What is the crime rate in Winchester, KY?

In 2025, the Winchester Police Department reported 34 violent crimes and 438 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 175 violent and 2,249 property crimes per 100,000 of the 19,472 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: 175
Property per 100,000: 2,249
Violent crimes: 34
Property crimes: 438

Crime reported by the Winchester 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	52	272	571	2,985	19,130
2024	32	166	540	2,800	19,283
2025	34	175	438	2,249	19,472

Violent crimes reported went from 52 in 2023 to 34 in 2025.

Property crimes reported went from 571 in 2023 to 438 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.

Winchester against Kentucky and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2025
	Violent crime	Property crime
Winchester	175	2,249
Clark County	111	1,333
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 Winchester, 2025

Each place’s own police department; rates per 100,000 residents served
Place	Distance	Violent per 100,000	Property per 100,000
Winchester	—	175	2,249
Mount Sterling	14 mi	197	1,316
Paris	14 mi	216	1,228
Lexington	15 mi	229	2,086
Clay City	17 mi	85	426
Richmond	20 mi	243	1,635
Stanton	21 mi	127	634
Nicholasville	22 mi	197	1,491
Carlisle	23 mi	0	0

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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