Flemingsburg, KY carries a PlainCrime A safety grade with violent crime 91% below the U.S. average
According to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program for 2024, Flemingsburg, KY shows violent crime at 33.3 per 100,000 residents and property crime at 967 per 100,000. Violent crime runs 91% 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
33.3/100K violent
967/100K property
-91% vs U.S.
The verdict
Flemingsburg earns an A safety grade: violent crime runs 91% below the U.S. average, placing it among the safest cities in the country.
A
PlainCrime safety grade
-91%
violent crime vs. U.S. average
94th
percentile of 7,769 U.S. cities
967
property crimes per 100K
Based on 1 reported violent incidents in a population of 2,999. 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.
What the 2024 FBI UCR record shows for Flemingsburg, KY
Small-count caution
The violent-crime count is small enough that the derived rate is unstable
Flemingsburg reported 1 violent offences in 2024 against a population of 2,999. 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.
2020–2024 direction
The reported violent-crime rate ended the window lower
Across 5 comparable reporting years, the rate moved from 71.4 per 100,000 in 2020 to 33.3 in 2024 (-53.3%). The highest observed value was 135.9 in 2022 and the lowest 33.3 in 2024. Years whose submission failed the completeness test are left out of this comparison rather than plotted as change.
Comparable rate records
Flemingsburg's closest reported-rate comparisons are in the Kentucky cohort
The nearest comparable 2024 records to Flemingsburg's 33.3 violent-crime rate per 100,000 are Brandenburg (33.8), Morganfield (32.2), Marion (34.6), Mount Washington (31.9). 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.
Property-offense composition
Burglary and vehicle theft carry more of the property total than they do across the cohort
Larceny-theft is 58.6% of reported property offenses in Flemingsburg, against a cohort median of 72.3%. The remainder is burglary (6) and motor vehicle theft (6). Composition differences of this size usually track what kinds of places and property are present in a jurisdiction.
Position in the state cohort
Flemingsburg sits mid-pack among comparable Kentucky cities
At 33.3 reported violent offenses per 100,000 residents in 2024, Flemingsburg ranks 141 of 231 — above 90 of the 230 other Kentucky cities whose 2024 submission passes this site’s completeness test. That is -50.2% against the cohort median of 66.9. Cities that did not report, or that reported implausibly low totals, are excluded from this cohort rather than counted as low-crime.
Offense mix
The reported mix leans further toward property offenses than the state cohort
Violent offenses are 3.3% of the 30 Part I offenses reported in Flemingsburg for 2024, against a median of 8.1% across comparable Kentucky cities — a gap of 4.7 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 Flemingsburg'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 1 reported violent incidents in a population of 2,999. 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.
Small-city offense counts above are voluntary UCR submissions, not neighbourhood advice. Year-to-year swings can look large when the population base is modest.
Violent rate moved most (2023→2024)
Violent Crime Rate
-67%
100.8 → 33.3/100K
Property Crime Rate
+10.7%
873.7 → 967/100K
Property offenses lead Flemingsburg's 2024 record
Offense
Count
Rate /100K
vs US avg
Property Crime
29
967
1711
Larceny-Theft
17
566.9
-
Burglary
6
200.1
-
Motor Vehicle Theft
6
200.1
-
Arson
0
0
-
Violent Crime
1
33.3
352
Aggravated Assault
1
33.3
-
Murder
0
0
-
Rape
0
0
-
Robbery
0
0
-
Flemingsburg Crime Trend (2020-2024)
Flemingsburg property crime rate trend
Lead series · fell across 5 comparable years · FBI UCR
Property crime rate (2024)
967/100K↑10.7%vs 2023
Flemingsburg violent crime rate trend
Secondary series · fell · 2020-2024 · FBI UCR
Violent crime rate (2024)
33.3/100K↓67%vs 2023
Year
Coverage
Population
Violent Rate
Property Rate
Total Crimes
2020
Comparable
2,800
71.4
1892.9
55
2021
Comparable
2,800
107.1
1607.1
48
2022
Comparable
2,943
135.9
1495.1
48
2023
Comparable
2,976
100.8
873.7
29
2024
Comparable
2,999
33.3
967
30
How Flemingsburg sits among KY peers
Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program · split lines are the U.S. national averages
Reporting Agency
Flemingsburg Police Department NIBRS-participating
Flemingsburg's crime figures on this page originate from Flemingsburg Police Department's submission to the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting Program.
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
Crime rates read differently at different scales, so these are the Kentucky cities closest to Flemingsburg in population. Their populations run from 2,887 to 3,142, against 2,999 here. Or use our
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These Kentucky cities report the closest violent-crime rates to Flemingsburg's 33.3/100K (same FBI UCR vintage rules; size peers above are excluded so the two lists stay distinct).
Flemingsburg has a violent crime rate of 33.3 per 100,000 residents and a property crime rate of 967 per 100,000, based on 2024 FBI UCR data.
Is Flemingsburg, KY safe? ▼
Flemingsburg receives a safety grade of A (Safe), with a safety score of 88/100. The violent crime rate is 91% below the national average and 85% below the Kentucky average.
What is the population of Flemingsburg, KY? ▼
The reporting population for Flemingsburg is 2,999 as of 2024.
How many crimes were reported in Flemingsburg? ▼
In 2024, Flemingsburg reported 1 violent crimes and 29 property crimes, for a total of 30 reported offenses.
How do Flemingsburg's reported offenses compare with its population? ▼
In 2024, Flemingsburg recorded about one reported offense per 100 residents and one reported violent offense per 2999 residents. These ratios count reported offenses, not distinct victims, and are not a person's probability of victimization.
Is crime increasing or decreasing in Flemingsburg? ▼
From 2023 to 2024, Flemingsburg's violent crime rate decreased by 67%, and the property crime rate increased by 10.7%.
What is the most common crime in Flemingsburg? ▼
The most common crime type in Flemingsburg is larceny-theft, accounting for 56.7% of all reported crimes (17 incidents in 2024).
Small-city read: Flemingsburg is sourced from FBI UCR Table 8 for 2024; rates use that row's population.
Small-city rows use the same per-100,000 formula; a few unreported years can leave gaps in the trend table. Verify the agency's submission on FBI.gov UCR.
Disclaimer (small city): UCR counts here are informational only. They are not a victimization probability. Source: FBI UCR Program.
Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program CIUS Table 8 municipal crime rates · 2024 Flemingsburg, KY rates use the reporting-year population on the municipal row.