What is the crime rate in Nicholasville, KY?

In 2025, the Nicholasville Police Department reported 67 violent crimes and 508 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 197 violent and 1,491 property crimes per 100,000 of the 34,067 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: 197
Property per 100,000: 1,491
Violent crimes: 67
Property crimes: 508

Crime reported by the Nicholasville 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	41	127	553	1,708	32,379
2024	37	113	499	1,518	32,866
2025	67	197	508	1,491	34,067

Violent crimes reported went from 41 in 2023 to 67 in 2025.

Property crimes reported went from 553 in 2023 to 508 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.

Nicholasville against Kentucky and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2025
	Violent crime	Property crime
Nicholasville	197	1,491
Jessamine County	131	1,063
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 Nicholasville, 2025

Each place’s own police department; rates per 100,000 residents served
Place	Distance	Violent per 100,000	Property per 100,000
Nicholasville	—	197	1,491
Wilmore	5.4 mi	0	458
Lexington	12 mi	229	2,086
Versailles	14 mi	57	634
Burgin	14 mi	0	0
Harrodsburg	18 mi	387	721
Richmond	18 mi	243	1,635
Lancaster	19 mi	266	848
Lawrenceburg	21 mi	24	366

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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