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Kenton County, KY Arrest Records

Kenton County, KY is among the safest counties in the USA with 0.06 per 1,000 residents crime rate compared to national 4.69 per 1,000 average. It has lower total crime rate than Boone, McCracken, Warren, Laurel, Bullitt counties in Kentucky.
Kenton County, KY property crime rate is 0.04 per 1,000 residents, lower rate than national average of 28.42 per 1,000. There were 6 larceny theft related arrests in 2016 that decreased by 25.00% compared to 2015.

Kenton County, KY Crime Rate

Total arrests in Kenton County in 2016 increased by 60% compared to 2015 and is lower than national average of 33.12 per 1,000 people. Violent crimes increased from 1 to 10 while non-violent crime decreased by 33.33% from 9 to 6.

5 Crimes In Kenton County, KY in 2016 with the Most Arrests

Crime Arrests
Aggravated assault 8
Larceny-theft 6
Robbery 2
Murder 0
Revised rape 0

Violent Crimes

Violent crime rate in Kenton County increased by 900% from 2015. In 2016 violent crime rate in Kenton County was 98.71% lower than the national average. Your chance of being a victim of a violent crime is 0.006%.

Property Crimes

Property crime rates in Kenton County decreased by 33.33% from 2015. In 2016 property crime rate in Kenton County was 99.87% lower than the national average. Your chance of being a victim of property crime is 0.004%.

How Kenton stands up against other counties

Kenton vs. Boone

You’ll be in more safety in Kenton compared to Boone county that had 8152.96% higher crime rate compared to Kenton county according to the FBI.
Assault rates of 0.0485 per 1,000 people is lower than national of 2.8422 per 1,000 people and lower than average 0.1867 in Boone county.
Burglary rates of 0.0000 per 1,000 people is lower than national of 5.0167 per 1,000 people and lower than average 1.5871 in Boone county.

Kenton vs. Warren

You’ll be in more safety in Kenton compared to Warren county that had 3743.36% higher crime rate compared to Kenton county according to the FBI.
Murder rates of 0.0000 per 1,000 people is lower than national of 0.0614 per 1,000 people and lower than average 0.0000 in Warren county.
Larceny rates of 0.0364 per 1,000 people is lower than national of 20.5437 per 1,000 people and lower than average 1.9437 in Warren county.

Names with the most arrests in Kenton

Crime rate by age group, gender, and race

According to the records in Kenton, Kentucky, the most crimes, that's 35.35% of all records in county are committed by the people aged between 21-30.

DID you know?

  • The overall crime rate in Kenton County is 1% lower than the national average.
  • For every 1,000 residents, there are 0.03 daily crimes that occur in Kenton County.
  • Kenton, KY is safer than Boone.
  • In Kenton County you have a 1 in 10309 chance of becoming a victim of any crime.
  • Year over year crimes in Kenton, KY have increased by 60%.

Kenton Police Departments

Cities in Kenton County

Names in Kenton County