Harrodsburg, KY Crime Statistics For 2025

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Updated: 2025-10-24

Crime Rate In Harrodsburg, KY Summary

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

  • There were 91 total crimes committed in Harrodsburg in the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 981.7 total crimes per 100K people in Harrodsburg.
  • The overall crime rate in Harrodsburg is -53.68% below the national average.
  • Harrodsburg ranks #152 safest out of 232 cities in Kentucky.
  • Harrodsburg ranks #4,336 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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Harrodsburg Vs Kentucky And National Crime Rates

According to the most recent data from the FBI, the total crime rate in Harrodsburg is 981.7 per 100,000 people. That's -53.68% lower than the national rate of 2,119.2 per 100,000 people and -37.19% lower than the Kentucky total crime rate of 1,563.0 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
Harrodsburg
/ 100k People
Kentucky
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 91 981.7 1,563.0 2,119.2
Murder 0 0.0 6.1 5.0
Robbery 1 10.8 35.1 61.0
Aggravated Assault 14 151.0 139.5 256.0
Violent Crime 16 172.6 213.1 359.0
Burglary 15 161.8 193.6 229.0
Larceny 51 550.2 930.2 1,272.0
Car Theft 9 97.1 226.2 259.0
Property Crime 75 809.1 1,349.9 1,760.0

Harrodsburg 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 Harrodsburg

16
Violent Crimes
172.6
Violent Crimes / 100k People
-51.92%
Below The National Average
  • There were 16 violent crimes in Harrodsburg in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in Harrodsburg is 172.6 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 579.4 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in Harrodsburg each year. That compares to a 1 in 469.2 chance statewide.
  • That's -51.92% lower than the national rate of 359.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And -19.02% lower than the Kentucky violent crime rate of 213.1 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In Harrodsburg

75
Property Crimes
809.1
Property Crimes / 100k People
-54.03%
Below The National Average
  • There were 75 property crimes in Harrodsburg in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in Harrodsburg is 809.1 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 123.6 chance of being the victim of a property crime in Harrodsburg each year. That compares to a 1 in 0.0 chance nationally.
  • That's -54.03% lower than the national rate of 1,760.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And -40.06% lower than the Kentucky property crime rate of 1,349.9 per 100,000 people.

Crime In Cities Around Harrodsburg

City Population Count
Raw
Total Crime
/ 100k People
Property Crime
/ 100k People
Violent Crime
/ 100k People
Nicholasville, KY 32,866 529 1,609.6 1,497.0 112.6
Danville, KY 17,406 201 1,154.8 1,045.6 109.2
Lawrenceburg, KY 12,241 73 596.4 539.2 57.2
Wilmore, KY 6,137 29 472.5 456.2 16.3
Lancaster, KY 4,101 42 1,024.1 951.0 73.2
Stanford, KY 3,714 16 430.8 350.0 80.8

Harrodsburg SnackAbility

6
/10
Overall SnackAbility
Jobs
6/10
Housing
4
Affordability
8
Diversity
7
Safety
8
Amenities
8
Education
5
Commute
8.5
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