Greenville, KY Crime Statistics For 2023

Demographics | Crime
Updated: 2023-10-25

Crime Rate In Greenville, KY Summary

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

  • There were 33 total crimes committed in Greenville the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 745.9 total crimes per 100K people in Greenville.
  • The overall crime rate in Greenville is -67.91% below the national average.
  • Greenville ranks #106 safest out of 231 cities in Kentucky.
  • Greenville ranks #2,804 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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Greenville Vs Kentucky And National Crime Rates

According to the most recent data from the FBI, the total crime rate in Greenville is 745.9 per 100,000 people. That's -67.91% lower than the national rate of 2,324.2 per 100,000 people and -63.41% lower than the Kentucky total crime rate of 2,038.6 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
Greenville
/ 100k People
Kentucky
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 33 745.9 2,038.6 2,324.2
Murder 0 0.0 7.2 6.3
Robbery 0 0.0 52.9 66.1
Aggravated Assault 6 135.6 168.3 268.2
Violent Crime 6 135.6 259.1 369.8
Burglary 6 135.6 344.1 269.8
Larceny 18 406.9 1,178.6 1,401.9
Car Theft 3 67.8 256.8 282.7
Property Crime 27 610.3 1,779.5 1,954.4

Greenville 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 Greenville

6
Violent Crimes
135.6
Violent Crimes / 100k People
-63.33%
Below The National Average
  • There were 6 violent crimes in Greenville in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in Greenville is 135.6 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 737.3 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in Greenville each year. That compares to a 1 in 386.0 chance statewide.
  • That's -63.33% lower than the national rate of 369.8 per 100,000 people.
  • -47.65% lower than the Kentucky violent crime rate of 259.1 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In Greenville

27
Property Crimes
610.3
Property Crimes / 100k People
-68.77%
Below The National Average
  • There were 27 property crimes in Greenville in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in Greenville is 610.3 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 163.9 chance of being the victim of a property crime in Greenville each year. That compares to a 1 in 0.0 chance nationally.
  • That's -68.77% lower than the national rate of 1,954.4 per 100,000 people.
  • And -65.70% lower than the Kentucky property crime rate of 1,779.5 per 100,000 people.

Crime In Cities Around Greenville

City Population Count
Raw
Total Crime
/ 100k People
Property Crime
/ 100k People
Violent Crime
/ 100k People
Clarksville, TN 174,738 4,364 2,497.5 1,999.0 498.5
Bowling Green, KY 74,427 3,053 4,102.0 3,817.2 284.8
Owensboro, KY 59,839 2,291 3,828.6 3,459.3 369.3
Henderson, KY 27,503 627 2,279.8 2,036.1 243.6
Madisonville, KY 19,292 196 1,016.0 917.5 98.5
Franklin, KY 10,174 293 2,879.9 2,693.1 186.8
Princeton, KY 6,191 103 1,663.7 1,502.2 161.5
Providence, KY 2,820 17 602.8 461.0 141.8
Elkton, KY 2,072 40 1,930.5 1,882.2 48.3

Greenville SnackAbility

5
/10
Overall SnackAbility
Jobs
6/10
Housing
4
Affordability
9
Diversity
8
Safety
8
Amenities
7
Education
6
Commute
8
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