Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Fort Thomas, KY Crime Grade
How Fort Thomas 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
2/10
vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population
Kentucky
1/10
vs. Kentucky cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in Fort Thomas, KY was 47.6 per 100,000 residents (8 incidents over a population of 16,790). That puts Fort Thomas 85% below the U.S. rate of 325.3 and 76% below the Kentucky statewide rate of 198.5.
That ranks Fort Thomas #470 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 88% of them, and #3 of 41 in Kentucky. Violent crime is roughly flat year over year and up 29% over the last five years.
Fort Thomas, KY crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- A (2/10)
- Kentucky Grade
- A (1/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 47.6 / 100k
- National rank
- #470 of 3,771
- KY rank
- #3 of 41
- Safer than
- 88% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- roughly flat
- 5-year change
- up 29%
- Population
- 16,790
- Reporting agency
- Fort Thomas Police Department
- Data year
- 2025 · FBI UCR
Reported by Fort Thomas Police Department (FBI ORI KY0190400) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About Fort Thomas, KY
Also known as
- Rossford
- Guyville
- Mount Pleasant
Name history sourced from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) — public-domain federal geographic-names data.
Violent crime rate, 5-year trend
Per 100,000 residents. Fort Thomas (red), Kentucky (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Fort Thomas 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 | 36.9(6) | 23.3(4) | 53.0(9) | 47.5(8) | 47.6(8) |
| Murder | — | — | — | — | — |
| Rape | 24.6(4) | 5.8(1) | 35.3(6) | 23.8(4) | 23.8(4) |
| Robbery | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 5.9(1) | 0.0(0) |
| Aggravated assault | 12.3(2) | 17.5(3) | 17.7(3) | 17.8(3) | 17.9(3) |
| Property crime | 399.5(65) | 542.0(93) | 570.9(97) | 487.3(82) | 416.9(70) |
| Burglary | 55.3(9) | 58.3(10) | 47.1(8) | 47.5(8) | 59.6(10) |
| Larceny | 288.9(47) | 437.1(75) | 417.9(71) | 380.4(64) | 309.7(52) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 55.3(9) | 46.6(8) | 100.1(17) | 59.4(10) | 47.6(8) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Fort Thomas, KY Crime Grade?
- FBI Uniform Crime Reporting via the Crime Data Explorer. Agency-level data, pulled directly. No third-party aggregators, no proprietary score.
- What metric does the Fort Thomas Crime Grade use?
- Violent crime rate per 100,000 residents (murder + rape + robbery + aggravated assault), most recent fully-reported year.
- How is the national decile for Fort Thomas calculated?
- Fort Thomas's rate placed against all FBI-reporting U.S. cities with population ≥ 25,000. 1 = safest.
- How is the Kentucky state decile calculated?
- Same calculation restricted to Kentucky cities with population ≥ 10,000.
- How do decile scores convert to a letter grade?
- 1–3 = A · 4–5 = B · 6–7 = C · 8 = D · 9–10 = F.
- How often is the Fort Thomas Crime Grade refreshed?
- Twice a year. The FBI typically releases the prior year's full data each September.
- What are the limits of this Crime Grade?
- The FBI relies on local agency reporting. Rates reflect what was reported, not what occurred.
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