Russellville, KY Crime Statistics For 2025

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Updated: 2025-10-24

Crime Rate In Russellville, KY Summary

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

  • There were 91 total crimes committed in Russellville in the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 1,218.2 total crimes per 100K people in Russellville.
  • The overall crime rate in Russellville is -42.52% below the national average.
  • Russellville ranks #170 safest out of 232 cities in Kentucky.
  • Russellville ranks #5,199 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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Russellville Vs Kentucky And National Crime Rates

According to the most recent data from the FBI, the total crime rate in Russellville is 1,218.2 per 100,000 people. That's -42.52% lower than the national rate of 2,119.2 per 100,000 people and -22.06% lower than the Kentucky total crime rate of 1,563.0 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
Russellville
/ 100k People
Kentucky
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 91 1,218.2 1,563.0 2,119.2
Murder 0 0.0 6.1 5.0
Robbery 1 13.4 35.1 61.0
Aggravated Assault 3 40.2 139.5 256.0
Violent Crime 7 93.7 213.1 359.0
Burglary 13 174.0 193.6 229.0
Larceny 69 923.7 930.2 1,272.0
Car Theft 2 26.8 226.2 259.0
Property Crime 84 1,124.5 1,349.9 1,760.0

Russellville 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 Russellville

7
Violent Crimes
93.7
Violent Crimes / 100k People
-73.90%
Below The National Average
  • There were 7 violent crimes in Russellville in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in Russellville is 93.7 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 1,067.1 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in Russellville each year. That compares to a 1 in 469.2 chance statewide.
  • That's -73.90% lower than the national rate of 359.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And -56.03% lower than the Kentucky violent crime rate of 213.1 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In Russellville

84
Property Crimes
1,124.5
Property Crimes / 100k People
-36.11%
Below The National Average
  • There were 84 property crimes in Russellville in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in Russellville is 1,124.5 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 88.9 chance of being the victim of a property crime in Russellville each year. That compares to a 1 in 0.0 chance nationally.
  • That's -36.11% lower than the national rate of 1,760.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And -16.70% lower than the Kentucky property crime rate of 1,349.9 per 100,000 people.

Crime In Cities Around Russellville

City Population Count
Raw
Total Crime
/ 100k People
Property Crime
/ 100k People
Violent Crime
/ 100k People
Bowling Green, KY 77,503 2,444 3,153.4 2,928.9 224.5
Hendersonville, TN 64,126 537 837.4 714.2 123.2
Gallatin, TN 52,346 501 957.1 748.9 208.2
Mount Juliet, TN 44,049 495 1,123.7 964.8 158.9
White House, TN 16,177 157 970.5 735.6 234.9
Portland, TN 13,703 114 831.9 459.8 372.2
Greenbrier, TN 6,949 43 618.8 460.5 158.3
Millersville, TN 6,295 44 699.0 460.7 238.3

Russellville SnackAbility

5
/10
Overall SnackAbility
Jobs
4/10
Housing
4
Affordability
7
Diversity
8
Safety
6
Amenities
7
Education
6
Commute
9
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