Elizabethtown, KY carries a PlainCrime A safety grade with violent crime 61% below the U.S. average
According to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program for 2024, Elizabethtown, KY shows violent crime at 137.2 per 100,000 residents and property crime at 698 per 100,000. Violent crime runs 61% below the U.S. average. PlainCrime assigns grade A from those rates. Figures are voluntary agency submissions joined to population denominators; incomplete coverage can move the number.
A safety grade
137.2/100K violent
698/100K property
-61% vs U.S.
What the 2024 FBI UCR record shows for Elizabethtown, KY
Comparable rate records
Elizabethtown's closest reported-rate comparisons are in the Kentucky cohort
The nearest comparable 2024 records to Elizabethtown's 137.2 violent-crime rate per 100,000 are Millersburg (135.5), Shepherdsville (134.7), Shelbyville (133.6), Fulton (132.4). 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.
Position in the state cohort
Elizabethtown sits mid-pack among comparable Kentucky cities
At 137.2 reported violent offenses per 100,000 residents in 2024, Elizabethtown ranks 63 of 231 — above 168 of the 230 other Kentucky cities whose 2024 submission passes this site’s completeness test. That is +106.7% 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.
2020–2024 direction
The reported violent-crime rate ended the window lower
Across 5 comparable reporting years, the rate moved from 193.4 per 100,000 in 2020 to 137.2 in 2024 (-29.1%). The highest observed value was 199.8 in 2021 and the lowest 135.6 in 2022. Years whose submission failed the completeness test are left out of this comparison rather than plotted as change.
Offense mix
Violent offenses make up an unusually large share of the reported mix
Violent offenses are 16.4% of the 280 Part I offenses reported in Elizabethtown for 2024, against a median of 8.0% across comparable Kentucky cities — a gap of 8.4 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 counts dominate Elizabethtown'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.
Mid-size municipal totals above are reported offenses, not safety advice for any single block. Reporting completeness still varies by year and agency.
Elizabethtown's 2024 municipal footprint
Across 28 Census sq mi, Elizabethtown logged 8.4 property and 1.6 violent offenses per square mile in 2024.
Elizabethtown leans on larceny-theft at 57% of reported offenses, with a moderate mix index of 3,686.
Violent offenses are 16% of the municipal total; property offenses still dominate the count.
Density uses Census Gazetteer land area (28 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
-26.7%
951.9 → 698/100K
Violent Crime Rate
-6.2%
146.2 → 137.2/100K
Property offenses lead Elizabethtown's 2024 record
Offense
Count
Rate /100K
vs US avg
Property Crime
234
698
1711
Larceny-Theft
159
474.3
-
Burglary
40
119.3
-
Motor Vehicle Theft
35
104.4
-
Arson
2
6
-
Violent Crime
46
137.2
352
Aggravated Assault
23
68.6
-
Rape
15
44.7
-
Murder
4
11.9
-
Robbery
4
11.9
-
Elizabethtown Crime Trend (2020-2024)
Elizabethtown 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
Elizabethtown Police Department
Reporting agency for Elizabethtown NIBRS-participating
Elizabethtown Police Department filed the 2024 UCR row behind Elizabethtown's 280 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, Elizabethtown reported 46 violent crimes and 234 property crimes, for a total of 280 reported offenses.
Is crime increasing or decreasing in Elizabethtown?
From 2023 to 2024, Elizabethtown's violent crime rate decreased by 6.2%, and the property crime rate decreased by 26.7%.
What is the most common crime in Elizabethtown?
The most common crime type in Elizabethtown is larceny-theft, accounting for 56.8% of all reported crimes (159 incidents in 2024).
Mid-size read: Elizabethtown 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 Elizabethtown, KY rates use the reporting-year population on the municipal row.