Leitchfield, KY Crime Statistics For 2025

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Updated: 2025-10-24

Crime Rate In Leitchfield, KY Summary

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

  • There were 90 total crimes committed in Leitchfield in the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 1,388.9 total crimes per 100K people in Leitchfield.
  • The overall crime rate in Leitchfield is -34.46% below the national average.
  • Leitchfield ranks #176 safest out of 232 cities in Kentucky.
  • Leitchfield ranks #5,721 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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Leitchfield Vs Kentucky And National Crime Rates

According to the most recent data from the FBI, the total crime rate in Leitchfield is 1,388.9 per 100,000 people. That's -34.46% lower than the national rate of 2,119.2 per 100,000 people and -11.14% lower than the Kentucky total crime rate of 1,563.0 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
Leitchfield
/ 100k People
Kentucky
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 90 1,388.9 1,563.0 2,119.2
Murder 0 0.0 6.1 5.0
Robbery 1 15.4 35.1 61.0
Aggravated Assault 3 46.3 139.5 256.0
Violent Crime 6 92.6 213.1 359.0
Burglary 24 370.4 193.6 229.0
Larceny 58 895.1 930.2 1,272.0
Car Theft 2 30.9 226.2 259.0
Property Crime 84 1,296.3 1,349.9 1,760.0

Leitchfield 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 Leitchfield

6
Violent Crimes
92.6
Violent Crimes / 100k People
-74.21%
Below The National Average
  • There were 6 violent crimes in Leitchfield in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in Leitchfield is 92.6 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 1,080.0 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in Leitchfield each year. That compares to a 1 in 469.2 chance statewide.
  • That's -74.21% lower than the national rate of 359.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And -56.55% lower than the Kentucky violent crime rate of 213.1 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In Leitchfield

84
Property Crimes
1,296.3
Property Crimes / 100k People
-26.35%
Below The National Average
  • There were 84 property crimes in Leitchfield in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in Leitchfield is 1,296.3 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 77.1 chance of being the victim of a property crime in Leitchfield each year. That compares to a 1 in 0.0 chance nationally.
  • That's -26.35% lower than the national rate of 1,760.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And -3.97% lower than the Kentucky property crime rate of 1,349.9 per 100,000 people.

Crime In Cities Around Leitchfield

City Population Count
Raw
Total Crime
/ 100k People
Property Crime
/ 100k People
Violent Crime
/ 100k People
Bowling Green, KY 77,503 2,444 3,153.4 2,928.9 224.5
Owensboro, KY 60,096 1,963 3,266.4 2,917.0 349.4
Elizabethtown, KY 33,522 280 835.3 698.0 137.2
Radcliff, KY 22,658 492 2,171.4 1,999.3 172.1
Shepherdsville, KY 14,843 286 1,926.8 1,792.1 134.7
Vine Grove, KY 7,011 25 356.6 328.1 28.5
Beaver Dam, KY 3,487 12 344.1 258.1 86.0

Leitchfield SnackAbility

6
/10
Overall SnackAbility
Jobs
8/10
Housing
4
Affordability
7
Diversity
3
Safety
7
Amenities
6
Education
4
Commute
8.5
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