Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Frankfort, KY Crime Grade
How Frankfort 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
6/10
vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population
Kentucky
7/10
vs. Kentucky cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in Frankfort, KY was 206.2 per 100,000 residents (59 incidents over a population of 28,610). That puts Frankfort 37% below the U.S. rate of 325.3 and 4% above the Kentucky statewide rate of 198.5.
That ranks Frankfort #2,088 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 45% of them, and #27 of 41 in Kentucky. Violent crime is down 2% year over year and down 11% over the last five years.
Frankfort, KY crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- C (6/10)
- Kentucky Grade
- C (7/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 206.2 / 100k
- National rank
- #2,088 of 3,771
- KY rank
- #27 of 41
- Safer than
- 45% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- down 2%
- 5-year change
- down 11%
- Population
- 28,610
- Reporting agency
- Frankfort Police Department
- Data year
- 2025 · FBI UCR
Reported by Frankfort Police Department (FBI ORI KY0370100) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About Frankfort, KY
Also known as
- The Big Bend
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. Frankfort (red), Kentucky (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Frankfort 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 | 230.6(64) | 255.6(73) | 236.9(67) | 209.4(59) | 206.2(59) |
| Murder | 7.2(2) | 14.0(4) | 14.1(4) | 3.5(1) | 7.0(2) |
| Rape | 82.9(23) | 87.5(25) | 49.5(14) | 71.0(20) | 38.4(11) |
| Robbery | 28.8(8) | 35.0(10) | 31.8(9) | 28.4(8) | 38.4(11) |
| Aggravated assault | 111.7(31) | 119.1(34) | 141.4(40) | 106.5(30) | 122.3(35) |
| Property crime | 2756.5(765) | 1971.4(563) | 2118.0(599) | 1650.3(465) | 1576.4(451) |
| Burglary | 457.6(127) | 304.6(87) | 328.8(93) | 273.3(77) | 244.7(70) |
| Larceny | 1913.3(531) | 1383.1(395) | 1577.0(446) | 1188.9(335) | 1202.4(344) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 381.9(106) | 273.1(78) | 208.6(59) | 184.5(52) | 125.8(36) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Frankfort, 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 Frankfort 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 Frankfort calculated?
- Frankfort'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 Frankfort 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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