Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Shelbyville, KY Crime Grade
How Shelbyville 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 Shelbyville, KY was 49.4 per 100,000 residents (9 incidents over a population of 18,227). That puts Shelbyville 85% below the U.S. rate of 325.3 and 75% below the Kentucky statewide rate of 198.5.
Violent crime rate, 5-year trend
Per 100,000 residents. Shelbyville (red), Kentucky (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Shelbyville 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 | 134.8(23) | 131.6(23) | 118.8(21) | 133.6(24) | 49.4(9) |
| Murder | 11.7(2) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) |
| Rape | 29.3(5) | 11.4(2) | 17.0(3) | 33.4(6) | 5.5(1) |
| Robbery | 29.3(5) | 45.8(8) | 33.9(6) | 5.6(1) | 5.5(1) |
| Aggravated assault | 64.5(11) | 74.4(13) | 67.9(12) | 94.7(17) | 38.4(7) |
| Property crime | 1341.9(229) | 1184.1(207) | 1182.1(209) | 1019.0(183) | 729.7(133) |
| Burglary | 246.1(42) | 223.1(39) | 181.0(32) | 133.6(24) | 104.2(19) |
| Larceny | 949.3(162) | 703.6(123) | 820.1(145) | 746.1(134) | 537.7(98) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 146.5(25) | 257.4(45) | 175.3(31) | 133.6(24) | 87.8(16) |
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: Shelbyville'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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