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Home • Hate Crime • 2017 • Tables • Table 13 State Cuts • Kentucky

Table 13

KENTUCKY

Hate Crime Incidents

per Bias Motivation and Quarter

by Agency, 2017

Agency type Agency name Number of incidents per bias motivation Number of incidents per quarter Population1
Race/
Ethnicity/
Ancestry 		Religion Sexual
orientation 		Disability Gender Gender
identity 		1st
quarter 		2nd
quarter 		3rd
quarter 		4th
quarter
Total 283 38 27 12 16 3
Cities 186 21 17 6 7 3
Alexandria 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 9,486
Ashland 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 20,927
Barbourville 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 3,169
Bowling Green 18 2 2 2 1 0 3 4 10 8 66,317
Cadiz 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2,629
Carrollton 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3,864
Cold Spring 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 6,276
Corbin 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 7,411
Covington 4 1 1 0 0 0 1 2 0 3 40,845
Cynthiana 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 6,375
Danville 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 16,891
Dayton 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 5,423
Elizabethtown 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 30,065
Elsmere 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 8,541
Erlanger 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 22,947
Falmouth 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2,127
Florence 19 1 0 0 1 0 8 6 5 2 32,866
Fort Mitchell 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 8,306
Frankfort 5 1 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 4 27,975
Franklin 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 8,884
Fulton 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2,174
Georgetown 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 34,184
Glasgow 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 2 14,690
Greensburg 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2,123
Hillview 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 8,942
Hopkinsville 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 31,761
Independence 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 27,400
Irvine 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2,385
La Center 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 982
La Grange 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 8,831
Lawrenceburg 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 11,211
Leitchfield 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 6,900
Lexington 20 3 3 0 0 1 7 6 9 5 322,332
London 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 8,184
Louisville Metro 11 2 0 1 0 0 5 0 7 2 684,362
Madisonville 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 19,316
Mayfield 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 3 3 9,991
Maysville 8 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 3 3 8,841
Middlesboro 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 9,534
Morehead 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 7,915
Mount Sterling 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 7,298
Mount Washington 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 14,511
Murray 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 3 0 19,205
Newport 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 15,202
Nicholasville 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 30,333
Owensboro 5 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 3 2 59,576
Paducah 10 2 1 0 0 1 4 5 3 2 25,169
Paris 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 9,845
Park Hills 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3,001
Princeton 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 6,084
Providence 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3,088
Radcliff 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 22,473
Richmond 5 0 1 0 0 0 1 2 1 2 35,161
Russell Springs 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2,573
Russellville 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 7,006
Scottsville 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 4,446
Shelbyville 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 15,758
Shively 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 15,830
St. Matthews 4 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 2 18,163
Versailles 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 26,320
Villa Hills 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 7,494
Wilmore 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 6,380
Winchester 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 18,478
Worthington 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1,565
Universities and Colleges 6 2 4 0 0 0
Eastern Kentucky University 1 0 4 0 0 0 2 2 0 1 16,881
Kentucky State University 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1,736
University of Kentucky 2 2 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 29,781
Western Kentucky University 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 20,271
Metropolitan Counties 31 6 2 1 0 0
Boone 14 1 0 0 0 0 6 3 5 1
Boyd 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Bullitt 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Campbell County Police Department2 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 1
Christian 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Clark 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0
Daviess 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Grant 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Greenup 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Hardin 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Jessamine 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0
Kenton County Police Department 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Oldham County Police Department 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
Pendleton 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Shelby 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Trigg 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Warren 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
Nonmetropolitan Counties 27 4 3 1 7 0
Anderson 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Bell 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Boyle 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0
Breckinridge 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Floyd 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0
Franklin 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Graves 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Knott 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Knox 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Laurel 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Lincoln 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Livingston 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
Madison 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Marion 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Martin 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Mason 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
McCracken 6 0 0 1 7 0 1 7 1 5
Montgomery 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 2 0
Ohio 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Rockcastle 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Simpson 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Taylor 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Wolfe 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
State Police Agencies 22 2 1 3 1 0
State Police:
Ashland 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
Bowling Green 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Campbellsburg 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
Cannabis Suppression Section 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
Dry Ridge 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Elizabethtown 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1
Frankfort 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0
Harlan 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Hazard 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1
Henderson 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
London 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
Mayfield 2 0 0 1 1 0 2 1 1 0
Morehead 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
Pikeville 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0
Richmond 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
West Drug Enforcement Branch 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Other Agencies 11 3 0 1 1 0
Barren County Drug Task Force 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0
Cincinnati-Northern Kentucky International Airport 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Clark County School System 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Fayette County Schools 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1
Greater Hardin County Narcotics Task Force 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Jefferson County School District 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
McCracken County Public Schools 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
South Central Kentucky Drug Task Force 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
  • 1 Population figures are published only for the cities. The figures listed for the universities and colleges are student enrollment and were provided by the United States Department of Education for the 2016 school year, the most recent available. The enrollment figures include full-time and part-time students.
  • 2 Includes one incident reported with more than one bias motivation.

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