Greensburg, KY Crime Statistics For 2023

Demographics | Crime
Updated: 2023-10-25

Crime Rate In Greensburg, KY Summary

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

  • There were 30 total crimes committed in Greensburg the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 1,351.4 total crimes per 100K people in Greensburg.
  • The overall crime rate in Greensburg is -41.86% below the national average.
  • Greensburg ranks #158 safest out of 231 cities in Kentucky.
  • Greensburg ranks #4,881 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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Greensburg Vs Kentucky And National Crime Rates

According to the most recent data from the FBI, the total crime rate in Greensburg is 1,351.4 per 100,000 people. That's -41.86% lower than the national rate of 2,324.2 per 100,000 people and -33.71% lower than the Kentucky total crime rate of 2,038.6 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
Greensburg
/ 100k People
Kentucky
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 30 1,351.4 2,038.6 2,324.2
Murder 0 0.0 7.2 6.3
Robbery 0 0.0 52.9 66.1
Aggravated Assault 5 225.2 168.3 268.2
Violent Crime 7 315.3 259.1 369.8
Burglary 1 45.0 344.1 269.8
Larceny 17 765.8 1,178.6 1,401.9
Car Theft 5 225.2 256.8 282.7
Property Crime 23 1,036.0 1,779.5 1,954.4

Greensburg 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 Greensburg

7
Violent Crimes
315.3
Violent Crimes / 100k People
-14.73%
Below The National Average
  • There were 7 violent crimes in Greensburg in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in Greensburg is 315.3 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 317.1 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in Greensburg each year. That compares to a 1 in 386.0 chance statewide.
  • That's -14.73% lower than the national rate of 369.8 per 100,000 people.
  • 21.70% higher than the Kentucky violent crime rate of 259.1 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In Greensburg

23
Property Crimes
1,036.0
Property Crimes / 100k People
-46.99%
Below The National Average
  • There were 23 property crimes in Greensburg in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in Greensburg is 1,036.0 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 96.5 chance of being the victim of a property crime in Greensburg each year. That compares to a 1 in 0.0 chance nationally.
  • That's -46.99% lower than the national rate of 1,954.4 per 100,000 people.
  • And -41.78% lower than the Kentucky property crime rate of 1,779.5 per 100,000 people.

Crime In Cities Around Greensburg

City Population Count
Raw
Total Crime
/ 100k People
Property Crime
/ 100k People
Violent Crime
/ 100k People
Elizabethtown, KY 32,437 330 1,017.4 894.0 123.3
Radcliff, KY 22,931 555 2,420.3 2,215.3 205.0
Danville, KY 17,323 256 1,477.8 1,345.0 132.8
Glasgow, KY 15,194 313 2,060.0 1,895.5 164.5
Bardstown, KY 13,712 248 1,808.6 1,670.1 138.6
Campbellsville, KY 11,548 192 1,662.6 1,541.4 121.2
Harrodsburg, KY 9,200 99 1,076.1 978.3 97.8
Vine Grove, KY 6,843 40 584.5 526.1 58.5
Lebanon, KY 6,473 86 1,328.6 1,158.7 169.9
Columbia, KY 4,995 18 360.4 260.3 100.1

Greensburg SnackAbility

4
/10
Overall SnackAbility
Jobs
4/10
Housing
4
Affordability
8
Diversity
6
Safety
8
Amenities
6
Education
4
Commute
7
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