What is the crime rate in Morehead, KY?

In 2025, the Morehead Police Department reported 14 violent crimes and 82 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 209 violent and 1,224 property crimes per 100,000 of the 6,701 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: 209
Property per 100,000: 1,224
Violent crimes: 14
Property crimes: 82

Crime reported by the Morehead 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	13	199	139	2,127	6,534
2024	7	106	93	1,407	6,608
2025	14	209	82	1,224	6,701

Violent crimes reported went from 13 in 2023 to 14 in 2025.

Property crimes reported went from 139 in 2023 to 82 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.

Morehead against Kentucky and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2025
	Violent crime	Property crime
Morehead	209	1,224
Rowan County	105	479
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 Morehead, 2025

Each place’s own police department; rates per 100,000 residents served
Place	Distance	Violent per 100,000	Property per 100,000
Morehead	—	209	1,224
Owingsville	17 mi	63	189
Olive Hill	17 mi	66	986
West Liberty	21 mi	122	153
Flemingsburg	23 mi	33	697
Mount Sterling	28 mi	197	1,316
Vanceburg	29 mi	0	73
Grayson	30 mi	136	954
Stanton	32 mi	127	634

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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