What is the crime rate in Berea, KY?

In 2025, the Berea Police Department reported 21 violent crimes and 92 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 126 violent and 552 property crimes per 100,000 of the 16,656 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: 126
Property per 100,000: 552
Violent crimes: 21
Property crimes: 92

Crime reported by the Berea 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	104	157	1,017	15,445
2024	15	93	139	861	16,135
2025	21	126	92	552	16,656

Violent crimes reported went from 16 in 2023 to 21 in 2025.

Property crimes reported went from 157 in 2023 to 92 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.

Berea against Kentucky and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2025
	Violent crime	Property crime
Berea	126	552
Madison County	160	847
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 Berea, 2025

Each place’s own police department; rates per 100,000 residents served
Place	Distance	Violent per 100,000	Property per 100,000
Berea	—	126	552
Richmond	9.7 mi	243	1,635
Brodhead	14 mi	0	0
Lancaster	16 mi	266	848
Mount Vernon	16 mi	41	610
Irvine	19 mi	88	837
Stanford	20 mi	81	215
Nicholasville	26 mi	197	1,491
Danville	27 mi	79	834

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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