
Homes (50%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Theft from cars
Homes (41%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Vandalism
Homes (44%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Robbery
Stores and businesses (35%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Aggravated assault
Homes (64%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Shares of the crimes reported to police, 2022 to 2024. Reports with no time recorded are left out of the times.
How Kokomo compares with nearby cities
Kokomo has the most crime of its 6 nearest cities.
Parking lots, empty homes and walkability in Kokomo
Two things set Kokomo apart: it has 3.6 parking-lot spaces per resident, against 2.0 nationally, and 11.1% of its homes standing empty, against 7.1% nationally. Places like that tend to report more theft, yet theft runs lower here than that would suggest.
Parking lotsBig lots at stores, offices and apartment complexes. Places with more lot space tend to report more theft.3.6 spaces per residentUS: 2.0Higher than for 92% 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.11.1% of homesUS: 7.1%Higher than for 90% 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. 78% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.D (17 of 100)US: 21Lower than for 52% 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 Kokomo: F (0 of 100).NoneUS: noneLower than for 84% of US city residents
Stores and restaurantsShops and restaurants draw crowds and parked cars. Places with many stores tend to report more theft.12.8 per 1,000 residentsUS: 10.5Higher than for 75% 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.83% where people liveUS: 78%Lower than for 68% of US city residents
BestNeighborhood, a sister site of CrimeGrade™, ranks the neighborhoods of Kokomo 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 Kokomo
Crime costs Kokomo about $863 a year per household, counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, 28% 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 $88 million a year, or $1,275 per resident.
How the cost breaks down
Crime
Cost a year
Per resident
Murder
$3.4 million
$49
Rape
$2.2 million
$32
Robbery
$710,000
$10
Assault
$13 million
$182
Burglary
$1.3 million
$19
Theft
$3.3 million
$47
Vehicle theft
$1.5 million
$22
Arson
$63,000
$1
Vandalism
$650,000
$9
Total
$26 million
$371
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 Kokomo 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 Kokomo, IN average a SchoolGrade of D+: 34% of students test proficient, against 35% projected for schools like them. Overall, they don't meet expectations. See schools in Kokomo on SchoolGrade
