Sherman Tavern · Photo: MandyMarie · CC BY-SA 3.0Recorded crime per resident in Dry Ridge rose 82% from 2023 to 2025
Dry Ridge grades B for safety overall: close to the middle of U.S. towns, on crimes its police reported from 2023 to 2025. Violent crime is lower than in 96% of U.S. towns; property crime, lower than in only 33%. Per 1,000 residents a year, 0.2 violent crime and 15.7 incidents of property crime were recorded, against 3.2 and 21.7 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 Dry Ridge
1 of the 1 graded towns next door reports less crime
Of the 1 Kentucky towns on Dry Ridge’s borders, 1 have a Safety Grade: Williamstown (A). Neighbors ↓
A job center
Dry Ridge has 1,873 jobs based in town for 2,249 residents (Census LEHD), so some reports involve people who work or shop there rather than residents. How to read it ↓
Reported crime is rising
Crime reported per resident rose 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 Dry Ridge’s grade
Property crimes plus four times violent crimes reported to the FBI per resident, 2023–2025, on a national curve. Violent crime holds Dry Ridge’s grade up; property crime pulls it down. Its property rate (15.7) 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 | Dry Ridge property | Rest of Kentucky property | Dry Ridge violent | Rest of Kentucky violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 8.5 | 19.9 | 0.0 | 1.8 |
| 2023 | 11.2 | 24.2 | 0.0 | 3.4 |
| 2024 | 15.8 | 21.2 | 0.0 | 3.2 |
| 2025 | 19.8 | 19.9 | 0.5 | 3.1 |
Crimes per 1,000 residents
Reported crime per resident rose 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 | Dry Ridge | Rest of Kentucky | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 0.0 | 1.8 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 0.0 | 3.4 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 0.0 | 3.2 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 0.5 | 3.1 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
Dry Ridge’s police reported 1 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 0.2 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 Dry Ridge 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.
45 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.
1 violent and 44 property, as reported to the FBI by Dry Ridge’s police.
Six people died in crashes on Dry Ridge’s roads in 2019–2023
Dry Ridge had 6 fatal crashes in five years, in which six people died.
That is more than is typical for Kentucky towns of 2,500–5,000 people: at their median rate (7.3 deaths per 100,000 residents a year), a town of Dry Ridge’s size would see about 1 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Dry Ridge’s own rate (49.2) 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.
Dry Ridge and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dry Ridge | B | 0.2 | 15.7 |
| Williamstown | A | 0.3 | 3.9 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Kentucky towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dry Ridge | B | 0.2 | 15.7 |
| Tompkinsville | A+ | 0.1 | 1.2 |
| Hickman | A− | 1.3 | 3.9 |
| Dawson Springs | A− | 0.6 | 7.4 |
| Greensburg | B | 1.8 | 7.7 |
| Fulton | C− | 1.9 | 34.3 |
The five graded Kentucky towns closest to Dry Ridge’s population (2,249), 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 Dry Ridge. 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 Dry Ridge’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (2,217 in 2025); our figure for Dry Ridge is 2,249 (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 Dry Ridge
Is Dry Ridge, KY safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Dry Ridge reports less crime per resident than 56% of U.S. towns, a B Safety Grade. Its police reported 0.2 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 Dry Ridge?
0.2 violent and 15.7 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025, as reported to the FBI. The rest of Kentucky reports 3.2 and 21.7; the FBI’s national estimate is 3.6 and 17.6.
Is Dry Ridge safer than Williamstown?
Williamstown reports less crime per resident than Dry Ridge: Williamstown grades A for safety and Dry Ridge B. Williamstown’s police reported 0.3 violent and 3.9 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Dry Ridge?
Dry Ridge’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Dry Ridge”. 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.