Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Nicholasville, KY Crime Grade
How Nicholasville 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
5/10
vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population
Kentucky
5/10
vs. Kentucky cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in Nicholasville, KY was 193.7 per 100,000 residents (66 incidents over a population of 34,067). That puts Nicholasville 40% below the U.S. rate of 325.3 and 2% below the Kentucky statewide rate of 198.5.
Violent crime rate, 5-year trend
Per 100,000 residents. Nicholasville (red), Kentucky (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Nicholasville 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 | 112.2(35) | 141.1(45) | 126.6(41) | 112.6(37) | 193.7(66) |
| Murder | 0.0(0) | 3.1(1) | 0.0(0) | 3.0(1) | 2.9(1) |
| Rape | 32.1(10) | 50.2(16) | 34.0(11) | 18.3(6) | 49.9(17) |
| Robbery | 25.7(8) | 22.0(7) | 18.5(6) | 18.3(6) | 17.6(6) |
| Aggravated assault | 54.5(17) | 65.9(21) | 74.1(24) | 73.0(24) | 123.3(42) |
| Property crime | 2116.5(660) | 1740.8(555) | 1707.9(553) | 1518.3(499) | 1485.3(506) |
| Burglary | 288.6(90) | 257.2(82) | 163.7(53) | 206.9(68) | 93.9(32) |
| Larceny | 1670.7(521) | 1323.6(422) | 1399.1(453) | 1229.2(404) | 1285.7(438) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 157.1(49) | 153.7(49) | 142.1(46) | 73.0(24) | 105.7(36) |
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: Nicholasville'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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