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Safest Places to Live in Kentucky 2019

EPF Last Update: June 7, 2019

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Kentucky, or the Commonwealth of Kentucky, which is its original name, is located in the south-central region of the United States. With over 4.4 million residents, it is the 26th most populous state. Its capital is Frankfurt, and major cities are Louisville and Lexington.

One of the nicknames of Kentucky is the Bluegrass State. The reason for this is the fact that the Bluegrass Region, which has a lot of fertile bluegrass pastures, lies in central Kentucky.

The first thing that comes to our minds when we think of Kentucky is probably the KFC (Kentucky Fried Chicken) franchise. But the economy of Kentucky covers many fields, such as the coal industry, automobile manufacturing, etc. Other things that Kentucky is famous for are bourbon, moonshine, horse racing, tobacco, bluegrass music, etc.

In the period from 2016 to 2017, the violent crime rate in Kentucky dropped by 3.8%, which was a 4.2% decrease per 100,000 people.

Ranking Criteria

Elite Personal Finance extracted data from the FBI crime statistics in the United States in 2017. We took violent crime as the main criteria. To get our score, we used this formula:

Crime Score = ( Total Number of Violent Crimes / Population ) * 1,000

This way, cities that are the safest got the lowest score and those that are more vulnerable to crime got higher scores.

The cities that did not report crimes to the FBI were not included in the list, as well as cities with a population under 3,000.

30 Safest Places in Kentucky 2018

Rank	City	Population	Total Number of Crimes	Crime Score
1	Lakeside Park-Crestview Hills	6,133	0	0.00
2	Vine Grove	6,055	0	0.00
3	Prospect	4,905	0	0.00
4	Providence	3,088	0	0.00
5	Edgewood	8,771	1	0.11
6	Central City	5,837	1	0.17
7	Alexandria	9,486	2	0.21
8	Williamstown	3,971	1	0.25
9	Villa Hills	7,494	2	0.27
10	West Liberty	3,388	1	0.30
11	Williamsburg	5,342	2	0.37
12	Benton	4,533	2	0.44
13	Taylor Mill	6,774	3	0.44
14	Greenville	4,347	2	0.46
15	Wilmore	6,380	3	0.47
16	Fort Thomas	16,485	8	0.49
17	Morehead	7,915	4	0.51
18	Fort Wright	5,780	3	0.52
19	Stanford	3,654	2	0.55
20	Flatwoods	7,284	4	0.55
21	Mount Washington	14,511	8	0.55
22	Hillview	8,942	5	0.56
23	Morganfield	3,541	2	0.56
24	Park Hills	3,001	2	0.67
25	Pikeville	7,121	5	0.70
26	Fort Mitchell	8,306	6	0.72
27	Carrollton	3,864	3	0.78
28	Southgate	3,856	3	0.78
29	Lawrenceburg	11,211	9	0.80
30	Columbia	4,940	4	0.81

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Crime Score in All Cities in Kentucky

In case your city didn’t make it to the top 30, you can take a look at our full list of Kentucky cities.

It is obvious that we can’t compare crime rates in small and large cities. That’s why Elite Personal Finance made a detailed analysis and narrowed the results according to population segments:

– Under 3,000 Residents
– 3,000 – 10,000 Residents
– 10,000 – 30,000 Residents
– Over 30,000 Residents

(Other sites don’t include places with under 3,000 residents, but we included them.)

These are the results that we got:

Under 3,000 Residents

Rank	City	Population	Total Number of Crimes	Crime Score
1	Indian Hills	2,995	0	0.00
2	Hartford	2,787	0	0.00
3	Eddyville	2,575	0	0.00
4	Horse Cave	2,373	0	0.00
5	Junction City	2,308	0	0.00
6	Jenkins	2,043	0	0.00
7	Carlisle	1,992	0	0.00
8	Whitesburg	1,949	0	0.00
9	Lebanon Junction	1,946	0	0.00
10	Hurstbourne Acres	1,892	0	0.00
11	Jamestown	1,807	0	0.00
12	Lewisport	1,728	0	0.00
13	Munfordville	1,660	0	0.00
14	Olive Hill	1,584	0	0.00
15	Sebree	1,569	0	0.00
16	Owenton	1,539	0	0.00
17	Irvington	1,179	0	0.00
18	Augusta	1,172	0	0.00
19	South Shore	1,080	0	0.00
20	Bloomfield	1,071	0	0.00
21	Muldraugh	995	0	0.00
22	Ferguson	942	0	0.00
23	Brownsville	831	0	0.00
24	Loyall	631	0	0.00
25	Hyden	348	0	0.00
26	Eubank	326	0	0.00
27	Graymoor-Devondale	2,974	1	0.34
28	Pioneer Village	2,931	1	0.34
29	Flemingsburg	2,866	1	0.35
30	Eminence	2,579	1	0.39
31	Mount Vernon	2,482	1	0.40
32	Anchorage	2,438	1	0.41
33	Raceland	2,380	1	0.42
34	Hardinsburg	2,324	1	0.43
35	Tompkinsville	2,261	1	0.44
36	Falmouth	2,127	1	0.47
37	Jackson	2,100	1	0.48
38	Sturgis	1,888	1	0.53
39	Warsaw	1,689	1	0.59
40	Owingsville	1,605	1	0.62
41	Edmonton	1,583	1	0.63
42	Coal Run Village	1,538	1	0.65
43	Audubon Park	1,511	1	0.66
44	Brandenburg	2,904	2	0.69
45	Vanceburg	1,421	1	0.70
46	Manchester	1,382	1	0.72
47	Russell Springs	2,573	2	0.78
48	Taylorsville	1,264	1	0.79
49	Beattyville	1,199	1	0.83
50	Greensburg	2,123	2	0.94
51	Cumberland	2,032	2	0.98
52	Simpsonville	2,795	3	1.07
53	Dawson Springs	2,712	3	1.11
54	Burnside	902	1	1.11
55	Salyersville	1,787	2	1.12
56	Stanton	2,658	3	1.13
57	Cave City	2,440	3	1.23
58	Smiths Grove	780	1	1.28
59	Marion	2,972	4	1.35
60	Dry Ridge	2,224	3	1.35
61	Elkton	2,134	3	1.41
62	Calvert City	2,544	4	1.57
63	Louisa	2,474	4	1.62
64	Morgantown	2,454	4	1.63
65	Irvine	2,385	4	1.68
66	Ravenna	583	1	1.72
67	Pineville	1,739	3	1.73
68	Cloverport	1,156	2	1.73
69	Catlettsburg	1,794	4	2.23
70	Adairville	873	2	2.29
71	Clinton	1,312	4	3.05
72	Fulton	2,174	7	3.22
73	West Point	860	3	3.49
74	Harlan	1,584	6	3.79
75	Uniontown	943	4	4.24
76	Cadiz	2,629	12	4.56
77	West Buechel	1,280	7	5.47

3,000 – 10,000 Residents

Rank	City	Population	Total Number of Crimes	Crime Score
1	Lakeside Park-Crestview Hills	6,133	0	0.00
2	Vine Grove	6,055	0	0.00
3	Prospect	4,905	0	0.00
4	Providence	3,088	0	0.00
5	Edgewood	8,771	1	0.11
6	Central City	5,837	1	0.17
7	Alexandria	9,486	2	0.21
8	Williamstown	3,971	1	0.25
9	Villa Hills	7,494	2	0.27
10	West Liberty	3,388	1	0.30
11	Williamsburg	5,342	2	0.37
12	Benton	4,533	2	0.44
13	Taylor Mill	6,774	3	0.44
14	Greenville	4,347	2	0.46
15	Wilmore	6,380	3	0.47
16	Morehead	7,915	4	0.51
17	Fort Wright	5,780	3	0.52
18	Stanford	3,654	2	0.55
19	Flatwoods	7,284	4	0.55
20	Hillview	8,942	5	0.56
21	Morganfield	3,541	2	0.56
22	Park Hills	3,001	2	0.67
23	Pikeville	7,121	5	0.70
24	Fort Mitchell	8,306	6	0.72
25	Carrollton	3,864	3	0.78
26	Southgate	3,856	3	0.78
27	Columbia	4,940	4	0.81
28	Elsmere	8,541	7	0.82
29	La Grange	8,831	8	0.91
30	Cynthiana	6,375	6	0.94
31	Cold Spring	6,276	6	0.96
32	Wilder	3,077	3	0.97
33	Highland Heights	7,178	7	0.98
34	Grayson	4,030	4	0.99
35	Ludlow	4,521	5	1.11
36	Monticello	6,070	9	1.48
37	Bellevue	5,826	9	1.54
38	Russell	3,229	5	1.55
39	Hodgenville	3,224	5	1.55
40	Beaver Dam	3,672	6	1.63
41	Harrodsburg	8,427	15	1.78
42	Paris	9,845	18	1.83
43	Leitchfield	6,900	13	1.88
44	Springfield	3,167	6	1.89
45	Mount Sterling	7,298	14	1.92
46	Maysville	8,841	17	1.92
47	Scottsville	4,446	9	2.02
48	Lancaster	3,874	8	2.07
49	Lebanon	5,656	12	2.12
50	Princeton	6,084	13	2.14
51	Corbin	7,411	16	2.16
52	London	8,184	18	2.20
53	Middlesboro	9,534	21	2.20
54	Paintsville	4,198	10	2.38
55	Hazard	5,268	13	2.47
56	Franklin	8,884	24	2.70
57	Barbourville	3,169	9	2.84
58	Dayton	5,423	16	2.95
59	Prestonsburg	3,517	11	3.13
60	Russellville	7,006	24	3.43
61	Mayfield	9,991	39	3.90
62	Oak Grove	7,347	34	4.63

10,000 – 30,000 Residents

Rank	City	Population	Total Number of Crimes	Crime Score
1	Fort Thomas	16,485	8	0.49
2	Mount Washington	14,511	8	0.55
3	Lawrenceburg	11,211	9	0.80
4	Independence	27,400	25	0.91
5	Erlanger	22,947	22	0.96
6	Versailles	26,320	27	1.03
7	Jeffersontown	27,400	31	1.13
8	Murray	19,205	26	1.35
9	Glasgow	14,690	20	1.36
10	Danville	16,891	25	1.48
11	Madisonville	19,316	30	1.55
12	Berea	15,406	24	1.56
13	St. Matthews	18,163	32	1.76
14	Shelbyville	15,758	28	1.78
15	Ashland	20,927	39	1.86
16	Bardstown	13,325	26	1.95
17	Somerset	11,531	23	1.99
18	Campbellsville	11,486	23	2.00
19	Shepherdsville	12,204	25	2.05
20	Winchester	18,478	41	2.22
21	Henderson	28,846	69	2.39
22	Newport	15,202	42	2.76
23	Radcliff	22,473	74	3.29
24	Paducah	25,169	83	3.30
25	Frankfort	27,975	100	3.57
26	Shively	15,830	65	4.11

Over 30,000 Residents

Rank	City	Population	Total Number of Crimes	Crime Score
1	Florence	32,866	52	1.58
2	Georgetown	34,184	64	1.87
3	Nicholasville	30,333	60	1.98
4	Elizabethtown	30,065	61	2.03
5	Hopkinsville	31,761	79	2.49
6	Richmond	35,161	92	2.62
7	Owensboro	59,576	178	2.99
8	Bowling Green	66,317	225	3.39
9	Lexington	322,332	1,131	3.51
10	Covington	40,845	185	4.53
11	Louisville Metro	684,362	4,428	6.47

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