Louisa, KY Crime Statistics For 2023

Demographics | Crime
Updated: 2023-10-25

Crime Rate In Louisa, KY Summary

Crime in Louisa research summary. HomeSnacks has been using Saturday Night Science to report crime data in Louisa over the past eight years using the FBI crime explorer. Based on the most recently available data released October 17, 2023, we found the following about crime in Louisa:

  • There were 38 total crimes committed in Louisa the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 1,439.9 total crimes per 100K people in Louisa.
  • The overall crime rate in Louisa is -38.05% below the national average.
  • Louisa ranks #164 safest out of 231 cities in Kentucky.
  • Louisa ranks #5,143 safest out of 9,869 cities in the United States.

Because the crime rate is so low in America, we use "per 100,000 people" to make the number a bit easier to compare across locations visually. It's mathematically the same as doing per capita comparisons and isn't conveying that there are 100,000+ people in a location.

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Louisa Vs Kentucky And National Crime Rates

According to the most recent data from the FBI, the total crime rate in Louisa is 1,439.9 per 100,000 people. That's -38.05% lower than the national rate of 2,324.2 per 100,000 people and -29.37% lower than the Kentucky total crime rate of 2,038.6 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
Louisa
/ 100k People
Kentucky
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 38 1,439.9 2,038.6 2,324.2
Murder 0 0.0 7.2 6.3
Robbery 3 113.7 52.9 66.1
Aggravated Assault 4 151.6 168.3 268.2
Violent Crime 7 265.3 259.1 369.8
Burglary 8 303.1 344.1 269.8
Larceny 18 682.1 1,178.6 1,401.9
Car Theft 5 189.5 256.8 282.7
Property Crime 31 1,174.7 1,779.5 1,954.4

Louisa Crime Compared To Kentucky Averages

Each category of crime indexed to the worst per capita in Kentucky.
Data Source -- FBI UCR 2022.

Violent Crime Rates In Louisa

7
Violent Crimes
265.3
Violent Crimes / 100k People
-28.27%
Below The National Average
  • There were 7 violent crimes in Louisa in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in Louisa is 265.3 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 377.0 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in Louisa each year. That compares to a 1 in 386.0 chance statewide.
  • That's -28.27% lower than the national rate of 369.8 per 100,000 people.
  • 2.38% higher than the Kentucky violent crime rate of 259.1 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In Louisa

31
Property Crimes
1,174.7
Property Crimes / 100k People
-39.90%
Below The National Average
  • There were 31 property crimes in Louisa in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in Louisa is 1,174.7 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 85.1 chance of being the victim of a property crime in Louisa each year. That compares to a 1 in 0.0 chance nationally.
  • That's -39.90% lower than the national rate of 1,954.4 per 100,000 people.
  • And -33.99% lower than the Kentucky property crime rate of 1,779.5 per 100,000 people.

Crime In Cities Around Louisa

City Population Count
Raw
Total Crime
/ 100k People
Property Crime
/ 100k People
Violent Crime
/ 100k People
Ashland, KY 21,300 566 2,657.3 2,469.5 187.8
Ironton, OH 10,312 76 737.0 591.5 145.5
St. Albans, WV 9,646 312 3,234.5 2,892.4 342.1
Flatwoods, KY 7,231 36 497.9 428.7 69.1
Pikeville, KY 7,190 178 2,475.7 2,169.7 306.0
Morehead, KY 7,030 142 2,019.9 1,778.1 241.8
Paintsville, KY 4,313 17 394.2 278.2 115.9
Russell, KY 3,656 37 1,012.0 902.6 109.4
Kenova, WV 2,940 28 952.4 952.4 0.0
Raceland, KY 2,321 11 473.9 430.8 43.1

Louisa SnackAbility

6
/10
Overall SnackAbility
Jobs
5/10
Housing
5
Affordability
4
Diversity
4
Safety
7
Amenities
7
Education
4
Commute
8.5
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