County crime profile · 2024 · small county · property-led
Crittenden County, KY
Crittenden County is a small county (8,990 people) in Kentucky. FBI Table 10 county totals lead; rates appear only with a verified Census population join.
Compiled by PlainCrime, Independent crime-data publisher
Data updated 2026-07-13
12
Property offenses
4
Violent offenses
16
Total · 2024
Crittenden County, KY reported 45 violent crimes per 100,000 in FBI UCR 2024
According to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program for 2024, Crittenden County, KY agencies reported 4 violent and 12 property offenses. That equals about 45 violent and 134 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
4 violent offenses
45/100K violent rate
What the 2024 FBI UCR record shows for Crittenden County, KY
Small-count caution
The violent-crime count is small enough that the derived rate is unstable
Crittenden County reported 4 violent offences in 2024 against a population of 8,990. 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.
Position in the state cohort
Crittenden County sits mid-pack among comparable Kentucky counties
At 44.5 reported violent offenses per 100,000 residents in 2024, Crittenden County ranks 30 of 113 — above 83 of the 112 other Kentucky counties whose 2024 submission passes this site’s completeness test and carries a matched Census denominator. That is +73.7% 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.
2020–2024 direction
The reported violent-crime rate ended the window higher
Across 5 comparable reporting years, the rate moved from 33.4 per 100,000 in 2020 to 44.5 in 2024 (+33.3%). The highest observed value was 44.5 in 2024 and the lowest 11.1 in 2022. Years whose submission failed the completeness test are left out of this comparison rather than plotted as change.
Offense mix
Violent offenses make up an unusually large share of the reported mix
Violent offenses are 25.0% of the 16 Part I offenses reported in Crittenden County for 2024, against a median of 14.0% across comparable Kentucky counties — a gap of 11.0 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
Burglary and vehicle theft carry more of the property total than they do across the cohort
Larceny-theft is 33.3% of reported property offenses in Crittenden County, against a cohort median of 55.6%. The remainder is burglary (7) and motor vehicle theft (1). Composition differences of this size usually track what kinds of places and property are present in a jurisdiction.
Small-county UCR rows are especially sensitive to which agencies filed. Per-100,000 rates use a matched 2020 Census population when available; otherwise counts only. Do not treat the county total as a town-level crime level.
Property Crime
12
Violent Crime
4
Data Year
2024
Crime Breakdown (2024) · property-led · small county
Category
Count
Property Crime
12
Burglary
7
Larceny-Theft
4
Motor Vehicle Theft
1
Arson
0
Violent Crime
4
Murder
0
Rape
0
Robbery
0
Aggravated Assault
4
Reporting Agency
Crittenden County Sheriff's Office NIBRS-participating
Crittenden County's crime figures on this page originate from Crittenden 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 Crittenden County, KY?▼
In 2024, Crittenden County reported 4 violent crimes and 12 property crimes. The most common violent crime was aggravated assault, and the most common property crime was burglary.
Is Crittenden County safe?▼
Crittenden County reported 16 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 Crittenden County in population. Their populations run from 8,690 to 9,253, against 8,990 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.