State ranking · KY

Safest cities in Kentucky by reported property-crime rate

Compare validated Kentucky city candidates by selected property-offense rate, total offenses, signal, trend, and largest offense category. This is a cautious ranking layer, not a guarantee that one place is safe or unsafe.

Lowest listed rate 2.15 Flatwoods, KY per 1,000 residents

Validated cities65Current KY city pages

Median rate12.13per 1,000 residents

Highest listed rate38.71Newport, KY

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Kentucky city rankings

Default order is lowest reported selected property-offense rate first. Click column headings to sort by count, rate, signal, trend, or largest category.


1	Flatwoods	KY	7,432	16	2.15	89	Decreasing	Larceny/theft
2	Vine Grove	KY	6,930	19	2.74	89	Decreasing	Larceny/theft
3	Independence	KY	30,052	96	3.19	90	Roughly stable	Larceny/theft
4	Taylor Mill	KY	7,078	24	3.39	79	Increasing	Larceny/theft
5	Edgewood	KY	8,496	36	4.24	91	Decreasing	Larceny/theft
6	Wilmore	KY	6,275	28	4.46	91	Decreasing	Larceny/theft
7	Williamsburg	KY	5,331	26	4.88	86	Decreasing	Larceny/theft
8	Fort Thomas	KY	16,971	84	4.95	81	Increasing	Larceny/theft
9	Fort Wright	KY	6,082	32	5.26	90	Decreasing	Larceny/theft
10	Erlanger	KY	20,103	107	5.32	77	Increasing	Larceny/theft
11	Lawrenceburg	KY	12,230	69	5.64	80	Increasing	Larceny/theft
12	Mount Washington	KY	18,857	108	5.73	89	Roughly stable	Larceny/theft
13	Madisonville	KY	19,438	115	5.92	89	Decreasing	Larceny/theft
14	Elizabethtown	KY	34,491	248	7.19	88	Decreasing	Larceny/theft
15	Alexandria	KY	10,799	79	7.32	91	Decreasing	Larceny/theft
16	Fort Mitchell	KY	8,745	68	7.78	86	Decreasing	Larceny/theft
17	Dayton	KY	5,879	47	7.99	86	Roughly stable	Larceny/theft
18	Harrodsburg	KY	9,489	78	8.22	89	Decreasing	Larceny/theft
19	Villa Hills	KY	7,733	64	8.28	89	Decreasing	Larceny/theft
20	Monticello	KY	5,724	48	8.39	84	Decreasing	Larceny/theft
21	Paris	KY	10,185	86	8.44	88	Decreasing	Larceny/theft
22	Elsmere	KY	9,296	79	8.50	78	Mixed	Larceny/theft
23	Berea	KY	16,418	145	8.83	91	Decreasing	Larceny/theft
24	La Grange	KY	10,578	99	9.36	87	Decreasing	Larceny/theft
25	Franklin	KY	10,571	100	9.46	90	Decreasing	Larceny/theft
26	Lebanon	KY	6,609	64	9.68	80	Mixed	Larceny/theft
27	Bellevue	KY	5,752	59	10.26	80	Mixed	Larceny/theft
28	Shelbyville	KY	18,187	189	10.39	90	Decreasing	Larceny/theft
29	Highland Heights	KY	6,272	66	10.52	88	Decreasing	Larceny/theft
30	Danville	KY	17,508	191	10.91	89	Decreasing	Larceny/theft
31	Campbellsville	KY	11,826	135	11.42	86	Decreasing	Larceny/theft
32	Georgetown	KY	40,548	480	11.84	89	Decreasing	Larceny/theft
33	Russellville	KY	7,419	90	12.13	87	Decreasing	Larceny/theft
34	Corbin	KY	7,891	97	12.29	82	Decreasing	Larceny/theft
35	Mount Sterling	KY	7,604	96	12.62	87	Decreasing	Larceny/theft
36	Somerset	KY	12,467	161	12.91	85	Decreasing	Larceny/theft
37	Leitchfield	KY	6,939	90	12.97	86	Decreasing	Larceny/theft
38	Cynthiana	KY	6,536	85	13.00	83	Roughly stable	Larceny/theft
39	Morehead	KY	6,751	93	13.78	86	Decreasing	Larceny/theft
40	Bardstown	KY	14,051	196	13.95	88	Decreasing	Larceny/theft
41	Murray	KY	18,531	260	14.03	88	Decreasing	Larceny/theft
42	Hillview	KY	8,959	130	14.51	83	Decreasing	Larceny/theft
43	Nicholasville	KY	33,323	500	15.00	87	Decreasing	Larceny/theft
44	Pikeville	KY	7,363	114	15.48	85	Decreasing	Larceny/theft
45	Covington	KY	41,645	691	16.59	84	Decreasing	Larceny/theft
46	Frankfort	KY	28,648	476	16.62	87	Decreasing	Larceny/theft
47	Princeton	KY	6,216	110	17.70	81	Roughly stable	Larceny/theft
48	Shepherdsville	KY	14,810	267	18.03	83	Roughly stable	Larceny/theft
49	Richmond	KY	39,593	738	18.64	85	Decreasing	Larceny/theft
50	Henderson	KY	27,854	520	18.67	82	Decreasing	Larceny/theft
51	Cold Spring	KY	6,512	131	20.12	71	Increasing	Larceny/theft
52	Mayfield	KY	9,795	198	20.21	80	Decreasing	Larceny/theft
53	Radcliff	KY	22,641	487	21.51	78	Roughly stable	Larceny/theft
54	Glasgow	KY	15,339	334	21.77	81	Roughly stable	Larceny/theft
55	Maysville	KY	8,689	209	24.05	81	Decreasing	Larceny/theft
56	Hopkinsville	KY	30,861	791	25.63	82	Decreasing	Larceny/theft
57	Oak Grove	KY	7,997	205	25.63	77	Roughly stable	Larceny/theft
58	Ashland	KY	21,154	543	25.67	79	Roughly stable	Larceny/theft
59	London	KY	7,565	195	25.78	80	Decreasing	Larceny/theft
60	Winchester	KY	19,428	546	28.10	81	Decreasing	Larceny/theft
61	Paducah	KY	26,804	771	28.76	77	Roughly stable	Larceny/theft
62	Owensboro	KY	60,577	1,812	29.91	82	Decreasing	Larceny/theft
63	Bowling Green	KY	78,384	2,437	31.09	81	Decreasing	Larceny/theft
64	Florence	KY	33,617	1,083	32.22	70	Mixed	Larceny/theft
65	Newport	KY	13,845	536	38.71	63	Increasing	Larceny/theft

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