Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Owensboro, KY Crime Grade
How Owensboro grades for violent crime against every other reporting U.S. city — and against the rest of Kentucky — based on the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting data.
National
9/10
vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population
Kentucky
10/10
vs. Kentucky cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in Owensboro, KY was 439.3 per 100,000 residents (267 incidents over a population of 60,774). That puts Owensboro 35% above the U.S. rate of 325.3 and 121% above the Kentucky statewide rate of 198.5.
Violent crime rate, 5-year trend
Per 100,000 residents. Owensboro (red), Kentucky (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Owensboro vs. U.S., 2025 — by offense
Rates per 100,000 residents for each offense category.
Full data, last 5 years
Rates per 100,000 residents. Raw counts in parentheses.
| Offense | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violent crime | 245.7(149) | 387.7(232) | 332.0(199) | 352.8(212) | 439.3(267) |
| Murder | 1.6(1) | 5.0(3) | 3.3(2) | 1.7(1) | 4.9(3) |
| Rape | 70.9(43) | 100.3(60) | 98.4(59) | 79.9(48) | 62.5(38) |
| Robbery | 56.1(34) | 63.5(38) | 40.0(24) | 44.9(27) | 44.4(27) |
| Aggravated assault | 117.1(71) | 218.9(131) | 190.2(114) | 226.3(136) | 327.4(199) |
| Property crime | 3770.0(2,286) | 3546.2(2,122) | 3291.8(1,973) | 2966.9(1,783) | 2305.3(1,401) |
| Burglary | 600.3(364) | 437.8(262) | 380.4(228) | 344.4(207) | 274.8(167) |
| Larceny | 2679.9(1,625) | 2643.8(1,582) | 2547.7(1,527) | 2279.7(1,370) | 1821.5(1,107) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 471.7(286) | 441.2(264) | 340.4(204) | 322.8(194) | 204.0(124) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting via the Crime Data Explorer. Agency-level data, pulled directly. No third-party aggregators, no proprietary score.
- Metric: Violent crime rate per 100,000 residents (murder + rape + robbery + aggravated assault), most recent fully-reported year.
- National decile: Owensboro's rate placed against all FBI-reporting U.S. cities with population ≥ 25,000. 1 = safest.
- State decile: Same calculation restricted to Kentucky cities with population ≥ 10,000.
- Letter grade: 1–3 = A · 4–5 = B · 6–7 = C · 8 = D · 9–10 = F.
- Refresh: Twice a year. The FBI typically releases the prior year's full data each September.
- Limits: The FBI relies on local agency reporting. Rates reflect what was reported, not what occurred.
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