St. Matthews, KY Crime Statistics For 2023

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Updated: 2023-10-25

Crime Rate In St. Matthews, KY Summary

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

  • There were 838 total crimes committed in St. Matthews the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 4,832.5 total crimes per 100K people in St. Matthews.
  • The overall crime rate in St. Matthews is 107.92% above the national average.
  • St. Matthews ranks #228 safest out of 231 cities in Kentucky.
  • St. Matthews ranks #9,352 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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St. Matthews Vs Kentucky And National Crime Rates

According to the most recent data from the FBI, the total crime rate in St. Matthews is 4,832.5 per 100,000 people. That's 107.92% higher than the national rate of 2,324.2 per 100,000 people and 137.05% higher than the Kentucky total crime rate of 2,038.6 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
St. Matthews
/ 100k People
Kentucky
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 838 4,832.5 2,038.6 2,324.2
Murder 0 0.0 7.2 6.3
Robbery 10 57.7 52.9 66.1
Aggravated Assault 5 28.8 168.3 268.2
Violent Crime 20 115.3 259.1 369.8
Burglary 73 421.0 344.1 269.8
Larceny 680 3,921.3 1,178.6 1,401.9
Car Theft 65 374.8 256.8 282.7
Property Crime 818 4,717.1 1,779.5 1,954.4

St. Matthews 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 St. Matthews

20
Violent Crimes
115.3
Violent Crimes / 100k People
-68.81%
Below The National Average
  • There were 20 violent crimes in St. Matthews in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in St. Matthews is 115.3 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 867.0 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in St. Matthews each year. That compares to a 1 in 386.0 chance statewide.
  • That's -68.81% lower than the national rate of 369.8 per 100,000 people.
  • -55.48% lower than the Kentucky violent crime rate of 259.1 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In St. Matthews

818
Property Crimes
4,717.1
Property Crimes / 100k People
141.36%
Above The National Average
  • There were 818 property crimes in St. Matthews in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in St. Matthews is 4,717.1 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 21.2 chance of being the victim of a property crime in St. Matthews each year. That compares to a 1 in 0.0 chance nationally.
  • That's 141.36% higher than the national rate of 1,954.4 per 100,000 people.
  • And 165.08% higher than the Kentucky property crime rate of 1,779.5 per 100,000 people.

Crime In Cities Around St. Matthews

City Population Count
Raw
Total Crime
/ 100k People
Property Crime
/ 100k People
Violent Crime
/ 100k People
Jeffersontown, KY 28,519 755 2,647.4 2,538.7 108.7
Middletown, KY 9,600 307 3,197.9 3,062.5 135.4
Prospect, KY 4,552 32 703.0 681.0 22.0
Graymoor-Devondale, KY 3,098 98 3,163.3 2,969.7 193.7
Lyndon, KY 2,831 278 9,819.9 9,360.6 459.2
Indian Hills, KY 2,819 61 2,163.9 2,163.9 0.0
Windy Hills, KY 2,400 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Brownsboro, TX 1,321 0 0.0 0.0 0.0

St. Matthews SnackAbility

8.5
/10
Overall SnackAbility
Jobs
8/10
Housing
8.5
Affordability
6
Diversity
7
Safety
6
Amenities
9
Education
9
Commute
9
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