?The following information from City-Data.com is based on reported stats up to and including 2019. Kennedale News has not independently confirmed these figures. {{more: continue …}}??Below is a summary of some of the key findings …?
- Kennedale rates above the Texas average for full-time law enforcement employees with a rate of 2,49 officers per 1000 residents compare to 1.54 for Texas (Figures from 2017).
- The top crimes reported consistently in Kennedale are thefts, followed by burglaries, auto thefts and robberies. In 2018, of the crimes reported, 53.8% were thefts, 27.3% were burglaries, 11.9% auto thefts, 2.8% robberies, 2.8% rapes and 1.4% were assaults.
- Kennedale?s reported crime rate in 2018 (139.4 per 1000) was lower than Forest Hills (313.2), Everman (297.2), Arlington (272.7), Pantego (238) and Fort Worth (299.1). It was higher than Mansfield (98.9) and Crowley (131.6).
- Prior to 2010 the violent crime rate in Kennedale often succeeded the national average but since as fallen below the U.S. average significantly. In 2018 the rate was 81.5 while the national average was more than double at 207.3.
- Property crime rates remains at or slightly exceeding U.S. averages.
- The ratio of all residents to sex offenders in Kennedale is 452 to 1. The ratio of registered sex offenders to all residents in this city is near the state average.
Link:?City-Data.com
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