Crime in Kentucky

This article refers to crime in the U.S. state of Kentucky.

State statistics

In 2008, there were 122,960 crimes reported in Kentucky, including 198 murders.[1]

2010

Crime in Kentucky, 2010
	Population	Violent crime	Murder and nonnegligent manslaughter	Forcible rape	Robbery	Aggravated assault	Property crime	Burglary	Larceny-theft	Motor vehicle theft
Total crimes	(4,339,367)	10,528	187	1,381	3,748	5,212	110,709	30,311	74,189	6,209
Rate per 100,000 inhabitants		242.6	4.3	31.8	86.4	120.1	2,551.3	698.5	1,709.7	143.1
Source: FBI Uniform Crime Report, 2010

Capital punishment laws

Capital punishment is applied in this state.[2]

References

Effgen, Christopher. "Kentucky Crime Rates 1960 - 2014". disastercenter.com. Retrieved 13 April 2017.
"Facts about capital punishment - the death penalty". religioustolerance.org. Retrieved 13 April 2017.

Commonwealth of Kentucky
Frankfort (capital)
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Regions	Allegheny Plateau The Bluegrass Cumberland Mountains Cumberland Plateau Eastern Kentucky Coalfield Highland Rim The Knobs Mississippi Plain Northern Kentucky Pennyroyal Plateau The Purchase Ridge-and-Valley Tennessee Valley Western Coal Fields
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Metropolitan areas	Ashland Bowling Green Clarksville, TN Elizabethtown Evansville, IN Lexington–Fayette Louisville/Jefferson County Northern Kentucky Owensboro
Counties	Adair Allen Anderson Ballard Barren Bath Bell Boone Bourbon Boyd Boyle Bracken Breathitt Breckinridge Bullitt Butler Caldwell Calloway Campbell Carlisle Carroll Carter Casey Christian Clark Clay Clinton Crittenden Cumberland Daviess Edmonson Elliott Estill Fayette Fleming Floyd Franklin Fulton Gallatin Garrard Grant Graves Grayson Green Greenup Hancock Hardin Harlan Harrison Hart Henderson Henry Hickman Hopkins Jackson Jefferson Jessamine Johnson Kenton Knott Knox LaRue Laurel Lawrence Lee Leslie Letcher Lewis Lincoln Livingston Logan Lyon Madison Magoffin Marion Marshall Martin Mason McCracken McCreary McLean Meade Menifee Mercer Metcalfe Monroe Montgomery Morgan Muhlenberg Nelson Nicholas Ohio Oldham Owen Owsley Pendleton Perry Pike Powell Pulaski Robertson Rockcastle Rowan Russell Scott Shelby Simpson Spencer Taylor Todd Trigg Trimble Union Warren Washington Wayne Webster Whitley Wolfe Woodford

Crime in the United States by state
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Federal district	Washington, D.C.
Insular areas	American Samoa Guam Northern Mariana Islands Puerto Rico U.S. Virgin Islands

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