Paintsville, KY Crime Statistics For 2023

Demographics | Crime
Updated: 2023-10-25

Crime Rate In Paintsville, KY Summary

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

  • There were 17 total crimes committed in Paintsville the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 394.2 total crimes per 100K people in Paintsville.
  • The overall crime rate in Paintsville is -83.04% below the national average.
  • Paintsville ranks #66 safest out of 231 cities in Kentucky.
  • Paintsville ranks #1,416 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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Paintsville Vs Kentucky And National Crime Rates

According to the most recent data from the FBI, the total crime rate in Paintsville is 394.2 per 100,000 people. That's -83.04% lower than the national rate of 2,324.2 per 100,000 people and -80.67% lower than the Kentucky total crime rate of 2,038.6 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
Paintsville
/ 100k People
Kentucky
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 17 394.2 2,038.6 2,324.2
Murder 0 0.0 7.2 6.3
Robbery 1 23.2 52.9 66.1
Aggravated Assault 4 92.7 168.3 268.2
Violent Crime 5 115.9 259.1 369.8
Burglary 2 46.4 344.1 269.8
Larceny 5 115.9 1,178.6 1,401.9
Car Theft 5 115.9 256.8 282.7
Property Crime 12 278.2 1,779.5 1,954.4

Paintsville 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 Paintsville

5
Violent Crimes
115.9
Violent Crimes / 100k People
-68.65%
Below The National Average
  • There were 5 violent crimes in Paintsville in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in Paintsville is 115.9 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 862.6 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in Paintsville each year. That compares to a 1 in 386.0 chance statewide.
  • That's -68.65% lower than the national rate of 369.8 per 100,000 people.
  • -55.26% lower than the Kentucky violent crime rate of 259.1 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In Paintsville

12
Property Crimes
278.2
Property Crimes / 100k People
-85.76%
Below The National Average
  • There were 12 property crimes in Paintsville in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in Paintsville is 278.2 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 359.4 chance of being the victim of a property crime in Paintsville each year. That compares to a 1 in 0.0 chance nationally.
  • That's -85.76% lower than the national rate of 1,954.4 per 100,000 people.
  • And -84.36% lower than the Kentucky property crime rate of 1,779.5 per 100,000 people.

Crime In Cities Around Paintsville

City Population Count
Raw
Total Crime
/ 100k People
Property Crime
/ 100k People
Violent Crime
/ 100k People
Ashland, KY 21,300 566 2,657.3 2,469.5 187.8
Ironton, OH 10,312 76 737.0 591.5 145.5
Flatwoods, KY 7,231 36 497.9 428.7 69.1
Pikeville, KY 7,190 178 2,475.7 2,169.7 306.0
Morehead, KY 7,030 142 2,019.9 1,778.1 241.8
Prestonsburg, KY 4,034 48 1,189.9 1,016.4 173.5
Russell, KY 3,656 37 1,012.0 902.6 109.4
West Liberty, KY 3,251 11 338.4 307.6 30.8
Raceland, KY 2,321 11 473.9 430.8 43.1
Salyersville, KY 1,520 5 328.9 197.4 131.6

Paintsville SnackAbility

6
/10
Overall SnackAbility
Jobs
2/10
Housing
5
Affordability
3
Diversity
4
Safety
8.5
Amenities
8
Education
5
Commute
9
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