What is the crime rate in Louisville, KY?

In 2025, the Louisville Metro Police Department reported 4,721 violent crimes and 23,895 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 683 violent and 3,455 property crimes per 100,000 of the 691,630 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: 683
Property per 100,000: 3,455
Violent crimes: 4,721
Property crimes: 23,895

Crime reported by the Louisville Metro 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	5,237	782	24,501	3,660	669,468
2024	5,166	763	23,941	3,537	676,843
2025	4,721	683	23,895	3,455	691,630

Violent crimes reported went from 5,237 in 2023 to 4,721 in 2025.

Property crimes reported went from 24,501 in 2023 to 23,895 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.

Louisville against Kentucky and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2025
	Violent crime	Property crime
Louisville	683	3,455
Jefferson County	609	3,345
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 Louisville, 2025

Each place’s own police department; rates per 100,000 residents served
Place	Distance	Violent per 100,000	Property per 100,000
Louisville	—	683	3,455
West Buechel	2.3 mi	357	5,147
Hurstbourne Acres	4.9 mi	149	1,289
Jeffersontown	5.1 mi	65	2,193
Audubon Park	5.1 mi	0	826
Heritage Creek	5.6 mi	80	1,201
St. Matthews	5.8 mi	151	4,651

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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