Safest Places to Live in Kentucky of September 2024
Kentucky, or the Commonwealth of Kentucky, its original name, is located in the United States’ south-central region. 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. This is because the Bluegrass Region, which has many fertile bluegrass pastures, lies in central Kentucky.
Kentucky is famous for bourbon, moonshine, horse racing, tobacco, bluegrass music, etc. But the economy of Kentucky covers many fields, such as the coal industry, automobile manufacturing, etc.
Ranking Criteria
ElitePersonalFinance extracted the latest data from the FBI crime statistics in the United States. 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, safer cities got the lowest score, and those more vulnerable to crimes got higher scores.
The cities that did not report crimes to the FBI and those under 5,000 residents were not included in the list.
30 Safest Places in Kentucky of September 2024
| Rank: | City: | Population: | Total Number of Crimes: | Crime Score: |
| 1 | Wilmore | 6 489 | 0 | 0,00 |
| 2 | Flatwoods | 7 041 | 1 | 0,14 |
| 3 | Taylor Mill | 6 810 | 2 | 0,29 |
| 4 | Fort Thomas | 16 386 | 5 | 0,31 |
| 5 | Lawrenceburg | 11 538 | 4 | 0,35 |
| 6 | Independence | 28 541 | 13 | 0,46 |
| 7 | Edgewood | 8 749 | 4 | 0,46 |
| 8 | Cold Spring | 6 509 | 3 | 0,46 |
| 9 | Vine Grove | 6 468 | 3 | 0,46 |
| 10 | Lakeside Park-Crestview Hills | 6 046 | 3 | 0,50 |
| 11 | Mount Washington | 14 855 | 8 | 0,54 |
| 12 | London | 8 050 | 5 | 0,62 |
| 13 | Erlanger | 23 116 | 16 | 0,69 |
| 14 | Fort Wright | 5 744 | 4 | 0,70 |
| 15 | Highland Heights | 7 114 | 5 | 0,70 |
| 16 | Alexandria | 9 692 | 7 | 0,72 |
| 17 | Middletown | 7 957 | 6 | 0,75 |
| 18 | Villa Hills | 7 465 | 6 | 0,80 |
| 19 | Fort Mitchell | 8 252 | 7 | 0,85 |
| 20 | Versailles | 26 625 | 23 | 0,86 |
| 21 | Hillview | 9 235 | 8 | 0,87 |
| 22 | Dayton | 5 527 | 5 | 0,90 |
| 23 | Morehead | 7 736 | 7 | 0,90 |
| 24 | Madisonville | 18 711 | 17 | 0,91 |
| 25 | Cynthiana | 6 354 | 6 | 0,94 |
| 26 | Murray | 19 545 | 20 | 1,02 |
| 27 | Elsmere | 8 673 | 9 | 1,04 |
| 28 | Bellevue | 5 749 | 6 | 1,04 |
| 29 | Harrodsburg | 8 509 | 9 | 1,06 |
| 30 | La Grange | 9 080 | 10 | 1,10 |
Crime Score in All Cities in Kentucky of September 2024
If your city didn’t make our list, you could see our full list of Kentucky cities.
We can’t compare crime rates in small and large cities. That’s why ElitePersonalFinance 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 | Livingston | 218 | 0 | 0,00 |
| 2 | Eubank | 331 | 0 | 0,00 |
| 3 | Hyden | 334 | 0 | 0,00 |
| 4 | Sadieville | 364 | 0 | 0,00 |
| 5 | Trenton | 375 | 0 | 0,00 |
| 6 | Wayland | 377 | 0 | 0,00 |
| 7 | Woodburn | 381 | 0 | 0,00 |
| 8 | Centertown | 432 | 0 | 0,00 |
| 9 | Wheelwright | 464 | 0 | 0,00 |
| 10 | Martin | 552 | 0 | 0,00 |
| 11 | Ravenna | 562 | 0 | 0,00 |
| 12 | Loyall | 606 | 0 | 0,00 |
| 13 | Bardwell | 671 | 0 | 0,00 |
| 14 | Fleming-Neon | 673 | 0 | 0,00 |
| 15 | Pippa Passes | 677 | 0 | 0,00 |
| 16 | Science Hill | 697 | 0 | 0,00 |
| 17 | Perryville | 754 | 0 | 0,00 |
| 18 | Meadow Vale | 766 | 0 | 0,00 |
| 19 | McKee | 785 | 0 | 0,00 |
| 20 | Millersburg | 799 | 0 | 0,00 |
| 21 | Lewisburg | 802 | 0 | 0,00 |
| 22 | Stamping Ground | 802 | 0 | 0,00 |
| 23 | Smiths Grove | 803 | 0 | 0,00 |
| 24 | Evarts | 808 | 0 | 0,00 |
| 25 | Bellefonte | 827 | 0 | 0,00 |
| 26 | Crab Orchard | 831 | 0 | 0,00 |
| 27 | Brownsville | 835 | 0 | 0,00 |
| 28 | West Point | 870 | 0 | 0,00 |
| 29 | Adairville | 873 | 0 | 0,00 |
| 30 | Clarkson | 882 | 0 | 0,00 |
| 31 | Elkhorn City | 889 | 0 | 0,00 |
| 32 | New Haven | 894 | 0 | 0,00 |
| 33 | Uniontown | 930 | 0 | 0,00 |
| 34 | Ferguson | 945 | 0 | 0,00 |
| 35 | La Center | 970 | 0 | 0,00 |
| 36 | Burgin | 981 | 0 | 0,00 |
| 37 | Hawesville | 993 | 0 | 0,00 |
| 38 | South Shore | 1 055 | 0 | 0,00 |
| 39 | Northfield | 1 060 | 0 | 0,00 |
| 40 | Bloomfield | 1 063 | 0 | 0,00 |
| 41 | Clay City | 1 107 | 0 | 0,00 |
| 42 | Greenup | 1 107 | 0 | 0,00 |
| 43 | Heritage Creek | 1 148 | 0 | 0,00 |
| 44 | Taylorsville | 1 286 | 0 | 0,00 |
| 45 | Guthrie | 1 398 | 0 | 0,00 |
| 46 | Burkesville | 1 459 | 0 | 0,00 |
| 47 | Coal Run Village | 1 486 | 0 | 0,00 |
| 48 | Owenton | 1 546 | 0 | 0,00 |
| 49 | Sebree | 1 549 | 0 | 0,00 |
| 50 | Edmonton | 1 567 | 0 | 0,00 |
| 51 | Pewee Valley | 1 576 | 0 | 0,00 |
| 52 | Lewisport | 1 698 | 0 | 0,00 |
| 53 | Warsaw | 1 699 | 0 | 0,00 |
| 54 | Jamestown | 1 787 | 0 | 0,00 |
| 55 | Hurstbourne Acres | 1 910 | 0 | 0,00 |
| 56 | Jenkins | 1 930 | 0 | 0,00 |
| 57 | Cumberland | 1 936 | 0 | 0,00 |
| 58 | Jackson | 1 954 | 0 | 0,00 |
| 59 | Albany | 2 001 | 0 | 0,00 |
| 60 | Hickman | 2 128 | 0 | 0,00 |
| 61 | Dry Ridge | 2 229 | 0 | 0,00 |
| 62 | Junction City | 2 315 | 0 | 0,00 |
| 63 | Mount Vernon | 2 442 | 0 | 0,00 |
| 64 | Anchorage | 2 443 | 0 | 0,00 |
| 65 | Calvert City | 2 492 | 0 | 0,00 |
| 66 | Eddyville | 2 525 | 0 | 0,00 |
| 67 | Hartford | 2 749 | 0 | 0,00 |
| 68 | Pioneer Village | 2 945 | 0 | 0,00 |
| 69 | Indian Hills | 2 998 | 0 | 0,00 |
| 70 | Graymoor-Devondale | 2 976 | 1 | 0,34 |
| 71 | Eminence | 2 594 | 1 | 0,39 |
| 72 | Horse Cave | 2 402 | 1 | 0,42 |
| 73 | Elkton | 2 115 | 1 | 0,47 |
| 74 | Lebanon Junction | 1 973 | 1 | 0,51 |
| 75 | Whitesburg | 1 845 | 1 | 0,54 |
| 76 | Sturgis | 1 794 | 1 | 0,56 |
| 77 | Munfordville | 1 663 | 1 | 0,60 |
| 78 | Owingsville | 1 566 | 1 | 0,64 |
| 79 | Olive Hill | 1 560 | 1 | 0,64 |
| 80 | Worthington | 1 505 | 1 | 0,66 |
| 81 | Audubon Park | 1 504 | 1 | 0,66 |
| 82 | Park Hills | 2 980 | 2 | 0,67 |
| 83 | Marion | 2 853 | 2 | 0,70 |
| 84 | Flemingsburg | 2 801 | 2 | 0,71 |
| 85 | Vanceburg | 1 387 | 1 | 0,72 |
| 86 | Auburn | 1 376 | 1 | 0,73 |
| 87 | Stanton | 2 651 | 2 | 0,75 |
| 88 | Dawson Springs | 2 633 | 2 | 0,76 |
| 89 | Morgantown | 2 402 | 2 | 0,83 |
| 90 | Brodhead | 1 182 | 1 | 0,85 |
| 91 | Hardinsburg | 2 346 | 2 | 0,85 |
| 92 | Raceland | 2 337 | 2 | 0,86 |
| 93 | Irvine | 2 307 | 2 | 0,87 |
| 94 | Augusta | 1 135 | 1 | 0,88 |
| 95 | Greensburg | 2 087 | 2 | 0,96 |
| 96 | Carlisle | 1 954 | 2 | 1,02 |
| 97 | Brandenburg | 2 902 | 3 | 1,03 |
| 98 | Burnside | 905 | 1 | 1,10 |
| 99 | Pembroke | 893 | 1 | 1,12 |
| 100 | Pineville | 1 763 | 2 | 1,13 |
| 101 | Catlettsburg | 1 746 | 2 | 1,15 |
| 102 | Cave City | 2 451 | 3 | 1,22 |
| 103 | Liberty | 2 113 | 3 | 1,42 |
| 104 | Clinton | 1 249 | 2 | 1,60 |
| 105 | Irvington | 1 187 | 2 | 1,68 |
| 106 | Cadiz | 2 673 | 5 | 1,87 |
| 107 | Falmouth | 2 089 | 4 | 1,91 |
| 108 | Muldraugh | 1 000 | 2 | 2,00 |
| 109 | Springfield | 2 965 | 6 | 2,02 |
| 110 | Simpsonville | 2 945 | 6 | 2,04 |
| 111 | Louisa | 2 365 | 5 | 2,11 |
| 112 | Tompkinsville | 2 279 | 5 | 2,19 |
| 113 | Manchester | 1 318 | 3 | 2,28 |
| 114 | Beattyville | 1 194 | 3 | 2,51 |
| 115 | Fulton | 2 145 | 6 | 2,80 |
| 116 | Salyersville | 1 712 | 5 | 2,92 |
| 117 | Russell Springs | 2 632 | 8 | 3,04 |
| 118 | Harlan | 1 507 | 6 | 3,98 |
| 119 | West Buechel | 1 285 | 6 | 4,67 |
3,000 – 10,000 Residents
| Rank: | City: | Population: | Total Number of Crimes: | Crime Score: |
| 1 | Providence | 3 021 | 0 | 0,00 |
| 2 | Wilder | 3 074 | 0 | 0,00 |
| 3 | Williamstown | 3 946 | 0 | 0,00 |
| 4 | Wilmore | 6 489 | 0 | 0,00 |
| 5 | Flatwoods | 7 041 | 1 | 0,14 |
| 6 | Prospect | 4 954 | 1 | 0,20 |
| 7 | Beaver Dam | 3 600 | 1 | 0,28 |
| 8 | Taylor Mill | 6 810 | 2 | 0,29 |
| 9 | Edgewood | 8 749 | 4 | 0,46 |
| 10 | Cold Spring | 6 509 | 3 | 0,46 |
| 11 | Vine Grove | 6 468 | 3 | 0,46 |
| 12 | Lakeside Park-Crestview Hills | 6 046 | 3 | 0,50 |
| 13 | Stanford | 3 679 | 2 | 0,54 |
| 14 | West Liberty | 3 563 | 2 | 0,56 |
| 15 | Morganfield | 3 387 | 2 | 0,59 |
| 16 | London | 8 050 | 5 | 0,62 |
| 17 | Fort Wright | 5 744 | 4 | 0,70 |
| 18 | Highland Heights | 7 114 | 5 | 0,70 |
| 19 | Alexandria | 9 692 | 7 | 0,72 |
| 20 | Middletown | 7 957 | 6 | 0,75 |
| 21 | Carrollton | 3 817 | 3 | 0,79 |
| 22 | Villa Hills | 7 465 | 6 | 0,80 |
| 23 | Fort Mitchell | 8 252 | 7 | 0,85 |
| 24 | Columbia | 4 645 | 4 | 0,86 |
| 25 | Hillview | 9 235 | 8 | 0,87 |
| 26 | Benton | 4 461 | 4 | 0,90 |
| 27 | Dayton | 5 527 | 5 | 0,90 |
| 28 | Morehead | 7 736 | 7 | 0,90 |
| 29 | Cynthiana | 6 354 | 6 | 0,94 |
| 30 | Paintsville | 4 013 | 4 | 1,00 |
| 31 | Southgate | 3 962 | 4 | 1,01 |
| 32 | Elsmere | 8 673 | 9 | 1,04 |
| 33 | Bellevue | 5 749 | 6 | 1,04 |
| 34 | Harrodsburg | 8 509 | 9 | 1,06 |
| 35 | La Grange | 9 080 | 10 | 1,10 |
| 36 | Greenville | 4 224 | 5 | 1,18 |
| 37 | Hodgenville | 3 239 | 4 | 1,23 |
| 38 | Corbin | 7 255 | 9 | 1,24 |
| 39 | Grayson | 3 923 | 5 | 1,27 |
| 40 | Princeton | 6 105 | 9 | 1,47 |
| 41 | Monticello | 6 015 | 9 | 1,50 |
| 42 | Russell | 3 221 | 5 | 1,55 |
| 43 | Central City | 5 726 | 9 | 1,57 |
| 44 | Paris | 9 879 | 16 | 1,62 |
| 45 | Prestonsburg | 3 550 | 6 | 1,69 |
| 46 | Scottsville | 4 520 | 8 | 1,77 |
| 47 | Williamsburg | 5 298 | 10 | 1,89 |
| 48 | Leitchfield | 6 852 | 13 | 1,90 |
| 49 | Ludlow | 4 495 | 9 | 2,00 |
| 50 | Mount Sterling | 7 326 | 15 | 2,05 |
| 51 | Lancaster | 3 862 | 8 | 2,07 |
| 52 | Lebanon | 5 716 | 12 | 2,10 |
| 53 | Russellville | 7 068 | 15 | 2,12 |
| 54 | Maysville | 8 750 | 19 | 2,17 |
| 55 | Franklin | 9 036 | 21 | 2,32 |
| 56 | Barbourville | 3 090 | 8 | 2,59 |
| 57 | Middlesboro | 9 223 | 24 | 2,60 |
| 58 | Pikeville | 6 592 | 18 | 2,73 |
| 59 | Hazard | 4 938 | 14 | 2,84 |
| 60 | Oak Grove | 7 359 | 24 | 3,26 |
| 61 | Mayfield | 9 851 | 40 | 4,06 |
10,000 – 30,000 Residents
| Rank: | City: | Population: | Total Number of Crimes: | Crime Score: |
| 1 | Fort Thomas | 16 386 | 5 | 0,31 |
| 2 | Lawrenceburg | 11 538 | 4 | 0,35 |
| 3 | Independence | 28 541 | 13 | 0,46 |
| 4 | Mount Washington | 14 855 | 8 | 0,54 |
| 5 | Erlanger | 23 116 | 16 | 0,69 |
| 6 | Versailles | 26 625 | 23 | 0,86 |
| 7 | Madisonville | 18 711 | 17 | 0,91 |
| 8 | Murray | 19 545 | 20 | 1,02 |
| 9 | Jeffersontown | 28 015 | 31 | 1,11 |
| 10 | Bardstown | 13 239 | 15 | 1,13 |
| 11 | Berea | 16 074 | 19 | 1,18 |
| 12 | St. Matthews | 18 275 | 22 | 1,20 |
| 13 | Shelbyville | 16 531 | 21 | 1,27 |
| 14 | Danville | 16 873 | 26 | 1,54 |
| 15 | Shepherdsville | 12 515 | 22 | 1,76 |
| 16 | Glasgow | 14 475 | 26 | 1,80 |
| 17 | Henderson | 28 368 | 65 | 2,29 |
| 18 | Winchester | 18 605 | 44 | 2,36 |
| 19 | Newport | 14 965 | 37 | 2,47 |
| 20 | Radcliff | 22 998 | 58 | 2,52 |
| 21 | Campbellsville | 11 488 | 29 | 2,52 |
| 22 | Paducah | 24 832 | 71 | 2,86 |
| 23 | Ashland | 20 222 | 59 | 2,92 |
| 24 | Frankfort | 27 723 | 81 | 2,92 |
| 25 | Somerset | 11 519 | 35 | 3,04 |
| 26 | Shively | 15 845 | 54 | 3,41 |
Over 30,000 Residents
| Rank: | City: | Population: | Total Number of Crimes: | Crime Score: |
| 1 | Georgetown | 35 106 | 41 | 1,17 |
| 2 | Nicholasville | 31 188 | 47 | 1,51 |
| 3 | Elizabethtown | 30 383 | 49 | 1,61 |
| 4 | Florence | 32 848 | 55 | 1,67 |
| 5 | Richmond | 36 458 | 75 | 2,06 |
| 6 | Owensboro | 60 107 | 135 | 2,25 |
| 7 | Hopkinsville | 30 895 | 90 | 2,91 |
| 8 | Bowling Green | 69 627 | 203 | 2,92 |
| 9 | Lexington | 326 070 | 967 | 2,97 |
| 10 | Covington | 40 350 | 188 | 4,66 |
| 11 | Louisville Metro | 675 501 | 4 640 | 6,87 |
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