Photo: Swagg · Public domainReported crime per resident in Bellevue fell 30% from 2023 to 2025
Overall, Bellevue grades B for safety (#50 of 115 graded towns in Kentucky): less crime per resident than 62% of U.S. towns, on crimes its police reported to the FBI in 2023–2025.
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. “Rest of KY” is every other Kentucky city and town in the FBI’s tables; the U.S. figure is the FBI’s national estimate as published, averaged over the three years. The FBI publishes no national homicide or robbery rate in our data, so those compare with all U.S. cities and towns in its tables.
What stands out about safety in Bellevue
1 of the 3 graded towns next door reports less crime
Of the 3 Kentucky towns on Bellevue’s borders, 3 have a Safety Grade: Fort Thomas (A), Dayton (B), Newport (D). Neighbors ↓
Reported crime is falling
Crime reported per resident fell from 2023 to 2025 by more than ordinary year-to-year swings, on the grade’s own score. Trend ↓
Written from the FBI data on this page. Figures are crimes reported to police, not convictions.
What’s behind Bellevue’s grade
Property crimes plus four times violent crimes reported to the FBI per resident, 2023–2025, on a national curve. Both violent and property crime are lower than in most U.S. towns; violent crime is the stronger of the two.
Reported crime is falling
Reported crime per resident fell from 2023 to 2025, by more than ordinary year-to-year swings. Per 1,000 residents, 2022–2025, against the rest of Kentucky.
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| Year | Bellevue property | Rest of Kentucky property | Bellevue violent | Rest of Kentucky violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 12.8 | 19.9 | 0.0 | 1.8 |
| 2023 | 11.5 | 24.2 | 1.4 | 3.4 |
| 2024 | 10.2 | 21.3 | 0.9 | 3.2 |
| 2025 | 8.3 | 19.9 | 0.7 | 3.1 |
Crimes per 1,000 residents
Violent crime, by year and by type
Bellevue’s police reported 17 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 1.0 per 1,000 residents a year, against 3.2 in the rest of Kentucky and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
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| Year | Bellevue | Rest of Kentucky | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 0.0 | 1.8 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 1.4 | 3.4 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 0.9 | 3.2 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 0.7 | 3.1 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
For every 1,000 residents, about 8 property crimes reported
And about 1 violent crime, in 2025. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.
Violent crime per 1,000 residents, 2025
Property crime per 1,000 residents, 2025
Crimes reported to police in 2025 per resident; one person can be the victim of more than one, and some reports involve visitors.
52 crimes reported in 2025
4 violent and 48 property, as reported to the FBI by Bellevue’s police.
2025 offenses reported
Offenses reported to police, not convictions. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting. The last row is counted outside the property total.
No one died in a crash on Bellevue’s roads in 2019–2023
That is about what is typical for Kentucky towns of 5,000–25,000 people: at their median rate (8.1 deaths per 100,000 residents a year), a town of Bellevue’s size would see about 2 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Bellevue’s own rate (0.0) is context, not a ranking.
Deaths are counted where the crash happened, not where the people lived: a highway through town adds through-traffic deaths, and residents’ own risk on roads elsewhere isn’t here. Town rates sit below state and U.S. rates because a third of fatal crashes happen outside any town. Road safety is described here and is not part of the Safety Grade. Source: NHTSA Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), 2019–2023.
Bellevue and its neighbors
How reported crime compares across the town line. Tap a town to see its safety page.
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bellevue | B | 1.0 | 10.0 |
| Newport | D | 2.8 | 37.2 |
| Dayton | B | 1.9 | 8.3 |
| Fort Thomas | A | 0.5 | 4.9 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Kentucky towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bellevue | B | 1.0 | 10.0 |
| Fort Wright | A− | 0.7 | 4.9 |
| Highland Heights | B+ | 0.7 | 9.0 |
| Central City | B+ | 0.9 | 9.4 |
| Monticello | B | 1.3 | 9.9 |
| Princeton | C+ | 0.9 | 17.7 |
The five graded Kentucky towns closest to Bellevue’s population (5,847), by grade.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- It’s reported crime. Only incidents reported to and recorded by police appear here. Many crimes are never reported to police.
- One number for all of Bellevue. A town-wide rate doesn’t show where incidents happen, and that can differ a lot from one part of town to another.
- Visitors count too. Incidents involving people who work, shop or visit are counted against Bellevue’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (5,786 in 2025); our figure for Bellevue is 5,847 (2025 Census estimate).
- Gaps are real gaps. A missing year means the department didn’t report a full year, not that nothing happened.
How the grade is calculated, for every town: How TownRatings grades safety →
Questions about safety in Bellevue
Is Bellevue, KY safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Bellevue reports less crime per resident than 62% of U.S. towns, a B Safety Grade and #50 of 115 in Kentucky. Its police reported 1.0 violent crimes per 1,000 residents a year, against 3.2 in the rest of Kentucky and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
What is the crime rate in Bellevue?
1.0 violent and 10.0 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025, as reported to the FBI. The rest of Kentucky reports 3.2 and 21.8; the FBI’s national estimate is 3.6 and 17.6.
Is crime going up or down in Bellevue?
Reported crime per resident fell from 2023 to 2025, by more than ordinary year-to-year swings.
Is Bellevue safer than Newport?
Newport reports more crime per resident than Bellevue: Newport grades D for safety and Bellevue B. Newport’s police reported 2.8 violent and 37.2 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Bellevue?
Bellevue’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Bellevue”. Its figures are the ones on this page.
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Crime: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Crime Data Explorer: offenses known to law enforcement by city, 2025, and state and national rates. Counts are crimes reported to police, not convictions. The Safety Grade is our own summary of that data, not an official rating. Road deaths: NHTSA Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), 2019–2023. This isn’t an official statement of public safety. In an emergency, call 911.