What is the safest city in Kentucky?

Based on 2024 FBI data, Prospect is the safest city in Kentucky with a violent crime rate of 0.0 per 100,000 residents.

What is the most dangerous city in Kentucky?

Louisville Metro has the highest violent crime rate in Kentucky at 707.4 per 100,000 residents in 2024.

How many cities in Kentucky report crime data?

232 cities in Kentucky reported crime data to the FBI in 2024.

Safest Cities in Kentucky (2024)

Ranked by violent crime rate per 100,000 residents from 2024 FBI data. Kentucky has 232 cities reporting crime data, with a statewide violent crime rate of 213.1 per 100K.

232

Cities Tracked

0.0

Safest City Rate

66.4

Median City Rate

707.4

Highest Rate

Top 25 Safest Cities in Kentucky

#	City	Population	Property Rate	Grade
1	Prospect	4,553	702.8	A+
2	Paintsville	4,111	145.9	A+
3	Indian Hills	2,843	1864.2	A+
4	Providence	2,799	178.6	A+
5	Eminence	2,755	1524.5	A+
6	Calvert City	2,517	1986.5	A+
7	Eddyville	2,483	40.3	A+
8	Anchorage	2,466	648.8	A+
9	Junction City	2,294	0.0	A+
10	Tompkinsville	2,282	175.3	A+
11	Horse Cave	2,271	176.1	A+
12	Dry Ridge	2,209	1584.4	A+
13	Carlisle	2,118	236.1	A+
14	Hurstbourne Acres	1,938	1548.0	A+
15	Jamestown	1,882	690.8	A+
16	Lebanon Junction	1,810	276.2	A+
17	Cumberland	1,782	505.1	A+
18	Jenkins	1,758	170.6	A+
19	Catlettsburg	1,726	753.2	A+
20	Munfordville	1,720	290.7	A+
21	Lewisport	1,719	232.7	A+
22	Sturgis	1,654	0.0	A+
23	Pewee Valley	1,650	0.0	A+
24	Coal Run Village	1,580	2594.9	A+
25	Sebree	1,515	132.0	A+

Most Dangerous Cities in Kentucky

#	City	Population	Violent Rate	Murder Rate	Grade
1	Louisville Metro	676,843	707.4	21.7	F
2	Hopkinsville	30,694	446.3	6.5	F
3	Owensboro	60,096	349.4	1.7	D
4	Newport	13,702	328.4	7.3	D
5	Henderson	27,600	318.8	3.6	D
6	Shively	15,394	305.3	13.0	D
7	West Buechel	1,352	295.9	0.0	D
8	Grayson	3,797	289.7	0.0	D
9	Covington	40,984	287.9	4.9	D
10	Harlan	1,814	275.6	0.0	D
11	Oak Grove	7,985	275.5	25.1	D
12	Falmouth	2,210	271.5	0.0	D
13	Paducah	26,624	270.4	3.8	D
14	Lexington	323,254	262.0	5.0	D+
15	Somerset	12,367	258.8	0.0	D+

All 232 Cities in Kentucky

Complete list ranked from safest to most dangerous.

Show all 232 cities

#	City	Pop.	Violent Rate	Grade
1	Prospect	4,553	0.0	A+
2	Paintsville	4,111	0.0	A+
3	Indian Hills	2,843	0.0	A+
4	Providence	2,799	0.0	A+
5	Eminence	2,755	0.0	A+
6	Calvert City	2,517	0.0	A+
7	Eddyville	2,483	0.0	A+
8	Anchorage	2,466	0.0	A+
9	Junction City	2,294	0.0	A+
10	Tompkinsville	2,282	0.0	A+
11	Horse Cave	2,271	0.0	A+
12	Dry Ridge	2,209	0.0	A+
13	Carlisle	2,118	0.0	A+
14	Hurstbourne Acres	1,938	0.0	A+
15	Jamestown	1,882	0.0	A+
16	Lebanon Junction	1,810	0.0	A+
17	Cumberland	1,782	0.0	A+
18	Jenkins	1,758	0.0	A+
19	Catlettsburg	1,726	0.0	A+
20	Munfordville	1,720	0.0	A+
21	Lewisport	1,719	0.0	A+
22	Sturgis	1,654	0.0	A+
23	Pewee Valley	1,650	0.0	A+
24	Coal Run Village	1,580	0.0	A+
25	Sebree	1,515	0.0	A+
26	Salyersville	1,506	0.0	A+
27	Worthington	1,442	0.0	A+
28	Burkesville	1,394	0.0	A+
29	Vanceburg	1,388	0.0	A+
30	Cloverport	1,147	0.0	A+
31	Brodhead	1,126	0.0	A+
32	South Shore	1,056	0.0	A+
33	Greenup	1,047	0.0	A+
34	Burgin	1,006	0.0	A+
35	Hawesville	985	0.0	A+
36	Northfield	983	0.0	A+
37	Bloomfield	982	0.0	A+
38	Clay	982	0.0	A+
39	Elkhorn City	965	0.0	A+
40	Clarkson	958	0.0	A+
41	Woodlawn Park	928	0.0	A+
42	West Point	922	0.0	A+
43	Brownsville	893	0.0	A+
44	Uniontown	892	0.0	A+
45	Adairville	880	0.0	A+
46	Pembroke	878	0.0	A+
47	Bellefonte	877	0.0	A+
48	Ferguson	865	0.0	A+
49	La Center	863	0.0	A+
50	Campbellsburg	852	0.0	A+
51	Stamping Ground	836	0.0	A+
52	Evarts	815	0.0	A+
53	McKee	804	0.0	A+
54	Perryville	793	0.0	A+
55	Lewisburg	782	0.0	A+
56	Powderly	780	0.0	A+
57	Crab Orchard	761	0.0	A+
58	Meadow Vale	715	0.0	A
59	Burnside	708	0.0	A
60	Bardwell	684	0.0	A
61	Strathmoor Village	669	0.0	A
62	Science Hill	652	0.0	A
63	Butler	640	0.0	A
64	Pippa Passes	632	0.0	A
65	Lynch	596	0.0	A
66	Ravenna	548	0.0	A
67	Caneyville	531	0.0	A
68	Fleming-Neon	514	0.0	A
69	Bancroft	496	0.0	A
70	Martin	478	0.0	A
71	Wheelwright	464	0.0	A
72	Benham	459	0.0	A
73	Centertown	413	0.0	A
74	Hustonville	402	0.0	A
75	Wayland	373	0.0	A
76	Sadieville	338	0.0	A
77	Eubank	329	0.0	A
78	Trenton	328	0.0	A
79	Woodburn	321	0.0	A
80	Hyden	281	0.0	A
81	Fountain Run	222	0.0	A
82	Allen	175	0.0	A
83	Livingston	165	0.0	A
84	Booneville	163	0.0	A
85	Princeton	6,173	16.2	A
86	Wilmore	6,137	16.3	A
87	Independence	29,747	26.9	A
88	Vine Grove	7,011	28.5	A
89	Stanton	3,165	31.6	A
90	Mount Washington	18,811	31.9	A
91	Morganfield	3,107	32.2	A
92	Flemingsburg	2,999	33.3	A
93	Brandenburg	2,962	33.8	A
94	Marion	2,887	34.6	A
95	Cadiz	2,772	36.1	A
96	Cave City	2,360	42.4	B+
97	Taylor Mill	6,957	43.1	B+
98	Fort Thomas	16,826	47.5	B+
99	Jackson	2,093	47.8	B+
100	Liberty	1,996	50.1	B+
101	Carrollton	3,922	51.0	B+
102	Flatwoods	7,200	55.6	B+
103	Alexandria	10,778	55.7	B+
104	Lawrenceburg	12,241	57.2	B+
105	Fort Mitchell	8,617	58.0	B+
106	Edgewood	8,382	59.7	B+
107	Owenton	1,663	60.1	B+
108	Auburn	1,651	60.6	B+
109	Hazard	4,878	61.5	B+
110	Whitesburg	1,624	61.6	B+
111	Cold Spring	6,478	61.7	B+
112	Pineville	1,582	63.2	B+
113	Olive Hill	1,535	65.1	B+
114	Fort Wright	6,132	65.2	B+
115	Villa Hills	7,616	65.7	B+
116	La Grange	10,537	66.4	B+
117	Lakeside Park-Crestview Hills	6,028	66.4	B+
118	Springfield	2,969	67.4	B+
119	Versailles	27,727	68.5	B+
120	Greenville	4,339	69.1	B+
121	Erlanger	19,827	70.6	B+
122	Audubon Park	1,401	71.4	B
123	Pioneer Village	2,760	72.5	B
124	Lancaster	4,101	73.2	B
125	Williamstown	3,983	75.3	B
126	Highland Heights	6,604	75.7	B
127	Southgate	3,786	79.2	B
128	Stanford	3,714	80.8	B
129	Columbia	4,895	81.7	B
130	Clinton	1,196	83.6	B
131	Benton	4,765	83.9	B
132	West Liberty	3,535	84.9	B
133	Clay City	1,174	85.2	B
134	Beaver Dam	3,487	86.0	B
135	Central City	5,808	86.1	B
136	Berea	16,135	86.8	B
137	Bellevue	5,713	87.5	B
138	Monticello	5,706	87.6	B
139	Madisonville	19,294	88.1	B
140	Augusta	1,088	91.9	B
141	Leitchfield	6,480	92.6	B
142	Ludlow	4,313	92.7	B
143	Beattyville	2,141	93.4	B
144	Dawson Springs	2,138	93.5	B
145	Russellville	7,470	93.7	B
146	Park Hills	3,142	95.5	B
147	Wilder	3,076	97.5	B
148	Elsmere	9,140	98.5	B
149	Murray	18,191	99.0	B
150	Muldraugh	1,006	99.4	B
151	Lyndon	10,877	101.1	B
152	Jeffersontown	28,563	105.0	B
153	Morehead	6,608	105.9	B
154	Russell Springs	2,817	106.5	C+
155	Scottsville	4,616	108.3	C+
156	Danville	17,406	109.2	C+
157	Nicholasville	32,866	112.6	C+
158	Edmonton	1,714	116.7	C+
159	Hardinsburg	2,469	121.5	C+
160	Mount Vernon	2,457	122.1	C+
161	Georgetown	40,037	122.4	C+
162	Middletown	9,602	125.0	C+
163	Owingsville	1,598	125.2	C+
164	St. Matthews	17,289	127.2	C+
165	Paris	10,057	129.3	C+
166	Fulton	2,266	132.4	C+
167	Shelbyville	17,959	133.6	C+
168	Shepherdsville	14,843	134.7	C+
169	Millersburg	738	135.5	C+
170	Elizabethtown	33,522	137.2	C+
171	Franklin	10,556	142.1	C+
172	Irvington	1,392	143.7	C+
173	London	7,602	144.7	C+
174	Guthrie	1,334	149.9	C
175	Cynthiana	6,600	151.5	C
176	Lebanon	6,595	151.6	C
177	Brooksville	651	153.6	C
178	Louisa	2,563	156.1	C
179	Williamsburg	5,118	156.3	C
180	Bardstown	13,917	165.3	C
181	Winchester	19,283	165.9	C
182	Heritage Creek	1,201	166.5	C
183	Hillview	8,950	167.6	C
184	Glasgow	15,413	168.7	C
185	Loyall	587	170.4	C
186	Warsaw	1,760	170.5	C
187	Radcliff	22,658	172.1	C
188	Harrodsburg	9,270	172.6	C
189	Raceland	2,289	174.7	C
190	Elkton	2,288	174.8	C
191	Irvine	2,261	176.9	C
192	Hartford	2,641	189.3	C
193	Pikeville	7,343	190.7	C
194	Middlesboro	8,901	191.0	C
195	Prestonsburg	3,663	191.1	C
196	Corbin	7,843	191.3	C
197	Simpsonville	3,096	193.8	C
198	Mayfield	9,626	197.4	D+
199	Ashland	21,011	199.9	D+
200	Frankfort	28,177	202.3	D+
201	Hodgenville	3,334	210.0	D+
202	Mount Sterling	7,575	211.2	D+
203	Manchester	1,400	214.3	D+
204	Richmond	38,072	215.4	D+
205	Hickman	2,285	218.8	D+
206	Maysville	8,625	220.3	D+
207	Russell	3,614	221.4	D+
208	Greensburg	2,251	222.1	D+
209	Barbourville	3,124	224.1	D+
210	Bowling Green	77,503	224.5	D+
211	Taylorsville	1,329	225.7	D+
212	Campbellsville	11,724	230.3	D+
213	Albany	1,729	231.3	D+
214	Florence	33,208	231.9	D+
215	Dayton	5,833	240.0	D+
216	Morgantown	2,467	243.2	D+
217	Smiths Grove	808	247.5	D+
218	Somerset	12,367	258.8	D+
219	Lexington	323,254	262.0	D+
220	Paducah	26,624	270.4	D
221	Falmouth	2,210	271.5	D
222	Oak Grove	7,985	275.5	D
223	Harlan	1,814	275.6	D
224	Covington	40,984	287.9	D
225	Grayson	3,797	289.7	D
226	West Buechel	1,352	295.9	D
227	Shively	15,394	305.3	D
228	Henderson	27,600	318.8	D
229	Newport	13,702	328.4	D
230	Owensboro	60,096	349.4	D
231	Hopkinsville	30,694	446.3	F
232	Louisville Metro	676,843	707.4	F

About This Data

Crime rates are from the FBI's 2024 Uniform Crime Report, the most recent data available. Rates are per 100,000 residents. Safety grades are based on national percentile ranking — an "A" means the city is safer than 80%+ of all US cities in our database.

Not all cities report to the FBI. Small agencies may have incomplete data. Always consider multiple years of data before drawing conclusions about a city's safety.

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