County crime profile · 2024 · large county · property-led
Bullitt County, KY
At 82,217 residents, Bullitt 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
211
Property offenses
20
Violent offenses
231
Total · 2024
Bullitt County, KY reported 24 violent crimes per 100,000 in FBI UCR 2024
According to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program for 2024, Bullitt County, KY agencies reported 20 violent and 211 property offenses. That equals about 24 violent and 257 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
20 violent offenses
24/100K violent rate
What the 2024 FBI UCR record shows for Bullitt County, KY
Small-count caution
The violent-crime count is small enough that the derived rate is unstable
Bullitt County reported 20 violent offences in 2024 against a population of 82,217. 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 49.9 per 100,000 in 2020 to 24.3 in 2024 (-51.2%). The highest observed value was 49.9 in 2020 and the lowest 20.7 in 2023. Years whose submission failed the completeness test are left out of this comparison rather than plotted as change.
Offense mix
The reported mix leans further toward property offenses than the state cohort
Violent offenses are 8.7% of the 231 Part I offenses reported in Bullitt County for 2024, against a median of 14.3% across comparable Kentucky counties — a gap of 5.6 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-offense composition
Larceny-theft dominates the property total more than it does across the cohort
Larceny-theft is 65.4% of reported property offenses in Bullitt County, against a cohort median of 55.6%. The remainder is burglary (31) and motor vehicle theft (42). Composition differences of this size usually track what kinds of places and property are present in a jurisdiction.
Position in the state cohort
Bullitt County sits mid-pack among comparable Kentucky counties
At 24.3 reported violent offenses per 100,000 residents in 2024, Bullitt County ranks 64 of 113 — above 49 of the 112 other Kentucky counties whose 2024 submission passes this site’s completeness test and carries a matched Census denominator. That is -6.7% against the cohort median of 26.1. Counties that did not report, or that reported implausibly low totals, are excluded from this cohort rather than counted as low-crime.
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
211
Violent Crime
20
Data Year
2024
Crime Breakdown (2024) · property-led · large county
Category
Count
Property Crime
211
Burglary
31
Larceny-Theft
138
Motor Vehicle Theft
42
Arson
0
Violent Crime
20
Murder
1
Rape
2
Robbery
2
Aggravated Assault
15
Reporting Agency
Bullitt County Sheriff's Office NIBRS-participating
Bullitt County's crime figures on this page originate from Bullitt 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 Bullitt County, KY?▼
In 2024, Bullitt County reported 20 violent crimes and 211 property crimes. The most common violent crime was aggravated assault, and the most common property crime was larceny-theft.
Is Bullitt County safe?▼
Bullitt County reported 231 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
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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.