Frankfort, KY carries a PlainCrime B safety grade with violent crime 43% below the U.S. average
According to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program for 2024, Frankfort, KY shows violent crime at 202.3 per 100,000 residents and property crime at 1,643.2 per 100,000. Violent crime runs 43% 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
202.3/100K violent
1643.2/100K property
-43% vs U.S.
What the 2024 FBI UCR record shows for Frankfort, KY
Comparable rate records
Frankfort's closest reported-rate comparisons are in the Kentucky cohort
The nearest comparable 2024 records to Frankfort's 202.3 violent-crime rate per 100,000 are Ashland (199.9), Mayfield (197.4), Hodgenville (210.0), Simpsonville (193.8). 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
Frankfort reported a higher violent-crime rate than most comparable Kentucky cities
At 202.3 reported violent offenses per 100,000 residents in 2024, Frankfort ranks 33 of 231 — above 198 of the 230 other Kentucky cities whose 2024 submission passes this site’s completeness test. That is +204.7% 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 262.6 per 100,000 in 2020 to 202.3 in 2024 (-23.0%). The highest observed value was 262.6 in 2020 and the lowest 202.3 in 2024. Years whose submission failed the completeness test are left out of this comparison rather than plotted as change.
Property counts dominate Frankfort'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.
Frankfort's 2024 municipal footprint
Across 14.8 Census sq mi, Frankfort logged 31.3 property and 3.9 violent offenses per square mile in 2024.
Frankfort's 2024 book concentrates in larceny-theft (64% of 520 offenses; mix index 4,513).
Violent offenses are only 11% of the municipal total - a property-led book.
Density uses Census Gazetteer land area (14.8 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
-22.4%
2118 → 1643.2/100K
Violent Crime Rate
-14.6%
236.9 → 202.3/100K
Property offenses lead Frankfort's 2024 record
Offense
Count
Rate /100K
vs KY
Property Crime
463
1643.2
1397.1
Larceny-Theft
335
1188.9
-
Burglary
77
273.3
-
Motor Vehicle Theft
51
181
-
Arson
1
3.5
-
Violent Crime
57
202.3
225.5
Aggravated Assault
29
102.9
-
Rape
19
67.4
-
Robbery
8
28.4
-
Murder
1
3.5
-
Frankfort Crime Trend (2020-2024)
Frankfort 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
Frankfort Police Department
Reporting agency for Frankfort NIBRS-participating
Frankfort Police Department filed the 2024 UCR row behind Frankfort's 520 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, Frankfort reported 57 violent crimes and 463 property crimes, for a total of 520 reported offenses.
Is crime increasing or decreasing in Frankfort?
From 2023 to 2024, Frankfort's violent crime rate decreased by 14.6%, and the property crime rate decreased by 22.4%.
What is the most common crime in Frankfort?
The most common crime type in Frankfort is larceny-theft, accounting for 64.4% of all reported crimes (335 incidents in 2024).
Mid-size read: Frankfort 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 Frankfort, KY rates use the reporting-year population on the municipal row.