Kent ranks 29% higher than the national average in murder rate, 58% higher in cases involving rape, and 128% higher in instances of robbery.
Through seven months of this year, Kent has had 15 homicides, dwarfing last year’s count , with nearly half of 2023 remaining.problems with gang violence and the fentanyl crisis is causing the murder rate to spike.
In addition to the 15 homicides, there has been an officer-involved shooting and an incident where a man died after being restrained by a security guard in Kent this year.. “We want people to know we’re extremely concerned, and we’re maximizing what we can do. There are a lot of informal battles – literal gun battles to control the fentanyl trade.”
Property crime is just as rampant within the city. Kent has a rate of 49.12 reported instances of property crime, 57% more than Washington state’s average and 159% more than the national average. There is a 1-in-20 chance a resident of Kent will be a victim of a property crime, compared to a 1-in-32 chance throughout the entire state., Kent only qualified as the 16th-most dangerous city in Washington in terms of crime rate per 1,000 residents.
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