Princeton, KY Crime Statistics For 2025

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Updated: 2025-10-24

Crime Rate In Princeton, KY Summary

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

  • There were 107 total crimes committed in Princeton in the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 1,733.4 total crimes per 100K people in Princeton.
  • The overall crime rate in Princeton is -18.21% below the national average.
  • Princeton ranks #196 safest out of 232 cities in Kentucky.
  • Princeton ranks #6,652 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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Princeton Vs Kentucky And National Crime Rates

According to the most recent data from the FBI, the total crime rate in Princeton is 1,733.4 per 100,000 people. That's -18.21% lower than the national rate of 2,119.2 per 100,000 people and 10.90% higher than the Kentucky total crime rate of 1,563.0 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
Princeton
/ 100k People
Kentucky
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 107 1,733.4 1,563.0 2,119.2
Murder 0 0.0 6.1 5.0
Robbery 1 16.2 35.1 61.0
Aggravated Assault 0 0.0 139.5 256.0
Violent Crime 1 16.2 213.1 359.0
Burglary 21 340.2 193.6 229.0
Larceny 74 1,198.8 930.2 1,272.0
Car Theft 11 178.2 226.2 259.0
Property Crime 106 1,717.2 1,349.9 1,760.0

Princeton 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 Princeton

1
Violent Crimes
16.2
Violent Crimes / 100k People
-95.49%
Below The National Average
  • There were 1 violent crimes in Princeton in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in Princeton is 16.2 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 6,173.0 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in Princeton each year. That compares to a 1 in 469.2 chance statewide.
  • That's -95.49% lower than the national rate of 359.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And -92.40% lower than the Kentucky violent crime rate of 213.1 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In Princeton

106
Property Crimes
1,717.2
Property Crimes / 100k People
-2.43%
Below The National Average
  • There were 106 property crimes in Princeton in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in Princeton is 1,717.2 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 58.2 chance of being the victim of a property crime in Princeton each year. That compares to a 1 in 0.0 chance nationally.
  • That's -2.43% lower than the national rate of 1,760.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And 27.21% higher than the Kentucky property crime rate of 1,349.9 per 100,000 people.

Crime In Cities Around Princeton

City Population Count
Raw
Total Crime
/ 100k People
Property Crime
/ 100k People
Violent Crime
/ 100k People
Elizabethtown, KY 33,522 280 835.3 698.0 137.2
Madisonville, KY 19,294 131 679.0 590.9 88.1
Greenville, KY 4,339 18 414.8 345.7 69.1
Morganfield, KY 3,107 25 804.6 772.4 32.2

Princeton SnackAbility

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