Cold Spring reports less violent crime than most U.S. towns, but more property crime
Overall, Cold Spring grades B− for safety (#77 of 115 graded towns in Kentucky): close to the middle 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 Cold Spring
3 of the 3 graded towns next door report less crime
Of the 4 Kentucky towns on Cold Spring’s borders, 3 have a Safety Grade: Alexandria (A−), Highland Heights (B+), Wilder (B+). Silver Grove has no FBI figures of its own for 2023–2025. Neighbors ↓
Among Kentucky towns, lower
Kentucky’s cities and towns report less crime than most states’, so Cold Spring’s place among its own towns differs from its national one: it reports less crime than 33% of the 115 Kentucky towns we grade, against 47% nationally. Safety Grade ↓
Written from the FBI data on this page. Figures are crimes reported to police, not convictions.
What’s behind Cold Spring’s grade
Property crimes plus four times violent crimes reported to the FBI per resident, 2023–2025, on a national curve. Violent crime holds Cold Spring’s grade up; property crime pulls it down. Its property rate (16.9) 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.
Violent crime, by year and by type
Cold Spring’s police reported 15 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 0.8 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 | Cold Spring | Rest of Kentucky | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 0.6 | 1.8 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 0.8 | 3.4 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 0.6 | 3.2 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 0.9 | 3.1 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
For every 1,000 residents, about 16 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.
Reported crime is steady
Reported crime per resident was steady from 2023 to 2025: the change is within ordinary year-to-year swings. Per 1,000 residents, 2022–2025, against the rest of Kentucky.
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| Year | Cold Spring property | Rest of Kentucky property | Cold Spring violent | Rest of Kentucky violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 11.2 | 19.9 | 0.6 | 1.8 |
| 2023 | 15.3 | 24.2 | 0.8 | 3.4 |
| 2024 | 19.1 | 21.2 | 0.6 | 3.2 |
| 2025 | 16.3 | 19.9 | 0.9 | 3.1 |
Crimes per 1,000 residents
113 crimes reported in 2025
6 violent and 107 property, as reported to the FBI by Cold Spring’s police.
2025 offenses reported
Offenses reported to police, not convictions. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting. The last row is counted outside the property total.
Six people died in crashes on Cold Spring’s roads in 2019–2023
Cold Spring had 6 fatal crashes in five years, in which six people died.
That is more than 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 Cold Spring’s size would see about 3 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Cold Spring’s own rate (18.9) 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.
Cold Spring and its neighbors
How reported crime compares across the town line. Tap a town to see its safety page.
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cold Spring | B− | 0.8 | 16.9 |
| Alexandria | A− | 0.6 | 6.8 |
| Highland Heights | B+ | 0.7 | 9.0 |
| Wilder | B+ | 1.2 | 7.1 |
| Silver Grove | — | — | — |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Silver Grove has no FBI figures of its own for 2023–2025.
Kentucky towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cold Spring | B− | 0.8 | 16.9 |
| Wilmore | A | 0.2 | 5.5 |
| Lebanon | B | 1.4 | 10.3 |
| Leitchfield | B− | 1.2 | 12.0 |
| Cynthiana | B− | 1.4 | 13.4 |
| Morehead | C+ | 1.7 | 15.6 |
The five graded Kentucky towns closest to Cold Spring’s population (6,640), 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 Cold Spring. 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 Cold Spring’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (6,569 in 2025); our figure for Cold Spring is 6,640 (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 Cold Spring
Is Cold Spring, KY safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Cold Spring reports more crime per resident than 53% of U.S. towns, a B− Safety Grade and #77 of 115 in Kentucky. Its police reported 0.8 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 Cold Spring?
0.8 violent and 16.9 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 Cold Spring?
Reported crime per resident was steady from 2023 to 2025: the change is within ordinary year-to-year swings.
Is Cold Spring safer than Alexandria?
Alexandria reports less crime per resident than Cold Spring: Alexandria grades A− for safety and Cold Spring B−. Alexandria’s police reported 0.6 violent and 6.8 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Cold Spring?
Cold Spring’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Cold Spring”. 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.