James Caldwell House · Photo: Nyttend · Public domainCampbellsville sits near the middle of U.S. towns for recorded crime
Overall, Campbellsville grades B− for safety (#79 of 115 graded towns in Kentucky): close to the middle of U.S. towns, on crimes its police reported in 2023–2025. Still, the rate the grade counts dropped 28% from 2023 to 2025. Recorded violent crimes ran at 1.9 per 1,000 residents a year and property crime at 12.8, against 3.2 and 21.8 in the rest of Kentucky.
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 Campbellsville
Among Kentucky towns, lower
Kentucky’s cities and towns report less crime than most states’, so Campbellsville’s place among its own towns differs from its national one: it reports less crime than 31% of the 115 Kentucky towns we grade, against 46% nationally. Safety Grade ↓
A college town
Campbellsville is home to Campbellsville University, with 11,114 students taking classes on campus (federal college data), and 10% of residents are enrolled in college (Census). Students who live in town count as residents, so they are part of the per-resident rate. How to read it ↓
A job center
Campbellsville has 7,224 jobs based in town for 11,783 residents (Census LEHD), so some reports involve people who work or shop there rather than residents. How to read it ↓
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 Campbellsville’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 higher than in most U.S. towns; violent crime is the closer of the two to typical. Its violent rate (1.9) is below the FBI’s national estimate (3.6) but higher than in most individual towns: the national figure is weighted by people, and the grade counts towns. Its property rate (12.8) is below the FBI’s national estimate (17.6) but higher than in most individual towns: the national figure is weighted by people, and the grade counts towns.
Reported crime per resident, 2023 to 2025
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| Year | Campbellsville property | Rest of Kentucky property | Campbellsville violent | Rest of Kentucky violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 15.4 | 19.9 | 1.2 | 1.8 |
| 2023 | 16.2 | 24.2 | 1.9 | 3.4 |
| 2024 | 10.7 | 21.3 | 2.3 | 3.2 |
| 2025 | 11.5 | 19.9 | 1.4 | 3.1 |
Crimes per 1,000 residents
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.
Violent crime, by year and by type
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| Year | Campbellsville | Rest of Kentucky | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 1.2 | 1.8 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 1.9 | 3.4 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 2.3 | 3.2 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 1.4 | 3.1 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
Campbellsville’s police reported 66 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 1.9 per 1,000 residents a year, against 3.2 in the rest of Kentucky and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
Crime in Campbellsville per 1,000 residents
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.
And about 1 violent crime, in 2025. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.
154 crimes reported in 2025
2025 offenses reported
Offenses reported to police, not convictions. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting. The last row is counted outside the property total.
17 violent and 137 property, as reported to the FBI by Campbellsville’s police.
Eight people died in crashes on Campbellsville’s roads in 2019–2023
Campbellsville had 8 fatal crashes in five years, in which eight people died.
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 Campbellsville’s size would see about 5 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Campbellsville’s own rate (13.8) 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.
Campbellsville and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Campbellsville | B− | 1.9 | 12.8 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Kentucky towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Campbellsville | B− | 1.9 | 12.8 |
| Lawrenceburg | A− | 0.5 | 5.8 |
| Alexandria | A− | 0.6 | 6.8 |
| Franklin | B− | 1.5 | 12.9 |
| Somerset | C | 2.7 | 15.0 |
| Lyndon | C− | 1.5 | 26.2 |
The five graded Kentucky towns closest to Campbellsville’s population (11,783), by grade.
How reported crime compares across the town line. Tap a town to see its safety page.
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 Campbellsville. 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 Campbellsville’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (11,919 in 2025); our figure for Campbellsville is 11,783 (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 Campbellsville
Is Campbellsville, KY safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Campbellsville reports more crime per resident than 54% of U.S. towns, a B− Safety Grade and #79 of 115 in Kentucky. Its police reported 1.9 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 Campbellsville?
1.9 violent and 12.8 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.
Who polices Campbellsville?
Campbellsville’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Campbellsville”. 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.