Frankfort, KY Crime Statistics For 2025

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Updated: 2025-10-24

Crime Rate In Frankfort, KY Summary

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

  • There were 520 total crimes committed in Frankfort in the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 1,845.5 total crimes per 100K people in Frankfort.
  • The overall crime rate in Frankfort is -12.92% below the national average.
  • Frankfort ranks #197 safest out of 232 cities in Kentucky.
  • Frankfort ranks #6,897 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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Frankfort Vs Kentucky And National Crime Rates

According to the most recent data from the FBI, the total crime rate in Frankfort is 1,845.5 per 100,000 people. That's -12.92% lower than the national rate of 2,119.2 per 100,000 people and 18.07% higher than the Kentucky total crime rate of 1,563.0 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
Frankfort
/ 100k People
Kentucky
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 520 1,845.5 1,563.0 2,119.2
Murder 1 3.5 6.1 5.0
Robbery 8 28.4 35.1 61.0
Aggravated Assault 29 102.9 139.5 256.0
Violent Crime 57 202.3 213.1 359.0
Burglary 77 273.3 193.6 229.0
Larceny 335 1,188.9 930.2 1,272.0
Car Theft 51 181.0 226.2 259.0
Property Crime 463 1,643.2 1,349.9 1,760.0

Frankfort 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 Frankfort

57
Violent Crimes
202.3
Violent Crimes / 100k People
-43.65%
Below The National Average
  • There were 57 violent crimes in Frankfort in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in Frankfort is 202.3 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 494.3 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in Frankfort each year. That compares to a 1 in 469.2 chance statewide.
  • That's -43.65% lower than the national rate of 359.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And -5.08% lower than the Kentucky violent crime rate of 213.1 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In Frankfort

463
Property Crimes
1,643.2
Property Crimes / 100k People
-6.64%
Below The National Average
  • There were 463 property crimes in Frankfort in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in Frankfort is 1,643.2 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 60.9 chance of being the victim of a property crime in Frankfort each year. That compares to a 1 in 0.0 chance nationally.
  • That's -6.64% lower than the national rate of 1,760.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And 21.73% higher than the Kentucky property crime rate of 1,349.9 per 100,000 people.

Crime In Cities Around Frankfort

City Population Count
Raw
Total Crime
/ 100k People
Property Crime
/ 100k People
Violent Crime
/ 100k People
Georgetown, KY 40,037 517 1,291.3 1,168.9 122.4
Jeffersontown, KY 28,563 680 2,380.7 2,275.7 105.0
Versailles, KY 27,727 229 825.9 757.4 68.5
Shelbyville, KY 17,959 205 1,141.5 1,007.9 133.6
Lawrenceburg, KY 12,241 73 596.4 539.2 57.2
Middletown, KY 9,602 339 3,530.5 3,405.5 125.0
Prospect, KY 4,553 32 702.8 702.8 0.0

Frankfort SnackAbility

6
/10
Overall SnackAbility
Jobs
7/10
Housing
6
Affordability
8
Diversity
8
Safety
5
Amenities
8.5
Education
8
Commute
9
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