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Table 8

KENTUCKY

Offenses Known to Law Enforcement

by City, 2015

City Population Violent
crime		 Murder and
nonnegligent
manslaughter		 Rape
(revised
definition)1 		Rape
(legacy
definition)2 		Robbery Aggravated
assault		 Property
crime		 Burglary Larceny-
theft		 Motor
vehicle
theft		 Arson3
Adairville 888 0 0 0 0 0 9 8 1 0 0
Albany 2,005 0 0 0 0 0 6 3 3 0 1
Alexandria 8,860 11 0 4 3 4 178 20 154 4 0
Anchorage 2,422 0 0 0 0 0 27 10 17 0 0
Ashland 21,232 47 1 11 15 20 1,022 146 851 25 1
Auburn 1,347 0 0 0 0 0 19 4 15 0 0
Audubon Park 1,509 1 0 0 1 0 42 12 23 7 0
Augusta 1,170 0 0 0 0 0 23 2 19 2 0
Barbourville 3,147 6 1 0 3 2 45 12 31 2 0
Bardstown 13,087 40 0 10 16 14 399 89 294 16 1
Bardwell 705 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Beattyville 1,245 0 0 0 0 0 13 6 0 7 0
Beaver Dam 3,549 0 0 0 0 0 40 3 36 1 0
Bellefonte 867 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bellevue 5,909 7 0 2 3 2 154 30 117 7 0
Benham 474 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Benton 4,309 0 0 0 0 0 154 38 114 2 0
Berea 14,894 14 0 5 4 5 320 117 186 17 2
Bloomfield 1,050 1 0 0 1 0 8 6 2 0 0
Bowling Green 63,346 225 0 54 83 88 3,137 488 2,486 163 1
Brandenburg 2,979 1 0 0 0 1 20 6 12 2 0
Brownsville 824 0 0 0 0 0 7 2 4 1 0
Burkesville 1,507 1 0 1 0 0 5 2 2 1 0
Burnside 831 2 0 0 2 0 30 4 26 0 0
Cadiz 2,632 0 0 0 0 0 78 8 67 3 1
Calvert City 2,481 3 0 1 0 2 13 4 8 1 0
Campbellsville 11,380 35 1 8 8 18 476 124 342 10 2
Carlisle 1,974 1 0 0 0 1 25 4 19 2 0
Carrollton 3,930 10 0 4 2 4 76 26 46 4 0
Catlettsburg 1,818 10 0 1 2 7 45 10 35 0 1
Cave City 2,308 4 0 1 2 1 37 10 23 4 0
Centertown 441 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0
Central City 5,879 3 0 1 0 2 83 8 68 7 0
Clarkson 899 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Clay 1,140 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Clay City 1,059 1 0 0 0 1 20 8 12 0 0
Clinton 1,339 0 0 0 0 0 19 6 11 2 0
Cloverport 1,146 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0
Coal Run Village 1,615 1 0 1 0 0 42 4 38 0 0
Cold Spring 6,215 7 0 2 4 1 123 15 105 3 0
Columbia 4,928 2 0 0 0 2 44 18 25 1 0
Corbin 7,305 13 3 1 6 3 199 41 144 14 5
Covington 41,056 175 2 33 88 52 1,496 345 1,013 138 14
Cumberland 2,118 0 0 0 0 0 5 2 3 0 0
Cynthiana 6,348 9 0 1 3 5 115 18 91 6 2
Danville 16,703 36 0 4 18 14 314 85 222 7 4
Dawson Springs 2,740 5 0 0 0 5 77 16 57 4 0
Dayton 5,446 10 0 3 2 5 206 72 120 14 1
Dry Ridge 2,221 2 0 2 0 0 48 2 44 2 0
Eddyville 2,623 0 0 0 0 0 38 7 30 1 0
Edgewood 8,775 3 0 2 0 1 81 11 62 8 0
Edmonton 1,576 0 0 0 0 0 7 2 4 1 0
Elizabethtown 30,241 48 0 8 14 26 883 147 716 20 4
Elkton 2,177 0 0 0 0 0 44 7 37 0 0
Elsmere 8,534 15 1 5 4 5 171 45 121 5 0
Eminence 2,534 2 0 1 1 0 41 12 27 2 0
Erlanger 22,774 37 0 7 15 15 366 48 295 23 1
Evarts 929 1 0 0 1 0 5 2 3 0 0
Falmouth 2,113 2 0 0 0 2 27 6 17 4 2
Ferguson 937 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 3 1 0
Flatwoods 7,380 0 0 0 0 0 19 8 10 1 0
Fleming-Neon 726 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Flemingsburg 2,709 0 0 0 0 0 28 8 18 2 0
Florence 32,357 70 0 12 33 25 1,516 130 1,326 60 2
Fort Mitchell 8,292 5 0 0 4 1 83 12 64 7 0
Fort Thomas 16,358 3 0 0 1 2 125 24 95 6 0
Fort Wright 5,780 5 0 1 4 0 142 30 107 5 0
Frankfort 27,603 93 1 14 30 48 1,131 246 824 61 10
Franklin 8,755 15 0 3 6 6 338 63 267 8 0
Fulton 2,198 9 0 0 2 7 88 10 77 1 0
Gamaliel 365 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Georgetown 32,273 55 1 18 23 13 947 132 760 55 1
Glasgow 14,413 26 0 4 9 13 449 70 354 25 6
Graymoor-Devondale 2,953 2 0 0 2 0 30 10 16 4 0
Grayson 4,089 2 0 0 1 1 66 19 43 4 0
Greensburg 2,123 3 0 1 0 2 52 7 42 3 0
Greenup 1,159 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 1 3 0
Greenville 4,382 4 0 0 1 3 20 4 11 5 0
Guthrie 1,444 0 0 0 0 0 15 1 13 1 0
Hardinsburg 2,314 0 0 0 0 0 11 6 4 1 0
Harlan 1,649 4 0 0 2 2 39 9 27 3 1
Harrodsburg 8,360 10 0 3 1 6 231 58 168 5 0
Hartford 2,701 1 0 0 0 1 5 3 2 0 0
Hawesville 1,017 0 0 0 0 0 6 1 5 0 0
Hazard 5,308 21 0 6 11 4 290 45 236 9 2
Henderson 28,928 89 1 19 28 41 766 159 559 48 1
Heritage Creek 1,119 0 0 0 0 0 17 9 6 2 0
Highland Heights 7,214 2 0 1 1 0 67 14 49 4 0
Hillview 8,103 15 0 3 10 2 148 37 96 15 0
Hodgenville 3,242 3 0 0 1 2 16 0 13 3 0
Hopkinsville 32,756 97 2 19 39 37 1,064 236 785 43 5
Horse Cave 2,372 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Hurstbourne Acres 1,875 0 0 0 0 0 13 2 10 1 0
Independence 26,773 11 0 6 2 3 193 40 144 9 1
Indian Hills 2,965 0 0 0 0 0 37 16 16 5 0
Inez 690 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Irvine 2,421 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 1 1 0
Irvington 1,179 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0
Jackson 2,123 3 0 2 1 0 24 9 12 3 0
Jamestown 1,820 1 0 1 0 0 10 5 4 1 0
Jeffersontown 27,027 49 2 10 32 5 643 132 455 56 0
Jenkins 2,068 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Junction City 2,231 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
La Grange 8,625 13 0 1 3 9 152 24 120 8 0
Lakeside Park-Crestview Hills 6,119 5 0 1 4 0 104 10 89 5 0
Lancaster 3,757 6 0 0 5 1 90 28 56 6 0
Lawrenceburg 11,135 3 0 2 0 1 92 22 60 10 1
Lebanon 5,639 16 0 2 8 6 89 32 52 5 0
Lebanon Junction 1,919 2 1 0 0 1 18 5 13 0 0
Leitchfield 6,911 15 0 3 3 9 171 42 119 10 0
Lewisburg 806 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 2 1 0
Lewisport 1,719 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 2 1 0
Lexington 314,077 1,044 15 163 511 355 12,405 2,505 8,901 999 47
Liberty 2,174 0 0 0 0 0 6 4 0 2 0
London 8,158 13 0 2 7 4 334 43 260 31 0
Louisa 2,462 2 0 0 0 2 43 13 25 5 0
Louisville Metro 680,550 4,300 81 205 1,545 2,469 28,352 6,277 18,850 3,225
Loyall 660 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0
Ludlow 4,545 12 0 4 4 4 155 42 102 11 1
Lynch 714 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0
Lynnview 943 2 0 0 1 1 8 0 8 0 0
Madisonville 19,549 31 0 7 8 16 386 106 256 24 2
Manchester 1,397 3 0 0 0 3 27 6 17 4 2
Marion 2,994 4 0 2 0 2 65 23 38 4 0
Martin 604 3 0 0 0 3 5 0 5 0 0
Mayfield 10,141 24 0 3 5 16 283 67 206 10 0
Maysville 8,809 17 0 5 10 2 288 54 225 9 1
McKee 783 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0
Meadow Vale 758 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0
Middlesboro 9,792 19 0 5 6 8 547 37 491 19 2
Millersburg 790 0 0 0 0 0 7 4 3 0 1
Monticello 6,072 7 0 0 1 6 123 58 54 11 0
Morehead 7,012 5 0 0 2 3 182 22 156 4 1
Morganfield 3,608 5 0 1 1 3 33 8 23 2 0
Morgantown 2,471 4 0 1 0 3 53 15 31 7 0
Mortons Gap 852 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0
Mount Sterling 7,247 16 0 2 10 4 362 47 302 13 1
Mount Vernon 2,475 4 0 0 0 4 26 11 13 2 0
Mount Washington 12,376 8 0 3 2 3 138 35 94 9 0
Muldraugh 1,061 3 0 0 0 3 12 0 8 4 0
Munfordville 1,660 5 0 0 2 3 17 7 7 3 0
Murray 18,810 31 1 10 8 12 611 113 475 23 0
New Haven 888 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 1 1 0
Newport 15,413 52 0 5 34 13 856 134 679 43 13
Nicholasville 29,351 47 0 10 22 15 1,036 193 802 41 3
Northfield 1,051 0 0 0 0 0 14 3 10 1 0
Nortonville 1,191 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Oak Grove 7,515 16 0 5 3 8 259 75 170 14 1
Olive Hill 1,603 0 0 0 0 0 13 7 5 1 0
Owensboro 58,608 130 0 38 50 42 2,178 319 1,749 110 7
Owenton 1,511 1 0 0 0 1 12 3 9 0 0
Owingsville 1,597 1 0 0 0 1 7 2 4 1 0
Paducah 24,968 77 1 11 35 30 1,439 155 1,232 52 4
Paintsville 4,263 6 0 0 3 3 95 19 71 5 0
Paris 9,747 16 1 1 7 7 187 47 130 10 0
Park Hills 3,000 4 0 0 2 2 33 9 19 5 0
Pembroke 895 0 0 0 0 0 7 2 5 0 0
Perryville 761 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Pewee Valley 1,540 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0
Pikeville 7,373 12 1 2 8 1 455 50 398 7 1
Pineville 1,776 1 0 0 0 1 19 5 13 1 2
Pioneer Village 2,835 0 0 0 0 0 11 4 6 1 0
Powderly 731 1 0 0 0 1 10 0 10 0 0
Prestonsburg 3,256 11 0 5 0 6 69 22 43 4 2
Princeton 6,166 20 0 3 6 11 255 70 173 12 1
Prospect 4,899 1 0 0 0 1 38 5 32 1 0
Providence 3,060 1 0 0 0 1 25 9 16 0 0
Raceland 2,380 0 0 0 0 0 23 10 12 1 0
Radcliff 23,040 72 2 24 12 34 559 129 402 28 9
Ravenna 592 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Richmond 33,943 85 3 15 35 32 1,153 226 885 42 3
Russell 3,244 3 0 1 1 1 77 17 53 7 0
Russell Springs 2,529 1 0 0 0 1 44 10 32 2 0
Russellville 7,054 15 0 4 3 8 227 58 157 12 0
Sadieville 331 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Salyersville 1,817 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0
Science Hill 699 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 0
Scottsville 4,373 6 1 2 1 2 92 21 60 11 4
Shelbyville 15,209 22 1 5 10 6 250 58 178 14 1
Shepherdsville 11,990 28 1 9 10 8 450 91 327 32 1
Shively 15,733 82 1 9 49 23 605 154 348 103 0
Silver Grove 1,122 1 0 0 0 1 26 9 17 0 0
Simpsonville 2,695 3 0 0 2 1 66 8 54 4 0
Smiths Grove 720 0 0 0 0 0 6 1 4 1 0
Somerset 11,473 32 1 1 11 19 552 88 443 21 0
Southgate 3,866 4 0 0 2 2 34 10 24 0 0
South Shore 1,103 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Springfield 2,682 1 0 0 0 1 27 10 17 0 0
Stamping Ground 704 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 3 1 0
Stanford 3,658 4 0 1 0 3 31 10 19 2 0
Stanton 2,686 1 0 0 1 0 29 13 15 1 0
St. Matthews 18,016 42 1 3 24 14 758 111 586 61 0
Strathmoor Village 664 0 0 0 0 0 5 2 2 1 0
Sturgis 1,927 1 0 0 0 1 10 2 8 0 0
Taylor Mill 6,748 5 0 1 0 4 57 15 35 7 0
Taylorsville 796 2 0 0 1 1 21 9 11 1 0
Tompkinsville 2,284 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 5 2 0
Trenton 386 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Uniontown 969 0 0 0 0 0 14 3 9 2 0
Vanceburg 1,467 1 0 0 0 1 13 7 2 4 0
Versailles 9,105 24 1 5 9 9 432 92 321 19 0
Villa Hills 7,455 0 0 0 0 0 69 6 56 7 0
Vine Grove 5,782 3 0 1 0 2 75 18 54 3 0
Warsaw 1,686 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Wayland 410 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
West Buechel 1,272 12 0 0 11 1 376 8 358 10 0
West Liberty 3,275 1 0 1 0 0 8 0 8 0 0
West Point 764 0 0 0 0 0 28 7 19 2 0
Wheelwright 468 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Whitesburg 2,001 1 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 1 0
Wilder 3,113 3 0 1 0 2 46 7 33 6 0
Williamsburg 5,279 9 0 3 2 4 79 20 51 8 1
Williamstown 3,968 1 0 1 0 0 40 11 26 3 1
Wilmore 6,179 2 0 2 0 0 58 21 34 3 0
Winchester 18,462 46 1 11 13 21 972 168 760 44 1
Worthington 1,580 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 1 0 0
  • 1 The figures shown in this column for the offense of rape were reported using the revised Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) definition of rape. See the data declaration for further explanation.
  • 2 The figures shown in this column for the offense of rape were reported using the legacy UCR definition of rape. See the data declaration for further explanation.
  • 3 The FBI does not publish arson data unless it receives data from either the agency or the state for all 12 months of the calendar year.

Data Declaration

Provides the methodology used in constructing this table and other pertinent information about this table.