What is the crime rate in Bardstown, KY?

In 2025, the Bardstown Police Department reported 8 violent crimes and 246 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 56 violent and 1,728 property crimes per 100,000 of the 14,238 residents it serves.

Across Kentucky the rates were 216 and 1,283.

Nationally they were 330 and 1,552.

Figures last updated on November 12, 2026.

Violent per 100,000: 56
Property per 100,000: 1,728
Violent crimes: 8
Property crimes: 246

Crime reported by the Bardstown Police Department, 2023 to 2025

Offenses known to law enforcement, reported to the FBI; rates per 100,000 residents of the area the department serves
Year	Violent crimes	Violent per 100,000	Property crimes	Property per 100,000	Residents served
2023	16	116	316	2,287	13,820
2024	23	165	199	1,430	13,917
2025	8	56	246	1,728	14,238

Violent crimes reported went from 16 in 2023 to 8 in 2025.

Property crimes reported went from 316 in 2023 to 246 in 2025.

In a small town a handful of incidents moves these numbers a long way, so one year’s change says little on its own.

Bardstown against Kentucky and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2025
	Violent crime	Property crime
Bardstown	56	1,728
Nelson County	47	718
Kentucky	216	1,283
United States	330	1,552

These are rates per resident; they are not adjusted for visitors, commuters or the size of the area, which raise or lower a town’s figures without changing anybody’s risk.

Crime reported in places near Bardstown, 2025

Each place’s own police department; rates per 100,000 residents served
Place	Distance	Violent per 100,000	Property per 100,000
Bardstown	—	56	1,728
Bloomfield	10 mi	0	0
Lebanon Junction	15 mi	0	272
Springfield	15 mi	267	534
Taylorsville	16 mi	0	900
Mount Washington	16 mi	37	415
Shepherdsville	18 mi	160	1,621
Lebanon	20 mi	196	619
Pioneer Village	21 mi	0	574

Neighboring departments count the same offenses the same way, but their areas, populations and visitors differ, so a difference between two towns is a starting point for a question, not an answer.

How to read these numbers

These are offenses known to the police and reported to the FBI’s Uniform Crime Reporting Program: crimes nobody reported, or that a department did not record, are not in them.

Violent crime is murder and nonnegligent manslaughter, rape, robbery and aggravated assault; property crime is burglary, larceny-theft, motor vehicle theft and arson.

A department reports the crimes in the area it polices, which can differ from the town’s boundaries, and the FBI estimates the population it serves.

The FBI asks that these figures not be used to rank places or to judge how safe a neighborhood is: crime depends on many local factors, and the counts describe a whole town, not any street or home.

A year is shown only when the department reported all twelve months.

FBI: Uniform Crime Reporting statistics and their proper use

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