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The median home value more than doubled between 1990 and 2000, increasing at a faster rate than Louisville as a whole. [27] This process has been described as gentrification. [4] The area is now one of the most ethnically and economically diverse in Louisville. Crime is becoming less of a problem.
The following table of United States cities by crime rate is based on Federal Bureau of Investigation Uniform Crime Reports (UCR) statistics from 2019 for the 100 most populous cities in America that have reported data to the FBI UCR system. [1] The population numbers are based on U.S. Census estimates for the year end.
That National Crime Victimization Survey, released earlier this month, shows that the violent crime victimization rate rose from about 16 per 1,000 people in 2020 to 22.5 in 2023. But the report ...
Violent crime including murder, rape, assault and robbery declined in 2023. Crime rates have become a key issue in the 2024 presidential race. Violent crime dropped for third straight year in 2023 ...
The Louisville Metro Area's overall violent crime rate was 412.6 per 100,000 residents in 2005. [109] The Elizabethtown, Kentucky Metro Area, which is part of Louisville's Combined Statistical Area, was the 17th safest Metro in the U.S. [ 110 ] Kentucky has the 5th lowest violent crime rate out of the 50 states.
However, violent crime rose sharply during the pandemic, with the murder rate spiking to its largest single year increase on record. The number of hate crimes reported rose by 2% to 11,862 from ...
On July 21, 2023, the OMB delineated 8 combined statistical areas, 9 metropolitan statistical areas, and 15 micropolitan statistical areas in Kentucky. [1] As of 2023, the largest of these is the Louisville-Jefferson County--Elizabethtown, KY-IN CSA, comprising greater Louisville, Kentucky's largest city.
Murders dropped 13% in the last three months of 2023 compared with the same period the year before, according to FBI data released this week. Violent crime overall was down 6%. Property crime also ...