Mount Sterling, KY Crime Statistics For 2025

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Updated: 2025-10-24

Crime Rate In Mount Sterling, KY Summary

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

  • There were 107 total crimes committed in Mount Sterling in the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 1,412.5 total crimes per 100K people in Mount Sterling.
  • The overall crime rate in Mount Sterling is -33.35% below the national average.
  • Mount Sterling ranks #180 safest out of 232 cities in Kentucky.
  • Mount Sterling ranks #5,798 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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Mount Sterling Vs Kentucky And National Crime Rates

According to the most recent data from the FBI, the total crime rate in Mount Sterling is 1,412.5 per 100,000 people. That's -33.35% lower than the national rate of 2,119.2 per 100,000 people and -9.63% lower than the Kentucky total crime rate of 1,563.0 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
Mount Sterling
/ 100k People
Kentucky
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 107 1,412.5 1,563.0 2,119.2
Murder 0 0.0 6.1 5.0
Robbery 1 13.2 35.1 61.0
Aggravated Assault 11 145.2 139.5 256.0
Violent Crime 16 211.2 213.1 359.0
Burglary 11 145.2 193.6 229.0
Larceny 77 1,016.5 930.2 1,272.0
Car Theft 3 39.6 226.2 259.0
Property Crime 91 1,201.3 1,349.9 1,760.0

Mount Sterling 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 Mount Sterling

16
Violent Crimes
211.2
Violent Crimes / 100k People
-41.16%
Below The National Average
  • There were 16 violent crimes in Mount Sterling in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in Mount Sterling is 211.2 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 473.4 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in Mount Sterling each year. That compares to a 1 in 469.2 chance statewide.
  • That's -41.16% lower than the national rate of 359.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And -0.89% lower than the Kentucky violent crime rate of 213.1 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In Mount Sterling

91
Property Crimes
1,201.3
Property Crimes / 100k People
-31.74%
Below The National Average
  • There were 91 property crimes in Mount Sterling in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in Mount Sterling is 1,201.3 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 83.2 chance of being the victim of a property crime in Mount Sterling each year. That compares to a 1 in 0.0 chance nationally.
  • That's -31.74% lower than the national rate of 1,760.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And -11.01% lower than the Kentucky property crime rate of 1,349.9 per 100,000 people.

Crime In Cities Around Mount Sterling

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
Richmond, KY 38,072 833 2,188.0 1,972.6 215.4
Nicholasville, KY 32,866 529 1,609.6 1,497.0 112.6
Versailles, KY 27,727 229 825.9 757.4 68.5
Winchester, KY 19,283 571 2,961.2 2,795.2 165.9
Berea, KY 16,135 151 935.9 849.1 86.8
Paris, KY 10,057 94 934.7 805.4 129.3
Maysville, KY 8,625 220 2,550.7 2,330.4 220.3
Morehead, KY 6,608 97 1,467.9 1,362.0 105.9
Wilmore, KY 6,137 29 472.5 456.2 16.3

Mount Sterling SnackAbility

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