Middletown, KY Crime Statistics For 2023

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Updated: 2023-10-25

Crime Rate In Middletown, KY Summary

Crime in Middletown research summary. HomeSnacks has been using Saturday Night Science to report crime data in Middletown over the past eight years using the FBI crime explorer. Based on the most recently available data released October 17, 2023, we found the following about crime in Middletown:

  • There were 307 total crimes committed in Middletown the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 3,197.9 total crimes per 100K people in Middletown.
  • The overall crime rate in Middletown is 37.59% above the national average.
  • Middletown ranks #215 safest out of 231 cities in Kentucky.
  • Middletown ranks #8,342 safest out of 9,869 cities in the United States.

Because the crime rate is so low in America, we use "per 100,000 people" to make the number a bit easier to compare across locations visually. It's mathematically the same as doing per capita comparisons and isn't conveying that there are 100,000+ people in a location.

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Middletown Vs Kentucky And National Crime Rates

According to the most recent data from the FBI, the total crime rate in Middletown is 3,197.9 per 100,000 people. That's 37.59% higher than the national rate of 2,324.2 per 100,000 people and 56.87% higher than the Kentucky total crime rate of 2,038.6 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
Middletown
/ 100k People
Kentucky
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 307 3,197.9 2,038.6 2,324.2
Murder 0 0.0 7.2 6.3
Robbery 6 62.5 52.9 66.1
Aggravated Assault 6 62.5 168.3 268.2
Violent Crime 13 135.4 259.1 369.8
Burglary 22 229.2 344.1 269.8
Larceny 237 2,468.8 1,178.6 1,401.9
Car Theft 35 364.6 256.8 282.7
Property Crime 294 3,062.5 1,779.5 1,954.4

Middletown Crime Compared To Kentucky Averages

Each category of crime indexed to the worst per capita in Kentucky.
Data Source -- FBI UCR 2022.

Violent Crime Rates In Middletown

13
Violent Crimes
135.4
Violent Crimes / 100k People
-63.38%
Below The National Average
  • There were 13 violent crimes in Middletown in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in Middletown is 135.4 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 738.5 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in Middletown each year. That compares to a 1 in 386.0 chance statewide.
  • That's -63.38% lower than the national rate of 369.8 per 100,000 people.
  • -47.73% lower than the Kentucky violent crime rate of 259.1 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In Middletown

294
Property Crimes
3,062.5
Property Crimes / 100k People
56.70%
Above The National Average
  • There were 294 property crimes in Middletown in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in Middletown is 3,062.5 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 32.7 chance of being the victim of a property crime in Middletown each year. That compares to a 1 in 0.0 chance nationally.
  • That's 56.70% higher than the national rate of 1,954.4 per 100,000 people.
  • And 72.10% higher than the Kentucky property crime rate of 1,779.5 per 100,000 people.

Crime In Cities Around Middletown

City Population Count
Raw
Total Crime
/ 100k People
Property Crime
/ 100k People
Violent Crime
/ 100k People
Springfield, IL 112,549 5,644 5,014.7 4,244.4 770.3
Bloomington, IL 77,166 1,050 1,360.7 1,052.3 308.4
Normal, IL 53,613 845 1,576.1 1,348.6 227.6
East Peoria, IL 22,130 655 2,959.8 2,670.6 289.2
Morton, IL 17,169 210 1,223.1 1,060.1 163.1
Washington, IL 15,910 157 986.8 923.9 62.9
Chatham, IL 14,420 113 783.6 735.1 48.5
Lincoln, IL 13,119 99 754.6 647.9 106.7
Mount Zion, IL 5,867 51 869.3 750.0 119.3
Eureka, IL 5,276 57 1,080.4 568.6 511.8

Middletown SnackAbility

7.5
/10
Overall SnackAbility
Jobs
8/10
Housing
8.5
Affordability
7
Diversity
8
Safety
8
Amenities
8
Education
9
Commute
8.5
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