What is the crime rate in Elizabethtown, KY?

In 2025, the Elizabethtown Police Department reported 40 violent crimes and 232 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 113 violent and 655 property crimes per 100,000 of the 35,407 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: 113
Property per 100,000: 655
Violent crimes: 40
Property crimes: 232

Crime reported by the Elizabethtown 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	51	159	306	952	32,145
2024	49	146	240	716	33,522
2025	40	113	232	655	35,407

Violent crimes reported went from 51 in 2023 to 40 in 2025.

Property crimes reported went from 306 in 2023 to 232 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.

Elizabethtown against Kentucky and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2025
	Violent crime	Property crime
Elizabethtown	113	655
Hardin County	125	734
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 Elizabethtown, 2025

Each place’s own police department; rates per 100,000 residents served
Place	Distance	Violent per 100,000	Property per 100,000
Elizabethtown	—	113	655
Radcliff	8.6 mi	292	1,657
Vine Grove	9.4 mi	86	257
Lebanon Junction	12 mi	0	272
Hodgenville	13 mi	177	1,181
Muldraugh	17 mi	0	594
Shepherdsville	21 mi	160	1,621
Bardstown	24 mi	56	1,728
Irvington	25 mi	144	288

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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