Elsmere, KY Crime Statistics For 2025

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Updated: 2025-10-24

Crime Rate In Elsmere, KY Summary

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

  • There were 85 total crimes committed in Elsmere in the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 930.0 total crimes per 100K people in Elsmere.
  • The overall crime rate in Elsmere is -56.12% below the national average.
  • Elsmere ranks #142 safest out of 232 cities in Kentucky.
  • Elsmere ranks #4,130 safest out of 9,896 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 per capita comparisons and isn't meant to convey that 100,000+ people live in a location.

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Elsmere Vs Kentucky And National Crime Rates

According to the most recent data from the FBI, the total crime rate in Elsmere is 930.0 per 100,000 people. That's -56.12% lower than the national rate of 2,119.2 per 100,000 people and -40.50% lower than the Kentucky total crime rate of 1,563.0 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
Elsmere
/ 100k People
Kentucky
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 85 930.0 1,563.0 2,119.2
Murder 0 0.0 6.1 5.0
Robbery 0 0.0 35.1 61.0
Aggravated Assault 6 65.6 139.5 256.0
Violent Crime 9 98.5 213.1 359.0
Burglary 6 65.6 193.6 229.0
Larceny 44 481.4 930.2 1,272.0
Car Theft 26 284.5 226.2 259.0
Property Crime 76 831.5 1,349.9 1,760.0

Elsmere Crime Compared To Kentucky Averages

Each category of crime indexed to the worst per capita in Kentucky.
Data Source -- FBI UCR 2024.

Violent Crime Rates In Elsmere

9
Violent Crimes
98.5
Violent Crimes / 100k People
-72.57%
Below The National Average
  • There were 9 violent crimes in Elsmere in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in Elsmere is 98.5 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 1,015.6 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in Elsmere each year. That compares to a 1 in 469.2 chance statewide.
  • That's -72.57% lower than the national rate of 359.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And -53.80% lower than the Kentucky violent crime rate of 213.1 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In Elsmere

76
Property Crimes
831.5
Property Crimes / 100k People
-52.76%
Below The National Average
  • There were 76 property crimes in Elsmere in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in Elsmere is 831.5 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 120.3 chance of being the victim of a property crime in Elsmere each year. That compares to a 1 in 0.0 chance nationally.
  • That's -52.76% lower than the national rate of 1,760.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And -38.40% lower than the Kentucky property crime rate of 1,349.9 per 100,000 people.

Crime In Cities Around Elsmere

City Population Count
Raw
Total Crime
/ 100k People
Property Crime
/ 100k People
Violent Crime
/ 100k People
Florence, KY 33,208 1,144 3,445.0 3,213.1 231.9
Independence, KY 29,747 102 342.9 316.0 26.9
Erlanger, KY 19,827 118 595.1 524.5 70.6
Madeira, OH 9,400 35 372.3 372.3 0.0
Wyoming, OH 8,643 60 694.2 601.6 92.6
Fort Mitchell, KY 8,617 70 812.3 754.3 58.0
Edgewood, KY 8,382 40 477.2 417.6 59.7
Villa Hills, KY 7,616 68 892.9 827.2 65.7

Elsmere SnackAbility

8
/10
Overall SnackAbility
Jobs
8/10
Housing
7
Affordability
7
Diversity
8
Safety
8
Amenities
8.5
Education
6
Commute
9
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