Jeffersontown, KY carries a PlainCrime B safety grade with violent crime 70% below the U.S. average
According to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program for 2024, Jeffersontown, KY shows violent crime at 105 per 100,000 residents and property crime at 2,275.7 per 100,000. Violent crime runs 70% 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
105/100K violent
2275.7/100K property
-70% vs U.S.
What the 2024 FBI UCR record shows for Jeffersontown, KY
Comparable rate records
Jeffersontown's closest reported-rate comparisons are in the Kentucky cohort
The nearest comparable 2024 records to Jeffersontown's 105.0 violent-crime rate per 100,000 are Morehead (105.9), Russell Springs (106.5), Scottsville (108.3), Lyndon (101.1). 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
Jeffersontown sits mid-pack among comparable Kentucky cities
At 105.0 reported violent offenses per 100,000 residents in 2024, Jeffersontown ranks 81 of 231 — above 150 of the 230 other Kentucky cities whose 2024 submission passes this site’s completeness test. That is +58.2% 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.
Offense mix
The reported mix leans further toward property offenses than the state cohort
Violent offenses are 4.4% of the 680 Part I offenses reported in Jeffersontown for 2024, against a median of 8.1% across comparable Kentucky cities — a gap of 3.7 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.
2020–2024 direction
The reported violent-crime rate ended the window close to where it started
Across 5 comparable reporting years, the rate moved from 104.7 per 100,000 in 2020 to 105.0 in 2024 (+0.3%). The highest observed value was 152.5 in 2021 and the lowest 104.7 in 2020. Years whose submission failed the completeness test are left out of this comparison rather than plotted as change.
Property counts dominate Jeffersontown'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.
Jeffersontown's 2024 municipal footprint
Across 10.7 Census sq mi, Jeffersontown logged 61 property and 2.8 violent offenses per square mile in 2024.
Jeffersontown's 2024 book concentrates in larceny-theft (68% of 680 offenses; mix index 5,117).
Violent offenses are only 4% of the municipal total - a property-led book.
Density uses Census Gazetteer land area (10.7 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
-17.2%
2747.9 → 2275.7/100K
Violent Crime Rate
-0.3%
105.3 → 105/100K
Property offenses lead Jeffersontown's 2024 record
Offense
Count
Rate /100K
vs KY
Property Crime
650
2275.7
1397.1
Larceny-Theft
465
1628
-
Motor Vehicle Theft
131
458.6
-
Burglary
54
189.1
-
Arson
0
0
-
Violent Crime
30
105
225.5
Robbery
15
52.5
-
Rape
7
24.5
-
Aggravated Assault
5
17.5
-
Murder
3
10.5
-
Jeffersontown Crime Trend (2020-2024)
Jeffersontown 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
Jeffersontown Police Department
Reporting agency for Jeffersontown NIBRS-participating
Jeffersontown Police Department filed the 2024 UCR row behind Jeffersontown's 680 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 Jeffersontown in population. Their populations run from 26,624 to 33,208, against 28,563 here. Or use our
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In 2024, Jeffersontown reported 30 violent crimes and 650 property crimes, for a total of 680 reported offenses.
Is crime increasing or decreasing in Jeffersontown?
From 2023 to 2024, Jeffersontown's violent crime rate decreased by 0.3%, and the property crime rate decreased by 17.2%.
What is the most common crime in Jeffersontown?
The most common crime type in Jeffersontown is larceny-theft, accounting for 68.4% of all reported crimes (465 incidents in 2024).
Mid-size read: Jeffersontown 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 Jeffersontown, KY rates use the reporting-year population on the municipal row.