Oak Grove, KY Crime Statistics For 2023

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Updated: 2023-10-25

Crime Rate In Oak Grove, KY Summary

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

  • There were 241 total crimes committed in Oak Grove the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 3,085.8 total crimes per 100K people in Oak Grove.
  • The overall crime rate in Oak Grove is 32.77% above the national average.
  • Oak Grove ranks #212 safest out of 231 cities in Kentucky.
  • Oak Grove ranks #8,227 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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Oak Grove Vs Kentucky And National Crime Rates

According to the most recent data from the FBI, the total crime rate in Oak Grove is 3,085.8 per 100,000 people. That's 32.77% higher than the national rate of 2,324.2 per 100,000 people and 51.37% higher than the Kentucky total crime rate of 2,038.6 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
Oak Grove
/ 100k People
Kentucky
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 241 3,085.8 2,038.6 2,324.2
Murder 3 38.4 7.2 6.3
Robbery 6 76.8 52.9 66.1
Aggravated Assault 7 89.6 168.3 268.2
Violent Crime 23 294.5 259.1 369.8
Burglary 42 537.8 344.1 269.8
Larceny 139 1,779.8 1,178.6 1,401.9
Car Theft 37 473.8 256.8 282.7
Property Crime 218 2,791.3 1,779.5 1,954.4

Oak Grove 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 Oak Grove

23
Violent Crimes
294.5
Violent Crimes / 100k People
-20.36%
Below The National Average
  • There were 23 violent crimes in Oak Grove in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in Oak Grove is 294.5 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 339.6 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in Oak Grove each year. That compares to a 1 in 386.0 chance statewide.
  • That's -20.36% lower than the national rate of 369.8 per 100,000 people.
  • 13.67% higher than the Kentucky violent crime rate of 259.1 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In Oak Grove

218
Property Crimes
2,791.3
Property Crimes / 100k People
42.82%
Above The National Average
  • There were 218 property crimes in Oak Grove in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in Oak Grove is 2,791.3 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 35.8 chance of being the victim of a property crime in Oak Grove each year. That compares to a 1 in 0.0 chance nationally.
  • That's 42.82% higher than the national rate of 1,954.4 per 100,000 people.
  • And 56.86% higher than the Kentucky property crime rate of 1,779.5 per 100,000 people.

Crime In Cities Around Oak Grove

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
Hopkinsville, KY 30,528 1,246 4,081.5 3,711.3 370.2
Madisonville, KY 19,292 196 1,016.0 917.5 98.5
Goodlettsville, TN 16,963 360 2,122.3 1,868.8 253.5
White House, TN 14,290 228 1,595.5 1,434.6 161.0
Greenbrier, TN 6,963 74 1,062.8 517.0 545.7
Millersville, TN 6,239 51 817.4 528.9 288.5
Princeton, KY 6,191 103 1,663.7 1,502.2 161.5
Greenville, KY 4,424 33 745.9 610.3 135.6
Elkton, KY 2,072 40 1,930.5 1,882.2 48.3

Oak Grove SnackAbility

5
/10
Overall SnackAbility
Jobs
4/10
Housing
6
Affordability
5
Diversity
9.5
Safety
4
Amenities
7
Education
6
Commute
5
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