Murray, KY Crime Statistics For 2025

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Updated: 2025-10-24

Crime Rate In Murray, KY Summary

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

  • There were 278 total crimes committed in Murray in the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 1,528.2 total crimes per 100K people in Murray.
  • The overall crime rate in Murray is -27.89% below the national average.
  • Murray ranks #186 safest out of 232 cities in Kentucky.
  • Murray ranks #6,104 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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Murray Vs Kentucky And National Crime Rates

According to the most recent data from the FBI, the total crime rate in Murray is 1,528.2 per 100,000 people. That's -27.89% lower than the national rate of 2,119.2 per 100,000 people and -2.23% lower than the Kentucky total crime rate of 1,563.0 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
Murray
/ 100k People
Kentucky
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 278 1,528.2 1,563.0 2,119.2
Murder 0 0.0 6.1 5.0
Robbery 2 11.0 35.1 61.0
Aggravated Assault 7 38.5 139.5 256.0
Violent Crime 18 99.0 213.1 359.0
Burglary 28 153.9 193.6 229.0
Larceny 221 1,214.9 930.2 1,272.0
Car Theft 11 60.5 226.2 259.0
Property Crime 260 1,429.3 1,349.9 1,760.0

Murray 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 Murray

18
Violent Crimes
99.0
Violent Crimes / 100k People
-72.44%
Below The National Average
  • There were 18 violent crimes in Murray in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in Murray is 99.0 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 1,010.6 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in Murray each year. That compares to a 1 in 469.2 chance statewide.
  • That's -72.44% lower than the national rate of 359.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And -53.57% lower than the Kentucky violent crime rate of 213.1 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In Murray

260
Property Crimes
1,429.3
Property Crimes / 100k People
-18.79%
Below The National Average
  • There were 260 property crimes in Murray in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in Murray is 1,429.3 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 70.0 chance of being the victim of a property crime in Murray each year. That compares to a 1 in 0.0 chance nationally.
  • That's -18.79% lower than the national rate of 1,760.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And 5.88% higher than the Kentucky property crime rate of 1,349.9 per 100,000 people.

Crime In Cities Around Murray

City Population Count
Raw
Total Crime
/ 100k People
Property Crime
/ 100k People
Violent Crime
/ 100k People
Hopkinsville, KY 30,694 906 2,951.7 2,505.4 446.3
Paducah, KY 26,624 816 3,064.9 2,794.5 270.4
Mayfield, KY 9,626 201 2,088.1 1,890.7 197.4
Princeton, KY 6,173 107 1,733.4 1,717.2 16.2
Metropolis, IL 5,726 89 1,554.3 1,274.9 279.4
Benton, KY 4,765 67 1,406.1 1,322.1 83.9

Murray SnackAbility

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