Nicholasville, KY Crime Statistics For 2023

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Updated: 2023-10-25

Crime Rate In Nicholasville, KY Summary

Crime in Nicholasville research summary. HomeSnacks has been using Saturday Night Science to report crime data in Nicholasville 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 Nicholasville:

  • There were 588 total crimes committed in Nicholasville the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 1,844.3 total crimes per 100K people in Nicholasville.
  • The overall crime rate in Nicholasville is -20.65% below the national average.
  • Nicholasville ranks #183 safest out of 231 cities in Kentucky.
  • Nicholasville ranks #6,183 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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Nicholasville Vs Kentucky And National Crime Rates

According to the most recent data from the FBI, the total crime rate in Nicholasville is 1,844.3 per 100,000 people. That's -20.65% lower than the national rate of 2,324.2 per 100,000 people and -9.53% lower than the Kentucky total crime rate of 2,038.6 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
Nicholasville
/ 100k People
Kentucky
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 588 1,844.3 2,038.6 2,324.2
Murder 1 3.1 7.2 6.3
Robbery 7 22.0 52.9 66.1
Aggravated Assault 21 65.9 168.3 268.2
Violent Crime 42 131.7 259.1 369.8
Burglary 80 250.9 344.1 269.8
Larceny 417 1,307.9 1,178.6 1,401.9
Car Theft 49 153.7 256.8 282.7
Property Crime 546 1,712.6 1,779.5 1,954.4

Nicholasville 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 Nicholasville

42
Violent Crimes
131.7
Violent Crimes / 100k People
-64.38%
Below The National Average
  • There were 42 violent crimes in Nicholasville in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in Nicholasville is 131.7 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 759.1 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in Nicholasville each year. That compares to a 1 in 386.0 chance statewide.
  • That's -64.38% lower than the national rate of 369.8 per 100,000 people.
  • -49.15% lower than the Kentucky violent crime rate of 259.1 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In Nicholasville

546
Property Crimes
1,712.6
Property Crimes / 100k People
-12.37%
Below The National Average
  • There were 546 property crimes in Nicholasville in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in Nicholasville is 1,712.6 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 58.4 chance of being the victim of a property crime in Nicholasville each year. That compares to a 1 in 0.0 chance nationally.
  • That's -12.37% lower than the national rate of 1,954.4 per 100,000 people.
  • And -3.76% lower than the Kentucky property crime rate of 1,779.5 per 100,000 people.

Crime In Cities Around Nicholasville

City Population Count
Raw
Total Crime
/ 100k People
Property Crime
/ 100k People
Violent Crime
/ 100k People
Richmond, KY 36,698 848 2,310.8 2,130.9 179.8
Versailles, KY 27,242 266 976.4 906.7 69.7
Harrodsburg, KY 9,200 99 1,076.1 978.3 97.8
Wilmore, KY 6,081 40 657.8 624.9 32.9
Lancaster, KY 3,996 85 2,127.1 1,952.0 175.2
Burgin, KY 1,005 3 298.5 298.5 0.0

Nicholasville SnackAbility

6
/10
Overall SnackAbility
Jobs
6/10
Housing
6
Affordability
8
Diversity
6
Safety
6
Amenities
9
Education
6
Commute
8
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