Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Ashland, KY Crime Grade
How Ashland grades for violent crime against every other reporting U.S. city — and against the rest of Kentucky — based on the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting data.
National
7/10
vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population
Kentucky
8/10
vs. Kentucky cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in Ashland, KY was 238.8 per 100,000 residents (50 incidents over a population of 20,937). That puts Ashland 27% below the U.S. rate of 325.3 and 20% above the Kentucky statewide rate of 198.5.
Violent crime rate, 5-year trend
Per 100,000 residents. Ashland (red), Kentucky (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Ashland vs. U.S., 2025 — by offense
Rates per 100,000 residents for each offense category.
Full data, last 5 years
Rates per 100,000 residents. Raw counts in parentheses.
| Offense | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violent crime | 195.9(39) | 187.8(40) | 193.2(41) | 199.9(42) | 238.8(50) |
| Murder | 10.0(2) | 9.4(2) | 4.7(1) | 0.0(0) | 4.8(1) |
| Rape | 55.2(11) | 56.3(12) | 47.1(10) | 71.4(15) | 47.8(10) |
| Robbery | 25.1(5) | 28.2(6) | 23.6(5) | 19.0(4) | 23.9(5) |
| Aggravated assault | 105.5(21) | 93.9(20) | 117.8(25) | 109.5(23) | 162.4(34) |
| Property crime | 2937.8(585) | 2521.1(537) | 2912.3(618) | 2532.0(532) | 1996.5(418) |
| Burglary | 477.1(95) | 361.5(77) | 414.7(88) | 285.6(60) | 214.9(45) |
| Larceny | 2234.7(445) | 1877.9(400) | 2210.2(469) | 2008.5(422) | 1628.7(341) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 210.9(42) | 262.9(56) | 263.9(56) | 214.2(45) | 143.3(30) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting via the Crime Data Explorer. Agency-level data, pulled directly. No third-party aggregators, no proprietary score.
- Metric: Violent crime rate per 100,000 residents (murder + rape + robbery + aggravated assault), most recent fully-reported year.
- National decile: Ashland's rate placed against all FBI-reporting U.S. cities with population ≥ 25,000. 1 = safest.
- State decile: Same calculation restricted to Kentucky cities with population ≥ 10,000.
- Letter grade: 1–3 = A · 4–5 = B · 6–7 = C · 8 = D · 9–10 = F.
- Refresh: Twice a year. The FBI typically releases the prior year's full data each September.
- Limits: The FBI relies on local agency reporting. Rates reflect what was reported, not what occurred.
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