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The South > Kentucky > Crime

KENTUCKY CRIME STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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% High school students carrying a weapon on school property, 2003 7.4% [7th of 0]
% High school students carrying a weapon on school property, 2005 6.8% [17th of 40]
% High school students threatened or injured by a weapon, 2003 5.3% [32nd of 0]
Aggravated assault 5,972 [33rd of 51]
Arson deaths 0 [31st of 49]
Burglary 27,122 [28th of 51]
Capital offenses
Murder with aggravating factors; kidnapping with aggravating factors (KRS 32.025).
Capital Punishment > Black inmates on death row 9 [19th of 38]
Capital Punishment > Electrocution 1 [10th of 32]
Capital Punishment > Latino inmates on death row 1 [22nd of 26]
Capital Punishment > Lethal injection 1 [27th of 32]
Capital Punishment > Total executions 1977-2006 2 [26th of 43]
Capital Punishment > Total executions since 1930 105 [17th of 43]
Capital Punishment > Total inmates on death row 40 [17th of 38]
Capital Punishment > White inmates on death row 31 [15th of 38]
Firearms Death Rate per 100,000 13.1 [17th of 51]
Forcible rape 1,297 [25th of 51]
Gun violence > % Gun 62.7 [23rd of 50]
Gun violence > % Knife 11.5 [37th of 50]
Gun violence > % Other Weapons 25.8 [23rd of 50]
Gun violence > Number of homicides 236 [21st of 50]
Hate Crimes > Disability related 0 [37th of 49]
Hate Crimes > Ethnicity related 8 [26th of 49]
Hate Crimes > Race related 35 [29th of 49]
Hate Crimes > Religion related 9 [28th of 49]
Hate Crimes > Sexual orientation related 12 [25th of 49]
Hate Crimes > Total number 64 [28th of 50]
Homicide > Total number of victims 190 [24th of 0]
Homicide > Victims by Age > 14-17 2.3% [40th of 49]
Homicide > Victims by Age > 18-24 20.9% [35th of 49]
Homicide > Victims by Age > 25-34 23.2% [36th of 49]
Homicide > Victims by Age > 35-49 31.6% [6th of 49]
Homicide > Victims by Age > 50-64 9.6% [26th of 49]
Homicide > Victims by Age > 65 and above 5.6% [18th of 49]
Homicide > Victims by Age > Under 14 4.5% [33rd of 49]
Homicide > Victims by Black Female 5.6% [26th of 0]
Homicide > Victims by Black Male 24.3% [30th of 49]
Homicide > Victims by Other Female 0% [37th of 49]
Homicide > Victims by Other Male 0% [44th of 49]
Homicide > Victims by Race > Black 29.9% [29th of 49]
Homicide > Victims by Race > Other 0% [48th of 49]
Homicide > Victims by Race > White 69.5% [18th of 49]
Homicide > Victims by Sex > Female 24.7 % [29th of 49]
Homicide > Victims by Sex > Male 75.3 % [21st of 49]
Homicide > Victims by Weapon > Gun 64.7 % [21st of 49]
Homicide > Victims by Weapon > Knife 8.2 % [44th of 49]
Homicide > Victims by Weapon > Other Weapons 27.1 % [14th of 49]
Homicide > Victims by White Female 19.8% [17th of 49]
Homicide > Victims by White Male 49.7% [12th of 49]
Larceny-theft 70,658 [30th of 51]
Lynchings > Black 142 [10th of 44]
    Lynchings > Black (per capita) 34.025 per 1 million people [8th of 44]
Lynchings > Total 205 [9th of 44]
    Lynchings > Total (per capita) 49.121 per 1 million people [8th of 44]
Lynchings > White 63 [5th of 44]
    Lynchings > White (per capita) 15.096 per 1 million people [9th of 44]
Motor vehicle theft 9,243 [30th of 51]
Murder and nonnegligent manslaughter 168 [28th of 51]
Prisoners under the jurisdiction of State or Federal correctional authorities 17,814 [26th of 50]
    Prisoners under the jurisdiction of State or Federal correctional authorities (per capita) 4.268 per 1,000 people [22nd of 50]
Property crime total 107,023 [29th of 51]
Robbery 3,626 [29th of 51]
State and Federal prisoners held in local jails 5,084 [5th of 44]
    State and Federal prisoners held in local jails (per capita) 1,218.19 per 1 million people [3rd of 44]
State and Federal prisoners held in private facilities 1,746 [13th of 50]
    State and Federal prisoners held in private facilities (per capita) 41.836 per 100,000 people [16th of 50]
State Prisoners > Number of deaths 77 [24th of 50]
    State Prisoners > Number of deaths (per capita) 0.185 per 10,000 people [23rd of 50]
State Prisons > Number of Homicides 1 [24th of 50]
    State Prisons > Number of Homicides (per capita) 0.24 per 1 million people [16th of 50]
State Prisons > Number of Suicides 1 [43rd of 50]
    State Prisons > Number of Suicides (per capita) 0.24 per 1 million people [47th of 50]
Terrorism > Victims of 9-11 1 [39th of 40]
Violent crime 11,063 [31st of 51]
Women under the jurisdiction of State or Federal correctional authorities 156 [42nd of 50]
    Women under the jurisdiction of State or Federal correctional authorities (per capita) 3.738 per 100,000 people [43rd of 50]

SOURCES: National Center for Educational Statistics.; Bureau of Justice Statistics; US Fire Administration, 2001; Bureau of Justice Statistics, 2006; Bureau of Justice Statistics, 2006.; Bureau of Justice Statistics, 2005; Bureau of Justice Statistics, 2006.; Bureau of Justice Statistics, 2006; statehealthfacts.org; Wikipedia: Gun violence in the United States by state; Fedral Bureau of Investigation, 2006; Bureau of Justice Statistics; Bureau of Justice Statistics; Bureau of Justice Statistics ; UMKC School of Law; Bureau of Justice Statistics; Bureau of Justice Statistics, State Prisoner Suicides and Homicides, 2001.; September 11th, 2001 Victims, website memorial, last update - Sept. 21, 2002.

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