What is the crime rate in Paducah, KY?

In 2025, the Paducah Police Department reported 75 violent crimes and 635 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 282 violent and 2,387 property crimes per 100,000 of the 26,608 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: 282
Property per 100,000: 2,387
Violent crimes: 75
Property crimes: 635

Crime reported by the Paducah 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	89	333	784	2,937	26,692
2024	76	285	759	2,851	26,624
2025	75	282	635	2,387	26,608

Violent crimes reported went from 89 in 2023 to 75 in 2025.

Property crimes reported went from 784 in 2023 to 635 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.

Paducah against Kentucky and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2025
	Violent crime	Property crime
Paducah	282	2,387
McCracken County	171	1,307
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 Paducah, 2025

Each place’s own police department; rates per 100,000 residents served
Place	Distance	Violent per 100,000	Property per 100,000
Paducah	—	282	2,387
Metropolis	5.9 mi	349	959
Calvert City	14 mi	79	1,311
Benton	22 mi	0	1,442
Mayfield	23 mi	215	1,629

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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