City Population Violent / 100K Property / 100K Grade
Auburn 1,651 60.6 242.3 A+
Pewee Valley 1,650 0 0 A+
Whitesburg 1,624 61.6 307.9 A+
Owingsville 1,598 125.2 375.5 A
Pineville 1,582 63.2 885 A
Coal Run Village 1,580 0 2,594.9 A
Olive Hill 1,535 65.1 651.5 A
Sebree 1,515 0 132 A+
Salyersville 1,506 0 332 A+
Worthington 1,442 0 277.4 A+
Audubon Park 1,401 71.4 1,570.3 A
Manchester 1,400 214.3 857.1 B
Burkesville 1,394 0 0 A+
Irvington 1,392 143.7 215.5 A
Vanceburg 1,388 0 360.2 A+
West Buechel 1,352 295.9 8,432 C
Guthrie 1,334 149.9 524.7 A
Taylorsville 1,329 225.7 1,504.9 B
Heritage Creek 1,201 166.5 582.8 A
Clinton 1,196 83.6 250.8 A
Clay City 1,174 85.2 0 A+
Cloverport 1,147 0 87.2 A+
Brodhead 1,126 0 88.8 A+
Augusta 1,088 91.9 459.6 A
South Shore 1,056 0 0 A+
Greenup 1,047 0 668.6 A+
Burgin 1,006 0 397.6 A+
Muldraugh 1,006 99.4 695.8 A
Hawesville 985 0 203 A+
Northfield 983 0 203.5 A+
Bloomfield 982 0 0 A+
Clay 982 0 509.2 A+
Elkhorn City 965 0 0 A+
Clarkson 958 0 0 A+
Woodlawn Park 928 0 0 A+
West Point 922 0 0 A+
Brownsville 893 0 224 A+
Uniontown 892 0 0 A+
Adairville 880 0 113.6 A+
Pembroke 878 0 569.5 A+
Bellefonte 877 0 0 A+
Ferguson 865 0 462.4 A+
Campbellsburg 852 0 0 A+
Stamping Ground 836 0 717.7 A+
Evarts 815 0 1,717.8 A
Smiths Grove 808 247.5 4,579.2 C
McKee 804 0 124.4 A+
Perryville 793 0 0 A+
Lewisburg 782 0 0 A+
Powderly 780 0 128.2 A+
Crab Orchard 761 0 0 A+
Millersburg 738 135.5 1,355 A
Meadow Vale 715 0 0 A+
Burnside 708 0 1,412.4 A
Bardwell 684 0 292.4 A+
Strathmoor Village 669 0 0 A+
Science Hill 652 0 153.4 A+
Brooksville 651 153.6 0 A
Butler 640 0 0 A+
Pippa Passes 632 0 0 A+
Lynch 596 0 0 A+
Loyall 587 170.4 0 A
Ravenna 548 0 729.9 A+
Caneyville 531 0 0 A+
Fleming-Neon 514 0 194.6 A+
Bancroft 496 0 604.8 A+
Martin 478 0 209.2 A+
Wheelwright 464 0 0 A+
Benham 459 0 217.9 A+
Centertown 413 0 0 A+
Hustonville 402 0 248.8 A+
Wayland 373 0 0 A+
Sadieville 338 0 295.9 A+
Eubank 329 0 0 A+
Trenton 328 0 0 A+
Woodburn 321 0 0 A+
Hyden 281 0 0 A+
Fountain Run 222 0 0 A+
Allen 175 0 0 A+
Livingston 165 0 0 A+
Booneville 163 0 0 A+
Showing cities 151–231 of 231 in Kentucky, by population. See the Kentucky safest and most dangerous city rankings, or the Kentucky crime overview.

How These City Grades Are Calculated

Each grade weighs a city's violent crime rate (70%) and property crime rate (30%) against the national averages, drawn from FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program, Crime in the United States, Table 8 for 2024. Rates use (offenses ÷ population) × 100,000.

UCR participation is voluntary, so not every Kentucky city reports every year, and small-population cities can show volatile rates where a single incident moves the per-capita figure sharply. Read the full methodology for the scoring formula and limitations.