Georgetown, KY carries a PlainCrime A safety grade with violent crime 65% below the U.S. average
According to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program for 2024, Georgetown, KY shows violent crime at 122.4 per 100,000 residents and property crime at 1,168.9 per 100,000. Violent crime runs 65% 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
122.4/100K violent
1168.9/100K property
-65% vs U.S.
What the 2024 FBI UCR record shows for Georgetown, KY
Comparable rate records
Georgetown's closest reported-rate comparisons are in the Kentucky cohort
The nearest comparable 2024 records to Georgetown's 122.4 violent-crime rate per 100,000 are Mount Vernon (122.1), Hardinsburg (121.5), Middletown (125.0), Owingsville (125.2). 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.
2020–2024 direction
The reported violent-crime rate ended the window lower
Across 5 comparable reporting years, the rate moved from 184.9 per 100,000 in 2020 to 122.4 in 2024 (-33.8%). The highest observed value was 184.9 in 2020 and the lowest 117.8 in 2022. Years whose submission failed the completeness test are left out of this comparison rather than plotted as change.
Position in the state cohort
Georgetown sits mid-pack among comparable Kentucky cities
At 122.4 reported violent offenses per 100,000 residents in 2024, Georgetown ranks 72 of 231 — above 159 of the 230 other Kentucky cities whose 2024 submission passes this site’s completeness test. That is +84.3% 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.
Property counts dominate Georgetown'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.
Georgetown's 2024 municipal footprint
Across 17.7 Census sq mi, Georgetown logged 26.5 property and 2.8 violent offenses per square mile in 2024.
Georgetown's 2024 book concentrates in larceny-theft (70% of 517 offenses; mix index 5,212).
Violent offenses are only 9% of the municipal total - a property-led book.
Density uses Census Gazetteer land area (17.7 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
-12.4%
1333.7 → 1168.9/100K
Violent Crime Rate
-1.8%
124.7 → 122.4/100K
Property offenses lead Georgetown's 2024 record
Offense
Count
Rate /100K
vs US avg
Property Crime
468
1168.9
1711
Larceny-Theft
364
909.2
-
Burglary
67
167.3
-
Motor Vehicle Theft
37
92.4
-
Arson
2
5
-
Violent Crime
49
122.4
352
Aggravated Assault
28
69.9
-
Rape
11
27.5
-
Robbery
7
17.5
-
Murder
3
7.5
-
Georgetown Crime Trend (2020-2024)
Georgetown 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
Georgetown Police Department
Reporting agency for Georgetown NIBRS-participating
Georgetown Police Department filed the 2024 UCR row behind Georgetown's 517 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
Crime rates read differently at different scales, so these are the Kentucky cities closest to Georgetown in population. Their populations run from 28,563 to 40,984, against 40,037 here. Or use our
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In 2024, Georgetown reported 49 violent crimes and 468 property crimes, for a total of 517 reported offenses.
Is crime increasing or decreasing in Georgetown?
From 2023 to 2024, Georgetown's violent crime rate decreased by 1.8%, and the property crime rate decreased by 12.4%.
What is the most common crime in Georgetown?
The most common crime type in Georgetown is larceny-theft, accounting for 70.4% of all reported crimes (364 incidents in 2024).
Mid-size read: Georgetown 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 Georgetown, KY rates use the reporting-year population on the municipal row.