Shively, KY Crime Statistics For 2025

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Updated: 2025-10-24

Crime Rate In Shively, KY Summary

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

  • There were 552 total crimes committed in Shively in the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 3,585.8 total crimes per 100K people in Shively.
  • The overall crime rate in Shively is 69.20% above the national average.
  • Shively ranks #226 safest out of 232 cities in Kentucky.
  • Shively ranks #9,063 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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Shively Vs Kentucky And National Crime Rates

According to the most recent data from the FBI, the total crime rate in Shively is 3,585.8 per 100,000 people. That's 69.20% higher than the national rate of 2,119.2 per 100,000 people and 129.42% higher than the Kentucky total crime rate of 1,563.0 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
Shively
/ 100k People
Kentucky
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 552 3,585.8 1,563.0 2,119.2
Murder 2 13.0 6.1 5.0
Robbery 20 129.9 35.1 61.0
Aggravated Assault 18 116.9 139.5 256.0
Violent Crime 47 305.3 213.1 359.0
Burglary 84 545.7 193.6 229.0
Larceny 299 1,942.3 930.2 1,272.0
Car Theft 122 792.5 226.2 259.0
Property Crime 505 3,280.5 1,349.9 1,760.0

Shively 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 Shively

47
Violent Crimes
305.3
Violent Crimes / 100k People
-14.95%
Below The National Average
  • There were 47 violent crimes in Shively in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in Shively is 305.3 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 327.5 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in Shively each year. That compares to a 1 in 469.2 chance statewide.
  • That's -14.95% lower than the national rate of 359.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And 43.26% higher than the Kentucky violent crime rate of 213.1 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In Shively

505
Property Crimes
3,280.5
Property Crimes / 100k People
86.39%
Above The National Average
  • There were 505 property crimes in Shively in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in Shively is 3,280.5 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 30.5 chance of being the victim of a property crime in Shively each year. That compares to a 1 in 0.0 chance nationally.
  • That's 86.39% higher than the national rate of 1,760.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And 143.02% higher than the Kentucky property crime rate of 1,349.9 per 100,000 people.

Crime In Cities Around Shively

City Population Count
Raw
Total Crime
/ 100k People
Property Crime
/ 100k People
Violent Crime
/ 100k People
Georgetown, KY 40,037 517 1,291.3 1,168.9 122.4
New Albany, IN 37,174 999 2,687.4 2,421.0 266.3
Jeffersontown, KY 28,563 680 2,380.7 2,275.7 105.0
St. Matthews, KY 17,289 903 5,223.0 5,095.7 127.2
Lyndon, KY 10,877 286 2,629.4 2,528.3 101.1
Middletown, KY 9,602 339 3,530.5 3,405.5 125.0
Louisville, MS 5,917 188 3,177.3 2,552.0 625.3
Prospect, KY 4,553 32 702.8 702.8 0.0

Shively SnackAbility

5
/10
Overall SnackAbility
Jobs
5/10
Housing
5
Affordability
7
Diversity
9
Safety
4
Amenities
9
Education
5
Commute
8.5
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