Shelbyville, KY Crime Statistics For 2025

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Updated: 2025-10-24

Crime Rate In Shelbyville, KY Summary

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

  • There were 205 total crimes committed in Shelbyville in the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 1,141.5 total crimes per 100K people in Shelbyville.
  • The overall crime rate in Shelbyville is -46.14% below the national average.
  • Shelbyville ranks #166 safest out of 232 cities in Kentucky.
  • Shelbyville ranks #4,919 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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Shelbyville Vs Kentucky And National Crime Rates

According to the most recent data from the FBI, the total crime rate in Shelbyville is 1,141.5 per 100,000 people. That's -46.14% lower than the national rate of 2,119.2 per 100,000 people and -26.97% lower than the Kentucky total crime rate of 1,563.0 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
Shelbyville
/ 100k People
Kentucky
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 205 1,141.5 1,563.0 2,119.2
Murder 0 0.0 6.1 5.0
Robbery 1 5.6 35.1 61.0
Aggravated Assault 17 94.7 139.5 256.0
Violent Crime 24 133.6 213.1 359.0
Burglary 23 128.1 193.6 229.0
Larceny 134 746.1 930.2 1,272.0
Car Theft 24 133.6 226.2 259.0
Property Crime 181 1,007.9 1,349.9 1,760.0

Shelbyville 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 Shelbyville

24
Violent Crimes
133.6
Violent Crimes / 100k People
-62.78%
Below The National Average
  • There were 24 violent crimes in Shelbyville in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in Shelbyville is 133.6 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 748.3 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in Shelbyville each year. That compares to a 1 in 469.2 chance statewide.
  • That's -62.78% lower than the national rate of 359.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And -37.30% lower than the Kentucky violent crime rate of 213.1 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In Shelbyville

181
Property Crimes
1,007.9
Property Crimes / 100k People
-42.74%
Below The National Average
  • There were 181 property crimes in Shelbyville in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in Shelbyville is 1,007.9 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 99.2 chance of being the victim of a property crime in Shelbyville each year. That compares to a 1 in 0.0 chance nationally.
  • That's -42.74% lower than the national rate of 1,760.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And -25.34% lower than the Kentucky property crime rate of 1,349.9 per 100,000 people.

Crime In Cities Around Shelbyville

City Population Count
Raw
Total Crime
/ 100k People
Property Crime
/ 100k People
Violent Crime
/ 100k People
Jeffersontown, KY 28,563 680 2,380.7 2,275.7 105.0
Frankfort, KY 28,177 520 1,845.5 1,643.2 202.3
Lyndon, KY 10,877 286 2,629.4 2,528.3 101.1
La Grange, KY 10,537 103 977.5 911.1 66.4
Middletown, KY 9,602 339 3,530.5 3,405.5 125.0

Shelbyville SnackAbility

6
/10
Overall SnackAbility
Jobs
8/10
Housing
7
Affordability
8
Diversity
8.5
Safety
8
Amenities
8.5
Education
6
Commute
6
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