County crime profile · 2024 · small county · property-led

Cumberland County, KY

Cumberland County is a small county (5,888 people) in Kentucky. FBI Table 10 county totals lead; rates appear only with a verified Census population join.

Data updated 2026-07-13

7
Property offenses
2
Violent offenses
9
Total · 2024

Cumberland County, KY reported 34 violent crimes per 100,000 in FBI UCR 2024

According to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program for 2024, Cumberland County, KY agencies reported 2 violent and 7 property offenses. That equals about 34 violent and 119 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
  • 2 violent offenses
  • 34/100K violent rate

What the 2024 FBI UCR record shows for Cumberland County, KY

Small-count caution

The violent-crime count is small enough that the derived rate is unstable

Cumberland County reported 2 violent offences in 2024 against a population of 5,888. 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.

Property-offense composition

Burglary and vehicle theft carry more of the property total than they do across the cohort

Larceny-theft is 28.6% of reported property offenses in Cumberland County, against a cohort median of 55.6%. The remainder is burglary (3) and motor vehicle theft (2). Composition differences of this size usually track what kinds of places and property are present in a jurisdiction.

Offense mix

Violent offenses make up an unusually large share of the reported mix

Violent offenses are 22.2% of the 9 Part I offenses reported in Cumberland County for 2024, against a median of 14.0% across comparable Kentucky counties — a gap of 8.2 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

Cumberland County sits mid-pack among comparable Kentucky counties

At 34.0 reported violent offenses per 100,000 residents in 2024, Cumberland County ranks 41 of 113 — above 72 of the 112 other Kentucky counties whose 2024 submission passes this site’s completeness test and carries a matched Census denominator. That is +32.6% 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 close to where it started

Across 5 comparable reporting years, the rate moved from 34.0 per 100,000 in 2020 to 34.0 in 2024 (+0.0%). The highest observed value was 34.0 in 2020 and the lowest 0.0 in 2023. Years whose submission failed the completeness test are left out of this comparison rather than plotted as change.

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
7
Violent Crime
2
Data Year
2024

Crime Breakdown (2024) · property-led · small county

Category Count
Property Crime 7
Burglary 3
Larceny-Theft 2
Motor Vehicle Theft 2
Arson 0
Violent Crime 2
Murder 0
Rape 1
Robbery 0
Aggravated Assault 1

Reporting Agency

Cumberland County Sheriff's Office NIBRS-participating

Cumberland County's crime figures on this page originate from Cumberland 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 Cumberland County, KY?
In 2024, Cumberland County reported 2 violent crimes and 7 property crimes. The most common violent crime was aggravated assault, and the most common property crime was burglary.
Is Cumberland County safe?
Cumberland County reported 9 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 Cumberland County in population. Their populations run from 4,521 to 6,562, against 5,888 here. Or launch the side-by-side compare tool to benchmark two jurisdictions directly.

ZIP Codes in Cumberland County

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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.

Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program CIUS Table 10 county crime · 2024 Cumberland County, KY figures cover participating agencies only.

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