County crime profile · 2024 · large county · property-led
Pulaski County, KY
At 65,034 residents, Pulaski 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
147
Property offenses
50
Violent offenses
197
Total · 2024
Pulaski County, KY reported 77 violent crimes per 100,000 in FBI UCR 2024
According to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program for 2024, Pulaski County, KY agencies reported 50 violent and 147 property offenses. That equals about 77 violent and 226 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
50 violent offenses
77/100K violent rate
What the 2024 FBI UCR record shows for Pulaski County, KY
Position in the state cohort
Pulaski County reported a higher violent-crime rate than most comparable Kentucky counties
At 76.9 reported violent offenses per 100,000 residents in 2024, Pulaski County ranks 6 of 113 — above 107 of the 112 other Kentucky counties whose 2024 submission passes this site’s completeness test and carries a matched Census denominator. That is +200.2% 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.
Offense mix
Violent offenses make up an unusually large share of the reported mix
Violent offenses are 25.4% of the 197 Part I offenses reported in Pulaski County for 2024, against a median of 14.0% across comparable Kentucky counties — a gap of 11.3 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 38.8% of reported property offenses in Pulaski County, against a cohort median of 55.6%. The remainder is burglary (65) and motor vehicle theft (25). Composition differences of this size usually track what kinds of places and property are present in a jurisdiction.
2020–2024 direction
The reported violent-crime rate ended the window higher
Across 5 comparable reporting years, the rate moved from 70.7 per 100,000 in 2020 to 76.9 in 2024 (+8.7%). The highest observed value was 76.9 in 2024 and the lowest 24.6 in 2021. 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
147
Violent Crime
50
Data Year
2024
Crime Breakdown (2024) · property-led · large county
Category
Count
Property Crime
147
Burglary
65
Larceny-Theft
57
Motor Vehicle Theft
25
Arson
3
Violent Crime
50
Murder
5
Rape
14
Robbery
1
Aggravated Assault
30
Reporting Agency
Pulaski County Sheriff's Office NIBRS-participating
Pulaski County's crime figures on this page originate from Pulaski 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 Pulaski County, KY?▼
In 2024, Pulaski County reported 50 violent crimes and 147 property crimes. The most common violent crime was aggravated assault, and the most common property crime was burglary.
Is Pulaski County safe?▼
Pulaski County reported 197 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 Pulaski County in population. Their populations run from 58,669 to 72,748, against 65,034 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.