Crime Grade · Kentucky

Kentucky Crime Grade

Every reporting Kentucky city, ranked by FBI violent crime rate. Statewide rate was 198.5 per 100,000 in 2025.

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41 cities in Kentucky

CityPopulationViolent / 100kNational GradeState GradeLatest year
Lawrenceburg12,30624.4A1/10A1/102025
Mount Washington19,05231.5A1/10A1/102025
Fort Thomas16,79047.6A1/10A1/102025
Independence30,55949.1A1/10A1/102025
Shelbyville18,22749.4A1/10A1/102025
Versailles27,92250.1A1/10A2/102025
Bardstown14,23856.2A1/10A2/102025
Jeffersontown29,41864.6A1/10A2/102025
La Grange10,66365.6A1/10A3/102025
Erlanger20,29569.0A1/10A3/102025
Danville17,62379.4A1/10A3/102025
Elizabethtown35,407104.5A1/10A3/102025
Murray18,769111.9A1/10A3/102025
Berea16,656120.1A2/10B4/102025
Campbellsville11,919142.6A2/10B4/102025
Madisonville19,469143.8A2/10B4/102025
St. Matthews17,868145.5A2/10B5/102025
Franklin10,605150.9A2/10B5/102025
Georgetown41,231152.8A2/10B5/102025
Shepherdsville14,991160.1A2/10B5/102025
Winchester19,283165.9A2/10C6/102024
Bowling Green80,821183.1A3/10C6/102025
Lyndon11,276186.2A3/10C6/102025
Florence34,194190.1A3/10C6/102025
Nicholasville34,067193.7A3/10C7/102025
Glasgow15,482200.2A3/10C7/102025
Frankfort28,610206.2A3/10C7/102025
Paris10,183216.0A3/10C7/102025
Lexington330,994225.1A3/10C7/102025
Richmond40,736225.8A3/10D8/102025
Ashland20,937238.8A3/10D8/102025
Newport13,705262.7B4/10D8/102025
Paducah26,608274.4B4/10D8/102025
Henderson27,655278.4B4/10F9/102025
Covington41,781282.4B4/10F9/102025
Radcliff22,628296.1B4/10F9/102025
Hopkinsville30,709299.6B4/10F9/102025
Shively15,904314.4B4/10F10/102025
Somerset12,493328.2B4/10F10/102025
Owensboro60,774439.3B5/10F10/102025
Louisville Metro676,843760.3C7/10F10/102024