County crime profile · 2024 · large county · property-led
Boone County, KY
At 135,968 residents, Boone County is a large county in Kentucky. FBI UCR county totals below are read before any per-100,000 rate (Census denominator when matched).
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Data updated 2026-07-13
531
Property offenses
67
Violent offenses
598
Total · 2024
Boone County, KY reported 49 violent crimes per 100,000 in FBI UCR 2024
According to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program for 2024, Boone County, KY agencies reported 67 violent and 531 property offenses. That equals about 49 violent and 391 property crimes per 100,000 using a verified Census population join. Table 10 coverage is a voluntary subset of U.S. counties.
2024 UCR year
67 violent offenses
49/100K violent rate
What the 2024 FBI UCR record shows for Boone County, KY
Position in the state cohort
Boone County reported a higher violent-crime rate than most comparable Kentucky counties
At 49.3 reported violent offenses per 100,000 residents in 2024, Boone County ranks 23 of 113 — above 90 of the 112 other Kentucky counties whose 2024 submission passes this site’s completeness test and carries a matched Census denominator. That is +92.4% against the cohort median of 25.6. Counties that did not report, or that reported implausibly low totals, are excluded from this cohort rather than counted as low-crime.
Property-offense composition
Larceny-theft dominates the property total more than it does across the cohort
Larceny-theft is 67.6% of reported property offenses in Boone County, against a cohort median of 55.6%. The remainder is burglary (82) and motor vehicle theft (90). Composition differences of this size usually track what kinds of places and property are present in a jurisdiction.
Offense mix
The reported mix leans further toward property offenses than the state cohort
Violent offenses are 11.2% of the 598 Part I offenses reported in Boone County for 2024, against a median of 14.3% across comparable Kentucky counties — a gap of 3.1 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 lower
Across 5 comparable reporting years, the rate moved from 53.7 per 100,000 in 2020 to 49.3 in 2024 (-8.2%). The highest observed value was 58.8 in 2023 and the lowest 49.3 in 2024. Years whose submission failed the completeness test are left out of this comparison rather than plotted as change.
On a large county row, county figures aggregate every participating agency inside the county. Participation is voluntary. Per-100,000 rates use a separately matched 2020 U.S. Census county population, never a Table 10 field; unmatched counties stay count-only. A large county line encloses very different communities.
Property Crime
531
Violent Crime
67
Data Year
2024
Crime Breakdown (2024) · property-led · large county
Category
Count
Property Crime
531
Burglary
82
Larceny-Theft
359
Motor Vehicle Theft
90
Arson
2
Violent Crime
67
Murder
3
Rape
32
Robbery
7
Aggravated Assault
25
Reporting Agency
Boone County Sheriff's Office NIBRS-participating
Boone County's crime figures on this page originate from Boone County Sheriff's Office'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.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the crime rate in Boone County, KY?▼
In 2024, Boone County reported 67 violent crimes and 531 property crimes. The most common violent crime was aggravated assault, and the most common property crime was larceny-theft.
Is Boone County safe?▼
Boone County reported 598 total crimes in 2024.Property crime accounts for the majority of offenses. Compare with other counties in Kentucky on our state page for context.
Similar-Size Counties in Kentucky
A per-capita rate is easiest to read against places of similar scale, so these are the Kentucky counties closest to Boone County in population. Their populations run from 93,076 to 169,064, against 135,968 here. Or launch the
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Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program, Crime in the United States (CIUS) Table 10.
FBI Table 10 supplies county offense counts but no resident population. Where this page shows a per-100,000 rate, the denominator is a separately matched 2020 U.S. Census Bureau county population; unmatched county rows remain count-only. Statewide comparisons draw on the state UCR program. Verify with FBI.gov UCR and Census.gov QuickFacts.