What is the crime rate in Cumberland, KY?

In 2025, the Cumberland Police Department reported 2 violent crimes and 6 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 114 violent and 342 property crimes per 100,000 of the 1,752 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: 114
Property per 100,000: 342
Violent crimes: 2
Property crimes: 6

Crime reported by the Cumberland 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	4	222	3	167	1,801
2024	0	0	17	954	1,782
2025	2	114	6	342	1,752

Violent crimes reported went from 4 in 2023 to 2 in 2025.

Property crimes reported went from 3 in 2023 to 6 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.

Cumberland against Kentucky and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2025
	Violent crime	Property crime
Cumberland	114	342
Harlan County	53	195
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 Cumberland, 2025

Each place’s own police department; rates per 100,000 residents served
Place	Distance	Violent per 100,000	Property per 100,000
Cumberland	—	114	342
Whitesburg	13 mi	0	63
Big Stone Gap	15 mi	139	1,287
Pennington Gap	16 mi	64	1,340
Harlan	21 mi	56	557
Norton	21 mi	378	6,457
Hazard	22 mi	191	680
Wise	23 mi	176	1,653
Jenkins	23 mi	0	58

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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