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Table 8

KENTUCKY

Offenses Known to Law Enforcement

by City, 2017

State Population Violent
crime 		Murder and
nonnegligent
manslaughter		 Rape1 Robbery Aggravated
assault		 Property
crime 		Burglary Larceny-
theft		 Motor
vehicle
theft		 Arson
Adairville 873 2 0 0 0 2 3 1 2 0 0
Alexandria 9,486 2 0 2 0 0 159 19 126 14 0
Anchorage 2,438 1 0 0 0 1 7 1 6 0 0
Ashland 20,927 39 0 11 3 25 864 113 698 53 1
Audubon Park 1,511 1 0 0 1 0 38 7 21 10 0
Augusta 1,172 0 0 0 0 0 7 1 6 0 0
Barbourville 3,169 9 0 1 3 5 90 24 47 19 0
Bardstown 13,325 26 1 7 8 10 363 78 242 43 1
Beattyville 1,199 1 0 0 0 1 10 4 0 6 0
Beaver Dam 3,672 6 0 1 0 5 43 6 34 3 0
Bellevue 5,826 9 0 5 3 1 138 25 102 11 2
Benton 4,533 2 0 0 1 1 150 26 121 3 1
Berea 15,406 24 0 8 10 6 392 115 241 36 0
Bloomfield 1,071 0 0 0 0 0 7 2 4 1 0
Bowling Green 66,317 225 4 61 82 78 3,089 436 2,476 177 0
Brandenburg 2,904 2 0 2 0 0 32 5 18 9 0
Brownsville 831 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 2 1 0
Burnside 902 1 0 0 1 0 35 4 29 2 0
Cadiz 2,629 12 0 0 4 8 59 15 40 4 1
Calvert City 2,544 4 0 3 0 1 46 6 37 3 0
Campbellsville 11,486 23 0 7 3 13 431 114 290 27 3
Carlisle 1,992 0 0 0 0 0 9 2 6 1 0
Carrollton 3,864 3 0 0 0 3 55 11 38 6 0
Catlettsburg 1,794 4 0 0 3 1 64 14 44 6 0
Cave City 2,440 3 0 1 0 2 33 6 23 4 0
Central City 5,837 1 0 0 0 1 71 3 68 0 0
Clinton 1,312 4 0 0 0 4 17 6 11 0 0
Cloverport 1,156 2 0 1 0 1 7 3 3 1 0
Coal Run Village 1,538 1 0 0 1 0 30 5 25 0 0
Cold Spring 6,276 6 0 0 5 1 165 4 158 3 0
Columbia 4,940 4 0 0 0 4 17 3 7 7 0
Corbin 7,411 16 0 7 4 5 229 58 137 34 1
Covington 40,845 185 2 36 81 66 1,341 267 936 138 6
Cumberland 2,032 2 0 0 1 1 10 7 3 0 0
Cynthiana 6,375 6 0 3 0 3 150 30 111 9 0
Danville 16,891 25 0 6 2 17 251 70 164 17 1
Dawson Springs 2,712 3 0 1 2 0 73 16 51 6 0
Dayton 5,423 16 1 2 4 9 127 32 84 11 0
Dry Ridge 2,224 3 0 1 0 2 55 1 46 8 0
Eddyville 2,575 0 0 0 0 0 34 6 28 0 0
Edgewood 8,771 1 0 0 0 1 80 10 61 9 0
Edmonton 1,583 1 0 0 0 1 33 15 13 5 0
Elizabethtown 30,065 61 1 11 13 36 469 169 244 56 5
Elkton 2,134 3 0 0 1 2 43 16 26 1 2
Elsmere 8,541 7 0 0 2 5 126 17 96 13 0
Eminence 2,579 1 0 1 0 0 23 8 14 1 0
Erlanger 22,947 22 0 3 9 10 279 49 201 29 0
Eubank 326 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Falmouth 2,127 1 0 0 0 1 25 6 17 2 0
Ferguson 942 0 0 0 0 0 8 3 4 1 0
Flatwoods 7,284 4 0 1 0 3 34 14 17 3 0
Flemingsburg 2,866 1 0 0 0 1 38 8 28 2 0
Florence 32,866 52 0 13 19 20 1,306 111 1,145 50 1
Fort Mitchell 8,306 6 0 1 3 2 90 23 64 3 0
Fort Thomas 16,485 8 0 2 4 2 116 17 88 11 1
Fort Wright 5,780 3 0 0 1 2 78 7 64 7 0
Frankfort 27,975 100 6 8 34 52 941 195 660 86 4
Franklin 8,884 24 1 6 7 10 224 46 155 23 0
Fulton 2,174 7 0 0 2 5 79 20 56 3 0
Georgetown 34,184 64 0 14 28 22 937 135 723 79 1
Glasgow 14,690 20 0 6 7 7 525 89 394 42 0
Graymoor-Devondale 2,974 1 0 0 1 0 35 11 17 7 0
Grayson 4,030 4 0 0 2 2 96 21 69 6 0
Greensburg 2,123 2 0 1 0 1 31 7 23 1 0
Greenville 4,347 2 0 0 0 2 29 8 16 5 0
Hardinsburg 2,324 1 0 0 0 1 17 6 10 1 0
Harlan 1,584 6 0 1 1 4 30 13 16 1 1
Harrodsburg 8,427 15 0 4 6 5 141 43 74 24 0
Hartford 2,787 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 5 3 0
Hazard 5,268 13 0 1 5 7 198 19 168 11 1
Henderson 28,846 69 2 14 23 30 673 125 479 69 0
Highland Heights 7,178 7 0 1 5 1 58 7 45 6 0
Hillview 8,942 5 0 1 3 1 118 27 76 15 0
Hodgenville 3,224 5 0 1 0 4 38 6 27 5 0
Hopkinsville 31,761 79 1 20 23 35 922 186 689 47 9
Horse Cave 2,373 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 0
Hurstbourne Acres 1,892 0 0 0 0 0 13 4 8 1 0
Hyden 348 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Independence 27,400 25 0 11 8 6 149 33 102 14 0
Indian Hills 2,995 0 0 0 0 0 23 6 15 2 0
Irvine 2,385 4 0 0 2 2 18 9 5 4 1
Irvington 1,179 0 0 0 0 0 16 5 9 2 0
Jackson 2,100 1 0 0 0 1 88 11 67 10 0
Jamestown 1,807 0 0 0 0 0 13 3 8 2 0
Jeffersontown 27,400 31 0 4 18 9 662 87 491 84 0
Jenkins 2,043 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Junction City 2,308 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0
La Grange 8,831 8 0 1 5 2 148 23 117 8 2
Lakeside Park-Crestview Hills 6,133 0 0 0 0 0 95 10 83 2 0
Lancaster 3,874 8 0 0 1 7 55 16 35 4 0
Lawrenceburg 11,211 9 0 1 2 6 124 31 77 16 0
Lebanon 5,656 12 0 4 2 6 101 37 51 13 0
Lebanon Junction 1,946 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 2 0
Leitchfield 6,900 13 0 6 2 5 143 21 107 15 1
Lewisport 1,728 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0
Lexington 322,332 1,131 29 200 547 355 12,191 2,087 8,831 1,273 41
London 8,184 18 0 3 8 7 363 77 244 42 0
Louisa 2,474 4 0 0 2 2 30 14 12 4 0
Louisville Metro2 684,362 4,428 109 175 1,326 2,818 28,211 5,623 18,724 3,864 5
Loyall 631 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 2 0 0
Ludlow 4,521 5 0 0 3 2 82 17 58 7 0
Madisonville 19,316 30 2 8 6 14 292 80 194 18 0
Manchester 1,382 1 0 0 0 1 23 4 13 6 0
Marion 2,972 4 0 1 1 2 72 28 40 4 0
Mayfield 9,991 39 1 4 11 23 538 129 388 21 1
Maysville 8,841 17 0 4 2 11 328 56 255 17 3
Middlesboro 9,534 21 0 5 6 10 551 55 472 24 0
Monticello 6,070 9 1 0 2 6 79 36 39 4 0
Morehead 7,915 4 0 4 0 0 150 18 126 6 0
Morganfield 3,541 2 2 0 0 0 15 6 7 2 0
Morgantown 2,454 4 0 1 1 2 29 6 18 5 1
Mount Sterling 7,298 14 1 3 5 5 254 30 210 14 3
Mount Vernon 2,482 1 0 0 1 0 26 14 6 6 0
Mount Washington 14,511 8 2 1 2 3 128 36 75 17 0
Muldraugh 995 0 0 0 0 0 16 2 13 1 1
Munfordville 1,660 0 0 0 0 0 16 4 9 3 0
Murray 19,205 26 0 8 9 9 583 110 452 21 0
Newport 15,202 42 1 9 22 10 618 96 471 51 1
Nicholasville 30,333 60 3 11 33 13 955 159 745 51 4
Oak Grove 7,347 34 0 7 15 12 415 80 316 19 0
Olive Hill 1,584 0 0 0 0 0 10 2 8 0 0
Owensboro 59,576 178 3 46 52 77 2,597 390 1,964 243 9
Owenton 1,539 0 0 0 0 0 5 1 4 0 0
Owingsville 1,605 1 0 0 0 1 12 4 5 3 0
Paducah 25,169 83 0 21 24 38 1,379 188 1,102 89 6
Paintsville 4,198 10 0 3 1 6 33 11 18 4 0
Paris 9,845 18 0 4 6 8 270 60 193 17 1
Park Hills 3,001 2 0 2 0 0 31 11 17 3 0
Pikeville 7,121 5 0 2 1 2 356 53 294 9 0
Pineville 1,739 3 0 1 1 1 43 14 26 3 0
Pioneer Village 2,931 1 0 0 1 0 22 6 11 5 0
Prestonsburg 3,517 11 0 0 1 10 44 17 19 8 0
Princeton 6,084 13 2 4 2 5 242 64 165 13 1
Prospect 4,905 0 0 0 0 0 48 6 40 2 0
Providence 3,088 0 0 0 0 0 27 8 17 2 0
Raceland 2,380 1 0 1 0 0 9 1 6 2 0
Radcliff 22,473 74 2 17 23 32 826 207 571 48 6
Ravenna 583 1 0 1 0 0 8 2 5 1 0
Richmond 35,161 92 2 24 30 36 1,226 216 899 111 3
Russell 3,229 5 0 1 3 1 45 3 41 1 0
Russell Springs 2,573 2 0 1 1 0 57 12 40 5 0
Russellville 7,006 24 0 2 9 13 249 45 194 10 1
Salyersville 1,787 2 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 1
Scottsville 4,446 9 0 2 1 6 211 59 139 13 1
Sebree 1,569 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0
Shelbyville 15,758 28 0 2 18 8 297 59 212 26 1
Shepherdsville 12,204 25 0 6 10 9 348 65 245 38 1
Shively 15,830 65 2 10 36 17 653 115 410 128 0
Simpsonville 2,795 3 0 0 3 0 98 6 89 3 0
Smiths Grove 780 1 0 0 0 1 12 0 12 0 0
Somerset3 11,531 23 1 4 10 8 172 25 2
Southgate 3,856 3 0 0 2 1 25 3 15 7 0
South Shore 1,080 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Springfield 3,167 6 0 3 2 1 12 3 7 2 0
Stanford 3,654 2 0 1 1 0 38 12 14 12 0
Stanton 2,658 3 0 0 0 3 52 18 31 3 0
St. Matthews 18,163 32 1 4 17 10 864 98 709 57 0
Sturgis 1,888 1 0 1 0 0 35 12 21 2 0
Taylor Mill 6,774 3 0 2 0 1 69 13 46 10 0
Taylorsville 1,264 1 0 0 0 1 43 35 8 0 1
Tompkinsville 2,261 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0
Uniontown 943 4 0 1 0 3 20 6 11 3 0
Vanceburg 1,421 1 0 1 0 0 6 1 4 1 0
Versailles 26,320 27 0 13 5 9 506 124 357 25 0
Villa Hills 7,494 2 0 1 0 1 39 7 30 2 1
Vine Grove 6,055 0 0 0 0 0 67 15 45 7 1
Warsaw 1,689 1 0 0 0 1 11 5 5 1 0
West Buechel 1,280 7 0 0 6 1 81 2 67 12 0
West Liberty 3,388 1 0 0 0 1 11 4 4 3 0
West Point 860 3 0 0 0 3 17 4 11 2 2
Whitesburg 1,949 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 0
Wilder 3,077 3 0 1 1 1 36 2 32 2 0
Williamsburg 5,342 2 0 0 0 2 52 6 41 5 0
Williamstown 3,971 1 0 0 0 1 46 6 35 5 0
Wilmore 6,380 3 0 1 1 1 144 22 113 9 0
Winchester 18,478 41 2 6 17 16 1,125 186 858 81 7
  • 1 The figures shown in this column for the offense of rape were reported using only the revised Uniform Crime Reporting definition of rape. See the data declaration for further explanation.
  • 2 Arson offenses are also reported by the Louisville Fire Department. Those figures are not included in this table.
  • 3 The FBI determined that the agency's data were overreported. Consequently, those data are not included in this table.

Data Declaration

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