Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Paducah, KY Crime Grade
How Paducah 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 Paducah, KY was 274.4 per 100,000 residents (73 incidents over a population of 26,608). That puts Paducah 16% below the U.S. rate of 325.3 and 38% above the Kentucky statewide rate of 198.5.
That ranks Paducah #2,512 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 33% of them, and #33 of 41 in Kentucky. Violent crime is down 3% year over year and down 17% over the last five years.
Paducah, KY crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- C (7/10)
- Kentucky Grade
- D (8/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 274.4 / 100k
- National rank
- #2,512 of 3,771
- KY rank
- #33 of 41
- Safer than
- 33% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- down 3%
- 5-year change
- down 17%
- Population
- 26,608
- Reporting agency
- Paducah Police Department
- Data year
- 2025 · FBI UCR
Reported by Paducah Police Department (FBI ORI KY0730100) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About Paducah, KY
Also known as
- Pekin
History
Named for a celebrated Indian chief who formerly lived in the vicinity and was buried on the banks of Tennessee River, now within the city limits.
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. Paducah (red), Kentucky (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Paducah 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 | 329.7(82) | 284.1(74) | 333.4(89) | 281.7(75) | 274.4(73) |
| Murder | 16.1(4) | 23.0(6) | 3.7(1) | 3.8(1) | 3.8(1) |
| Rape | 112.6(28) | 99.8(26) | 101.2(27) | 82.6(22) | 63.9(17) |
| Robbery | 36.2(9) | 38.4(10) | 37.5(10) | 41.3(11) | 26.3(7) |
| Aggravated assault | 164.8(41) | 122.8(32) | 191.1(51) | 154.0(41) | 180.4(48) |
| Property crime | 3256.5(810) | 3113.2(811) | 2933.5(783) | 2854.6(760) | 2315.1(616) |
| Burglary | 297.5(74) | 261.0(68) | 247.3(66) | 232.9(62) | 169.1(45) |
| Larceny | 2617.3(651) | 2552.8(665) | 2472.7(660) | 2272.4(605) | 1856.6(494) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 321.6(80) | 280.2(73) | 202.3(54) | 319.3(85) | 266.8(71) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Paducah, 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 Paducah 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 Paducah calculated?
- Paducah'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 Paducah 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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