Campbellsville, KY carries a PlainCrime B safety grade with violent crime 35% below the U.S. average
According to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program for 2024, Campbellsville, KY shows violent crime at 230.3 per 100,000 residents and property crime at 1,074.7 per 100,000. Violent crime runs 35% below the U.S. average. PlainCrime assigns grade B from those rates. Figures are voluntary agency submissions joined to population denominators; incomplete coverage can move the number.
B safety grade
230.3/100K violent
1074.7/100K property
-35% vs U.S.
What the 2024 FBI UCR record shows for Campbellsville, KY
Position in the state cohort
Campbellsville reported a higher violent-crime rate than most comparable Kentucky cities
At 230.3 reported violent offenses per 100,000 residents in 2024, Campbellsville ranks 21 of 231 — above 210 of the 230 other Kentucky cities whose 2024 submission passes this site’s completeness test. That is +246.9% against the cohort median of 66.4. Cities that did not report, or that reported implausibly low totals, are excluded from this cohort rather than counted as low-crime.
Small-count caution
The violent-crime count is small enough that the derived rate is unstable
Campbellsville reported 27 violent offences in 2024 against a population of 11,724. At this volume one additional or one fewer report moves the per-100,000 rate noticeably, so the figure is better read as a data point than as a precise measurement, and year-to-year swings here are expected.
Comparable rate records
Campbellsville's closest reported-rate comparisons are in the Kentucky cohort
The nearest comparable 2024 records to Campbellsville's 230.3 violent-crime rate per 100,000 are Albany (231.3), Florence (231.9), Taylorsville (225.7), Bowling Green (224.5). These are same-year agency submissions that pass the same completeness screen, not a claim that the cities have identical conditions. They make the cohort position above checkable against named records instead of a generic state average.
Offense mix
Violent offenses make up an unusually large share of the reported mix
Violent offenses are 17.6% of the 153 Part I offenses reported in Campbellsville for 2024, against a median of 8.0% across comparable Kentucky cities — a gap of 9.6 points. Offense mix is shaped by which agencies report and how incidents are classified as well as by the underlying offenses, so it describes the reported record rather than a settled difference in conditions.
Property-offense composition
Burglary and vehicle theft carry more of the property total than they do across the cohort
Larceny-theft is 58.7% of reported property offenses in Campbellsville, against a cohort median of 72.3%. The remainder is burglary (40) and motor vehicle theft (12). Composition differences of this size usually track what kinds of places and property are present in a jurisdiction.
2020–2024 direction
The reported violent-crime rate ended the window higher
Across 5 comparable reporting years, the rate moved from 199.0 per 100,000 in 2020 to 230.3 in 2024 (+15.7%). The highest observed value was 230.3 in 2024 and the lowest 138.6 in 2022. Years whose submission failed the completeness test are left out of this comparison rather than plotted as change.
Property counts dominate Campbellsville's FBI UCR Table 8 municipal row. Per-100,000 rates use the reporting-year population on that row; cities that fail the completeness test stay out of rate rankings. A citywide figure rarely describes any single neighbourhood inside the municipal boundary.
Based on 27 reported violent incidents in a population of 11,724. At this volume, one additional or one fewer report can shift the rate and letter grade noticeably; small-city crime counts are inherently more volatile year to year than large-city counts, so treat this grade as a data point, not a precise ranking.
Mid-size municipal totals above are reported offenses, not safety advice for any single block. Reporting completeness still varies by year and agency.
Campbellsville's 2024 municipal footprint
Across 7.6 Census sq mi, Campbellsville logged 16.7 property and 3.6 violent offenses per square mile in 2024.
Campbellsville leans on larceny-theft at 48% of reported offenses, with a moderate mix index of 3,224.
Violent offenses are 18% of the municipal total; property offenses still dominate the count.
Density uses Census Gazetteer land area (7.6 sq mi); mix index is HHI x 10,000 on the offense-type shares above. Distinct from the per-100K rates in the hero.
Property rate moved most (2023→2024)
Property Crime Rate
-33.5%
1616.8 → 1074.7/100K
Violent Crime Rate
+12.2%
205.3 → 230.3/100K
Property offenses lead Campbellsville's 2024 record
Offense
Count
Rate /100K
vs US avg
Property Crime
126
1074.7
1711
Larceny-Theft
74
631.2
-
Burglary
40
341.2
-
Motor Vehicle Theft
12
102.4
-
Arson
0
0
-
Violent Crime
27
230.3
352
Aggravated Assault
17
145
-
Rape
5
42.6
-
Robbery
3
25.6
-
Murder
2
17.1
-
Campbellsville Crime Trend (2020-2024)
Campbellsville property crime rate trend
Lead series · fell across 5 comparable years · FBI UCR
Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program · split lines are the U.S. national averages
Campbellsville Police Department
Reporting agency for Campbellsville NIBRS-participating
Campbellsville Police Department filed the 2024 UCR row behind Campbellsville's 153 reported offenses (5-year span 2020-2024).
This agency reports via NIBRS, the incident-based system that captures more detail per offense (multiple crimes per incident, victim/offender data) than the older summary counts.
Similar-Size Cities in Kentucky
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In 2024, Campbellsville reported 27 violent crimes and 126 property crimes, for a total of 153 reported offenses.
Is crime increasing or decreasing in Campbellsville?
From 2023 to 2024, Campbellsville's violent crime rate increased by 12.2%, and the property crime rate decreased by 33.5%.
What is the most common crime in Campbellsville?
The most common crime type in Campbellsville is larceny-theft, accounting for 48.4% of all reported crimes (74 incidents in 2024).
Mid-size read: Campbellsville figures are FBI UCR CIUS Table 8 (vintage 2024), population-adjusted per 100,000.
Denominators are the reporting-year population on the municipal row. Incomplete years are dropped from rankings. Confirm at FBI Crime Data Explorer and Census.gov QuickFacts.
Disclaimer (mid-size municipal): figures are informational, not advice. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program is the source. Consult a professional before decisions.
Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program CIUS Table 8 municipal crime rates · 2024 Campbellsville, KY rates use the reporting-year population on the municipal row.