County crime profile · 2024 · mid-size county · property-led
Casey County, KY
Casey County (15,941 people) sits in the mid-size county band in Kentucky. This page opens with reported offense counts, then rates where a Census join exists.
Compiled by PlainCrime, Independent crime-data publisher
Data updated 2026-07-13
12
Property offenses
9
Violent offenses
21
Total · 2024
Casey County, KY reported 57 violent crimes per 100,000 in FBI UCR 2024
According to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program for 2024, Casey County, KY agencies reported 9 violent and 12 property offenses. That equals about 57 violent and 75 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
9 violent offenses
57/100K violent rate
What the 2024 FBI UCR record shows for Casey County, KY
2020–2024 direction
The reported violent-crime rate ended the window higher
Across 5 comparable reporting years, the rate moved from 25.1 per 100,000 in 2020 to 56.5 in 2024 (+125.0%). The highest observed value was 56.5 in 2024 and the lowest 6.3 in 2022. Years whose submission failed the completeness test are left out of this comparison rather than plotted as change.
Small-count caution
The violent-crime count is small enough that the derived rate is unstable
Casey County reported 9 violent offences in 2024 against a population of 15,941. 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.
Offense mix
Violent offenses make up an unusually large share of the reported mix
Violent offenses are 42.9% of the 21 Part I offenses reported in Casey County for 2024, against a median of 14.0% across comparable Kentucky counties — a gap of 28.8 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.
Position in the state cohort
Casey County reported a higher violent-crime rate than most comparable Kentucky counties
At 56.5 reported violent offenses per 100,000 residents in 2024, Casey County ranks 17 of 113 — above 96 of the 112 other Kentucky counties whose 2024 submission passes this site’s completeness test and carries a matched Census denominator. That is +120.4% 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
Burglary and vehicle theft carry more of the property total than they do across the cohort
Larceny-theft is 41.7% of reported property offenses in Casey County, against a cohort median of 55.6%. The remainder is burglary (3) and motor vehicle theft (4). Composition differences of this size usually track what kinds of places and property are present in a jurisdiction.
Mid-size county rows still aggregate voluntary UCR submissions. Per-100,000 rates need a matched 2020 Census population; unmatched stay count-only. County-wide totals rarely describe any single town inside the line.
Property Crime
12
Violent Crime
9
Data Year
2024
Crime Breakdown (2024) · property-led · mid-size county
Category
Count
Property Crime
12
Burglary
3
Larceny-Theft
5
Motor Vehicle Theft
4
Arson
0
Violent Crime
9
Murder
0
Rape
1
Robbery
0
Aggravated Assault
8
Reporting Agency
Casey County Sheriff's Office NIBRS-participating
Casey County's crime figures on this page originate from Casey 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 Casey County, KY?▼
In 2024, Casey County reported 9 violent crimes and 12 property crimes. The most common violent crime was aggravated assault, and the most common property crime was larceny-theft.
Is Casey County safe?▼
Casey County reported 21 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 Casey County in population. Their populations run from 15,082 to 16,888, against 15,941 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.