What is the crime rate in Murray, KY?

In 2025, the Murray Police Department reported 22 violent crimes and 165 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 117 violent and 879 property crimes per 100,000 of the 18,769 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: 117
Property per 100,000: 879
Violent crimes: 22
Property crimes: 165

Crime reported by the Murray 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	113	317	1,799	17,622
2024	21	115	263	1,446	18,191
2025	22	117	165	879	18,769

Violent crimes reported went from 20 in 2023 to 22 in 2025.

Property crimes reported went from 317 in 2023 to 165 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.

Murray against Kentucky and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2025
	Violent crime	Property crime
Murray	117	879
Calloway County	81	590
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 Murray, 2025

Each place’s own police department; rates per 100,000 residents served
Place	Distance	Violent per 100,000	Property per 100,000
Murray	—	117	879
Benton	16 mi	0	1,442
Mayfield	20 mi	215	1,629
Paris	22 mi	217	1,305
Dover	28 mi	55	110
Calvert City	30 mi	79	1,311
Dresden	31 mi	103	892
Gleason	32 mi	440	440
Fulton	32 mi	134	4,230

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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