CurrentCrimeMap

Data through July 2026, Louisville Metro Police Department

Crime in Louisville, KY

The violent crime rate in Louisville is 612 per 100,000 residents per year over the 12 months to July 2026, 40% above the average of the 302 cities and county areas we cover. That is −14% compared with the previous 12 months.

Office towers in downtown Louisville, Kentucky.
Photo: Brando03, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

The numbers

12 months to Jul 2026

Violent crime

612 per 100,000 residents, per year

4,232 reported in the 12 months to Jul 2026

−14% vs. the previous 12 months

Property crime

3,250 per 100,000 residents, per year

22,475 reported in the 12 months to Jul 2026

−5% vs. the previous 12 months

All reported

3,861 per 100,000 residents, per year

26,707 reported in the 12 months to Jul 2026

Annual rates: reported incidents over the last 12 months per 100,000 residents (population 691,630, U.S. Census).

What counts as violent and property crime

Counted the FBI's way, the same for every city: violent crime is homicide, rape, robbery and aggravated assault; property crime is burglary, theft, vehicle theft and arson. Simple assault is not counted as violent. How we count

Where Louisville sits among covered places

violent, per 100k, per year

612

Louisville has the 73rd-highest rate of the 302 cities and county areas on this site, higher than 229 of the other 301.

Carmel 51avg 437Detroit 1,632

The ring is Louisville; the tick is the average of all 302 cities and county areas.

PlaceViolent per 100kRank
Knoxville, TN63368
North Charleston, SC63369
Tallahassee, FL63370
New York, NY62571
Long Beach, CA62172
Louisville, KY61273
Montgomery, AL61174
Davenport, IA61175
Syracuse, NY61176
Worcester, MA60077
Lakewood, CO59078

The places closest to Louisville in the ranking, highest rate first. See all 302 cities and county areas

Louisville crime map

official map linked
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SaferHigher rateViolent crimes per 100,000 residents per year, for each whole city. The colors are not crime locations.

The FBI publishes citywide totals from Louisville Metro Police Department, not where each crime happened, so this map fills Louisville with its whole-city rate instead of plotting crimes. The nearest covered cities are more than 60 miles away: zoom out to see them, or use the table below.

For where incidents happened, Louisville Metro Police Department publishes its own map of recent incidents on LexisNexis Community Crime Map; it is linked under Official map.

Of the 8 covered cities nearest Louisville, 4 have a higher violent crime rate and 4 a lower one. The closest is Lexington, KY, 65 miles away.

Louisville and the covered places nearest to it, with each one’s violent crime rate and distance
PlaceViolent per 100kDistance
Louisville, KY612
Lexington, KY21665 mi
Cincinnati, OH83591 mi
Evansville, IN1,033103 mi
Indianapolis, IN828115 mi
Fishers, IN75125 mi
Carmel, IN51127 mi
Dayton, OH1,254136 mi
Clarksville, TN313145 mi
About the colors and distances

Colors use the same scale as the rest of the site, from the lowest to the highest violent crime rate among the 302 cities and county areas we cover. City outlines from the U.S. Census Bureau. Distances are straight-line, between city centers.

Reported crime by type

12 months to Jul 2026
  • RobberyTaking property by force or threatViolent, 611 reported88−27% vs. a year ago
  • HomicideViolent, 3 reported0.4−95% vs. a year ago
  • TheftShoplifting, pickpocketing and other theft without force or entryProperty, 9,979 reported1,443−3% vs. a year ago
  • Theft from vehiclesItems or parts taken from a vehicle, break-ins includedProperty, 6,106 reported883+19% vs. a year ago
  • Vehicle theftProperty, 3,657 reported529−26% vs. a year ago
  • BurglaryEntering a home or business to stealProperty, 2,637 reported381−17% vs. a year ago
See the table
OffenseReportedPer 100kvs. previous monthvs. a year earlier
RobberyViolent61188—−27%
HomicideViolent30.4—−95%
TheftProperty9,9791,443—−3%
Theft from vehiclesProperty6,106883—+19%
Vehicle theftProperty3,657529—−26%
BurglaryProperty2,637381—−17%
About these categories

Homicide, robbery, burglary, theft and vehicle theft come from the same reports Louisville Metro Police Department sends the FBI. Theft from vehicles is NIBRS codes 23F and 23G (items and parts taken from a vehicle) and theft is the rest of larceny. Robbery is part of violent crime and the others of property crime; assault and rape count in violent crime but are not listed separately, so the rows do not add up to the totals. Red means more than before, green means fewer. “Not yet” means the site does not have that month from a year earlier.

Against other places of 100,000+ residents: vehicle theft (18th highest rate of 155), robbery (47th highest rate of 152) and burglary (29th highest rate of 168).

Month by month

Aug 2025 to Jul 2026

Violent crime −14%

0200400600AugSepOctNovDecJanFebMarAprMayJunJul278412
Violent crimes per month in Louisville, KY, Aug 2025 to Jul 2026 and a year earlier
MonthViolent crimesMonth a year earlierViolent crimes
Aug 2025405Aug 2024470
Sep 2025377Sep 2024384
Oct 2025343Oct 2024453
Nov 2025378Nov 2024410
Dec 2025351Dec 2024396
Jan 2026344Jan 2025368
Feb 2026299Feb 2025329
Mar 2026330Mar 2025403
Apr 2026378Apr 2025405
May 2026426May 2025420
Jun 2026323Jun 2025468
Jul 2026278Jul 2025412

Homicides −95%

05101520AugSepOctNovDecJanFebMarAprMayJunJul00
Homicides per month in Louisville, KY, Aug 2025 to Jul 2026 and a year earlier
MonthHomicidesMonth a year earlierHomicides
Aug 20250Aug 202416
Sep 20251Sep 20248
Oct 20250Oct 202410
Nov 20251Nov 20245
Dec 20251Dec 20247
Jan 20260Jan 20254
Feb 20260Feb 20256
Mar 20260Mar 20254
Apr 20260Apr 20251
May 20260May 20250
Jun 20260Jun 20251
Jul 20260Jul 20250

0 in 2026 through July, 16 in the same months of 2025. Compare with other places

Every month since Aug 2023
Reported crime per month in Louisville, KY
MonthViolentPropertyHomicides
Jul 20262781,6480
Jun 20263232,0790
May 20264261,8920
Apr 20263781,8800
Mar 20263301,7840
Feb 20262991,5850
Jan 20263441,5470
Dec 20253511,7641
Nov 20253782,0481
Oct 20253431,9650
Sep 20253771,9901
Aug 20254052,2930
Jul 20254122,3310
Jun 20254682,1451
May 20254202,2210
Apr 20254051,9931
Mar 20254031,9124
Feb 20253291,6056
Jan 20253681,6284
Dec 20243962,0167
Nov 20244101,9095
Oct 20244531,85410
Sep 20243841,9498
Aug 20244702,08616
Jul 20244712,29914
Jun 20244862,18813
May 20244682,29520
Apr 20244271,8949
Mar 20244451,79820
Feb 20243341,77610
Jan 20244231,87314
Dec 20234621,8859
Nov 20233821,9807
Oct 20234562,2368
Sep 20234752,19115
Aug 20234552,17614

How Louisville compares

per 100k, per year

Similar size

#PlaceViolentPropertyResidentsData to
1Detroit, MI1,6323,712642,155Aug 2026
34Nashville, TN8283,377718,499Aug 2026
40Denver, CO7933,938733,212Sep 2026
42Washington, DC7772,656693,645Sep 2026
57Portland, OR6885,062631,483Aug 2026
59Oklahoma City, OK6722,598720,580Jul 2026
73Louisville, KY6123,250691,630Jul 2026
81Boston, MA5751,867671,262Aug 2026
191El Paso, TX2701,178682,310Aug 2026
225Prince George's County, MD (County Police)2201,741741,477Jun 2026

The 10 places closest to Louisville in population, Louisville included, highest violent crime rate first.

Same state

#PlaceViolentPropertyResidentsData to
73Louisville, KY6123,250691,630Jul 2026
226Lexington, KY2162,035330,994Jul 2026

All 2 places in Kentucky on this site, highest violent crime rate first.

Nearby

#PlaceViolentPropertyResidentsData to
9Dayton, OH1,2544,065136,047Aug 2026
19Evansville, IN1,0333,033114,905Jun 2026
32Cincinnati, OH8353,468316,260Sep 2026
33Indianapolis, IN8282,884903,574Oct 2025
34Nashville, TN8283,377718,499Aug 2026
73Louisville, KY6123,250691,630Jul 2026
173Clarksville, TN313891190,532Aug 2026
226Lexington, KY2162,035330,994Jul 2026
294Fishers, IN75437105,143Jul 2026
302Carmel, IN51634104,553Aug 2026

The 9 places on this site closest to Louisville by distance, highest violent crime rate first.

#PlaceViolentPropertyResidentsData to

Figures are what each agency reports to the FBI, over the last 12 months it has reported in full, so the months differ. See all 302 cities and county areas in the rankings

Compare Louisville side by side with Lexington, Nashville or Washington, or with any other place.

Other cities in Kentucky

1 city page, closest first

Kentucky as a whole has 199 violent crimes per 100,000 residents per year, as reported to the FBI over the 12 months to Jun 2026; Louisville’s rate is 207% above the state’s.

Lexington

All 2 cities in Kentucky

Common questions

answered with the data above
Is Louisville safe?

By reported violent crime, Louisville is well above the average of the 302 cities and county areas on this site: 612 violent crimes per 100,000 residents per year over the 12 months to July 2026, −14% versus the previous 12 months. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood, so the citywide figure is only a starting point.

Is there a crime map for Louisville?

Yes, from the police itself: Louisville Metro Police Department publishes its own map of recent incidents on LexisNexis Community Crime Map (https://communitycrimemap.com/). The figures on this page come from the FBI, which receives city totals rather than locations, so CurrentCrimeMap shows how Louisville compares with nearby places such as Lexington, KY instead of a street-level map.

What is the crime rate in Louisville?

612 violent and 3,250 property crimes per 100,000 residents per year, based on 26,707 incidents reported to Louisville Metro Police Department over the 12 months to July 2026. Violent crime includes 611 robberies (property taken by force or threat); property crime includes 2,637 burglaries, 6,106 thefts from vehicles and 9,979 other thefts.

Is crime in Louisville going up or down?

It is going down: violent crime −14% and property crime −5% over the last 12 months compared with the 12 months before.

How many homicides has Louisville had in 2026?

Louisville Metro Police Department reported 0 homicides from January to July 2026, the latest month it has reported in full, against 16 in the same months of 2025. Over the 12 months to Jul 2026 the count was 3, or 0 per 100,000 residents.

Where does the data come from?

From Louisville Metro Police Department, via FBI Crime Data Explorer (dataset KY0568000). We count reported incidents by month and offense type and divide by the Census population. Reported crime undercounts actual crime; see the methodology page for what the numbers leave out.

Moving to or visiting Louisville

12 months to July 2026
What most people ask aboutReportedPer 100kvs. the 12 months before
RobberyTaking property by force or threat61188−27%
BurglaryEntering a home or business to steal2,637381−17%
Theft from vehiclesItems or parts taken from a vehicle, break-ins included6,106883+19%
Vehicle theft3,657529−26%

What these numbers leave out: most crime never reaches the police. In the federal victim survey (BJS, 2024), about half of violent crimes and less than a third of property crimes were reported, and only a quarter of everyday thefts. Rates are per resident, so busy downtowns and tourist areas look worse than they are for the people who visit them.

The official source is FBI Crime Data Explorer. For what to look for, and what not to read into a rate, see how to read US crime numbers.

Source and dates

KY0568000
Source
Louisville Metro Police Department, via FBI Crime Data Explorer (dataset KY0568000)
Latest complete month
July 2026
History on this site
August 2023 to July 2026 (43 months)
Update schedule
Louisville Metro Police Department reports monthly to the FBI under the national NIBRS standard. We refresh every morning and publish the most recent 12 months the agency has reported in full.
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Monthly counts by offense (JSON)