Louisville, KY crime rate
In 2025 the Louisville Metro Police Department reported 682.6 violent crimes and 3,454.9 property crimes per 100,000 residents in the area it covers (most of Louisville-Jefferson County Metro, the consolidated city-county government; FBI population 691,630). The FBI's estimates for Kentucky and the US for the same year are beside each number.
Data as of 2025 (FBI), checked October 30, 2026. How we got these numbers
How does Louisville compare with Kentucky and the US?
Arson has no FBI state or US estimate, so its row shows Louisville only.
What offenses were reported in Louisville, 2025?
| Offense | Reported | Per 100k | Kentucky | US | vs 2024 | vs 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violent crime | ||||||
| Violent crime | 4,721 | 682.6 | 212.1 | 327.6 | down 10.6% | down 30.8% |
| Murder | 83 | 12.0 | 2.8 | 4.1 | down 43.9% | down 57.0% |
| Rape | 282 | 40.8 | 33.6 | 36.1 | down 10.1% | up 8.5% |
| Robbery | 736 | 106.4 | 29.7 | 49.4 | down 20.8% | down 43.6% |
| Aggravated assault | 3,620 | 523.4 | 146.0 | 238.0 | down 6.9% | down 28.5% |
| Property crime | ||||||
| Property crime | 23,895 | 3,454.9 | 1,261.7 | 1,534.8 | down 2.3% | up 2.7% |
| Burglary | 3,056 | 441.9 | 166.7 | 193.6 | down 9.4% | down 26.3% |
| Larceny-theft | 16,079 | 2,324.8 | 903.4 | 1,144.1 | up 5.4% | up 9.4% |
| Motor vehicle theft | 4,641 | 671.0 | 191.6 | 197.0 | down 18.1% | up 9.6% |
| Arson | 119 | 17.2 | Not estimated | Not estimated | down 29.8% | down 32.5% |
Reported = offenses known to the Louisville Metro Police Department and sent to the FBI. Kentucky and US are FBI estimates for the same year. Changes compare rates of full years only.
Violent crime rate, 2021 to 2025
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| Year | Louisville | United States | Kentucky |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 985.8 | 387.0 | 269.0 |
| 2022 | 696.2 | 388.7 | 219.9 |
| 2023 | 782.3 | 379.5 | 229.2 |
| 2024 | 763.2 | 362.9 | 225.8 |
| 2025 | 682.6 | 327.6 | 212.1 |
Property crime rate, 2021 to 2025
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| Year | Louisville | United States | Kentucky |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 3,363.1 | 1,832.3 | 1,623.7 |
| 2022 | 2,949.4 | 1,973.8 | 1,486.0 |
| 2023 | 3,659.8 | 1,934.1 | 1,559.7 |
| 2024 | 3,537.2 | 1,761.1 | 1,389.8 |
| 2025 | 3,454.9 | 1,534.8 | 1,261.7 |
Is Louisville safe?
We don't rate cities as safe or unsafe. What the FBI's numbers show: in 2025 the violent crime rate the Louisville Metro Police Department reported, 682.6 per 100,000 residents, was higher than Kentucky's 212.1, and higher than the US rate of 327.6 (FBI estimates). It fell 10.6% from 2024.
What these numbers can't tell you:
- How crime differs between neighborhoods (the FBI publishes agency totals only).
- Crimes nobody reported to the police.
- How many offenses involved visitors and commuters, who are not in the population count.
In 2025, 83 homicides were reported to the FBI by Louisville Metro police, a murder rate of 12.0 per 100,000 residents in the area the Louisville Metro Police Department covers, which is Louisville-Jefferson County Metro, the consolidated city-county, apart from the home-rule cities there that have their own police. Murder fell the most of the violent offenses, 43.9% in the last year and 57.0% since 2021. Total violent crime came to 4,721 offenses, or 682.6 per 100,000, which is 3.2 times the Kentucky estimate of 212.1 and 2.1 times the US rate of 327.6.
That rate is down 10.6% from 2024 and 30.8% from 985.8 in 2021. Robbery fell 43.6% since 2021, and aggravated assault, 77% of violent crime, fell 28.5%. Rape was the only violent offense to rise across those years, up 8.5%.
Property crime, at 3,454.9 per 100,000, was 2.7 times the state's 1,261.7 and 2.3 times the national 1,534.8. It fell 2.3% in the last year. Against 2021, property crime was 2.7% higher, and motor vehicle theft had the largest rise of the property offenses, 9.6%.
Larceny-theft rose 5.4% from 2024, the largest rise in the group that year, and made up 67% of property crime. All 12 months were sent for each of the 5 years shown; NIBRS reporting began in 2013. The Jefferson County Sheriff's Office, Louisville Parks Police, the airport authority and University of Louisville police report separately.
Written from the numbers on this page. Every figure and every comparison is checked against the stored FBI data before publishing.
Police employees, 2025: 2.10 per 1,000 residents (1,013 officers, 442 civilians), FBI Crime Data Explorer. Shown as context, not as a measure of crime.
Sources
- FBI Crime Data Explorer, Louisville Metro Police Department (ORI KY0568000), offenses known to law enforcement and police employees, 2021 to 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026. Crime Data Explorer
- FBI Crime Data Explorer, Kentucky and United States estimated crime (Summary Reporting System estimates), 2021 to 2025.
- FBI, "UCR Statistics: Their Proper Use" (why we don't rank cities).
Every stored file behind this page (11)
- Louisville Metro Police Department (KY0568000): violent crime, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_KY0568000_violent_crime__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Louisville Metro Police Department (KY0568000): murder, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_KY0568000_homicide__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Louisville Metro Police Department (KY0568000): rape, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_KY0568000_rape__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Louisville Metro Police Department (KY0568000): robbery, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_KY0568000_robbery__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Louisville Metro Police Department (KY0568000): aggravated assault, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_KY0568000_aggravated_assault__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Louisville Metro Police Department (KY0568000): property crime, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_KY0568000_property_crime__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Louisville Metro Police Department (KY0568000): burglary, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_KY0568000_burglary__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Louisville Metro Police Department (KY0568000): larceny-theft, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_KY0568000_larceny__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Louisville Metro Police Department (KY0568000): motor vehicle theft, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_KY0568000_motor_vehicle_theft__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Louisville Metro Police Department (KY0568000): arson, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_KY0568000_arson__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Louisville Metro Police Department (KY0568000): police employees, 2021 to 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/pe_agency_KY0568000__from-2021-to-2025.json)