Shelbyville, KY Crime Statistics For 2023

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Updated: 2023-10-25

Crime Rate In Shelbyville, KY Summary

Crime in Shelbyville research summary. HomeSnacks has been using Saturday Night Science to report crime data in Shelbyville 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 Shelbyville:

  • There were 226 total crimes committed in Shelbyville the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 1,292.8 total crimes per 100K people in Shelbyville.
  • The overall crime rate in Shelbyville is -44.38% below the national average.
  • Shelbyville ranks #153 safest out of 231 cities in Kentucky.
  • Shelbyville ranks #4,702 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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Shelbyville Vs Kentucky And National Crime Rates

According to the most recent data from the FBI, the total crime rate in Shelbyville is 1,292.8 per 100,000 people. That's -44.38% lower than the national rate of 2,324.2 per 100,000 people and -36.58% lower than the Kentucky total crime rate of 2,038.6 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
Shelbyville
/ 100k People
Kentucky
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 226 1,292.8 2,038.6 2,324.2
Murder 0 0.0 7.2 6.3
Robbery 8 45.8 52.9 66.1
Aggravated Assault 13 74.4 168.3 268.2
Violent Crime 21 120.1 259.1 369.8
Burglary 39 223.1 344.1 269.8
Larceny 122 697.9 1,178.6 1,401.9
Car Theft 44 251.7 256.8 282.7
Property Crime 205 1,172.7 1,779.5 1,954.4

Shelbyville 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 Shelbyville

21
Violent Crimes
120.1
Violent Crimes / 100k People
-67.51%
Below The National Average
  • There were 21 violent crimes in Shelbyville in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in Shelbyville is 120.1 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 832.4 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in Shelbyville each year. That compares to a 1 in 386.0 chance statewide.
  • That's -67.51% lower than the national rate of 369.8 per 100,000 people.
  • -53.63% lower than the Kentucky violent crime rate of 259.1 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In Shelbyville

205
Property Crimes
1,172.7
Property Crimes / 100k People
-40.00%
Below The National Average
  • There were 205 property crimes in Shelbyville in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in Shelbyville is 1,172.7 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 85.3 chance of being the victim of a property crime in Shelbyville each year. That compares to a 1 in 0.0 chance nationally.
  • That's -40.00% lower than the national rate of 1,954.4 per 100,000 people.
  • And -34.10% lower than the Kentucky property crime rate of 1,779.5 per 100,000 people.

Crime In Cities Around Shelbyville

City Population Count
Raw
Total Crime
/ 100k People
Property Crime
/ 100k People
Violent Crime
/ 100k People
Frankfort, KY 28,559 619 2,167.4 1,936.3 231.1
Jeffersontown, KY 28,519 755 2,647.4 2,538.7 108.7
La Grange, KY 10,348 152 1,468.9 1,314.3 154.6
Middletown, KY 9,600 307 3,197.9 3,062.5 135.4
Simpsonville, KY 3,016 66 2,188.3 2,022.5 165.8
Lyndon, KY 2,831 278 9,819.9 9,360.6 459.2
Eminence, KY 2,702 48 1,776.5 1,665.4 111.0
Pewee Valley, KY 1,633 4 244.9 244.9 0.0
Taylorsville, KY 1,287 19 1,476.3 1,398.6 77.7

Shelbyville SnackAbility

6
/10
Overall SnackAbility
Jobs
8/10
Housing
7
Affordability
8
Diversity
8.5
Safety
8
Amenities
8.5
Education
6
Commute
6
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