Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Mount Washington, KY Crime Grade
How Mount Washington 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
1/10
vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population
Kentucky
1/10
vs. Kentucky cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in Mount Washington, KY was 31.5 per 100,000 residents (6 incidents over a population of 19,052). That puts Mount Washington 90% below the U.S. rate of 325.3 and 84% below the Kentucky statewide rate of 198.5.
That ranks Mount Washington #260 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 93% of them, and #2 of 41 in Kentucky. Violent crime is down 1% year over year and down 21% over the last five years.
Mount Washington, KY crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- A (1/10)
- Kentucky Grade
- A (1/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 31.5 / 100k
- National rank
- #260 of 3,771
- KY rank
- #2 of 41
- Safer than
- 93% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- down 1%
- 5-year change
- down 21%
- Population
- 19,052
- Reporting agency
- Mount Washington Police Department
- Data year
- 2025 · FBI UCR
Reported by Mount Washington Police Department (FBI ORI KY0150300) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About Mount Washington, KY
Also known as
- Mount Vernon
- The Cross Roads
- Crossroads
- Mountvernon
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. Mount Washington (red), Kentucky (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Mount Washington 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 | 39.9(6) | 48.8(9) | 43.1(8) | 31.9(6) | 31.5(6) |
| Murder | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) |
| Rape | 0.0(0) | 5.4(1) | 10.8(2) | 5.3(1) | 5.2(1) |
| Robbery | 13.3(2) | 10.8(2) | 5.4(1) | 0.0(0) | 5.2(1) |
| Aggravated assault | 26.6(4) | 32.5(6) | 26.9(5) | 26.6(5) | 21.0(4) |
| Property crime | 777.5(117) | 580.3(107) | 586.8(109) | 563.5(106) | 409.4(78) |
| Burglary | 59.8(9) | 103.0(19) | 113.0(21) | 79.7(15) | 84.0(16) |
| Larceny | 591.4(89) | 390.5(72) | 425.3(79) | 441.2(83) | 267.7(51) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 126.3(19) | 86.8(16) | 43.1(8) | 42.5(8) | 57.7(11) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Mount Washington, 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 Mount Washington 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 Mount Washington calculated?
- Mount Washington'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 Mount Washington 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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