Vehicle Theft per Capita in Kentwood
The map below shows vehicle theft per 1,000 Kentwood residents.
The map below shows vehicle theft per 1,000 Kentwood residents.
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Your yearly chance of being a victim of vehicle theft in Kentwood is about 1 in 577.
Vehicle Theft costs the average Kentwood resident about $27 per year.
Crime Grade's vehicle theft map shows the safest places in Kentwood in green. The most dangerous areas in Kentwood are in red, with moderately safe areas in yellow. Crime rates on the map are weighted by the type and severity of the crime.
The D grade means the rate of vehicle theft is higher than the average US city. Kentwood is in the 22nd percentile for safety, meaning 78% of cities are safer and 22% of cities are more dangerous. This analysis applies to Kentwood's proper boundaries only. See the table on nearby places below for nearby cities.
The rate of vehicle theft in Kentwood is 1.733 per 1,000 residents during a standard year. People who live in Kentwood generally consider the northeast part of the city to be the safest.
Your chance of being a victim of vehicle theft in Kentwood may be as high as 1 in 127 in the east neighborhoods, or as low as 1 in 3,878 in the northeast part of the city.
By a simple count ignoring population, more vehicle theft occurs in the southeast parts of Kentwood, LA: about 4 per year. The south part of Kentwood has fewer cases of vehicle theft with only 0 in a typical year.
The chart below compares the vehicle theft rate in Kentwood to the Louisiana state average and the national average. All rates are the number of crimes per 1,000 residents in a standard year.
| Kentwood, LA: | 1.733 |
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| Louisiana: | 2.943 |
| USA: | 2.785 |
Considering only the vehicle theft rate, Kentwood is safer than the Louisiana state average and safer than the national average.
See how CrimeGrade calculates these grades and rates on the CrimeGrade methodology page.
Vehicle Theft is projected to cost the residents of Kentwood about $174,363 in 2025, or roughly $27 per resident. This is part of Kentwood's overall Cost of Crime™. See the full cost-of-crime breakdown for Kentwood, including every crime type and how Kentwood compares to other cities.
Remember that vehicle theft rates are measured per resident. Places with heavy daytime traffic, like shopping districts, airports, and parks, can look more dangerous than they are for the people who live there. See a full guide to reading Kentwood's crime maps on the Kentwood overall crime page.
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Nearby City | Overall Crime Grade | Violent Crime Grade | Property Crime Grade | Vehicle Theft Crime Grade |
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B | C+ | C+ | D | |
C- | F | C | C+ | |
D+ | D+ | D | C+ | |
D- | D- | D- | C | |
D+ | D- | D | C- | |
B+ | A+ | B | C | |
C | C | C | B | |
A | A+ | A- | B- | |
B+ | A- | A- | C | |
C | D+ | C- | A- |
Kentwood is higher versus other cities of the same size for vehicle theft. The table below compares vehicle theft in cities with comparable overall population.
Similar City | Overall Crime Grade | Violent Crime Grade | Property Crime Grade | Vehicle Theft Crime Grade |
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D- | F | F | D+ | |
A- | A+ | A+ | C+ | |
B | B | B | B+ | |
D- | D- | D- | F | |
D | D- | D- | C- | |
B | C | C | C+ | |
C- | F | F | B+ | |
B- | B- | B- | C- | |
B | C | C | B- | |
F | F | F | D- |
Safety and school performance are separate topics, but both shape moving decisions. Using SchoolGrade data, schools in Kentwood, LA average SchoolGrade of F, with 15% actual proficiency versus 21% projected; overall, schools underperform expectations. See Kentwood schools on SchoolGrade
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