What is the crime rate in Hazard, KY?

In 2025, the Hazard Police Department reported 9 violent crimes and 32 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 191 violent and 680 property crimes per 100,000 of the 4,706 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: 191
Property per 100,000: 680
Violent crimes: 9
Property crimes: 32

Crime reported by the Hazard 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	20	409	68	1,392	4,886
2024	3	62	40	820	4,878
2025	9	191	32	680	4,706

Violent crimes reported went from 20 in 2023 to 9 in 2025.

Property crimes reported went from 68 in 2023 to 32 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.

Hazard against Kentucky and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2025
	Violent crime	Property crime
Hazard	191	680
Perry County	95	258
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 Hazard, 2025

Each place’s own police department; rates per 100,000 residents served
Place	Distance	Violent per 100,000	Property per 100,000
Hazard	—	191	680
Cumberland	22 mi	114	342
Whitesburg	23 mi	0	63
Jackson	23 mi	97	580
Wheelwright	27 mi	0	0
Harlan	30 mi	56	557
Jenkins	31 mi	0	58
Manchester	32 mi	71	283
Salyersville	34 mi	68	68

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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