Who polices Farley, and what they report
Farley has no police department of its own: it’s an unincorporated community (a census-designated place) in McCracken County. The McCracken County Sheriff’s Office reports to the FBI for the parts of the county without police of their own, so there are no figures for Farley alone, and no Safety Grade.
What stands out about safety in Farley
Policed by the county
Farley is a census-designated place, with no town government. Crimes there are reported to the FBI inside the McCracken County Sheriff’s Office’s totals for the county. County police ↓
Counts, not rates
The FBI doesn’t publish how many people the McCracken County Sheriff’s Office covers, so its totals can’t be turned into a per-resident rate or a grade for Farley. County police ↓
The nearest graded towns
The closest Kentucky towns with their own police figures are Paducah (C−, 4 mi), Calvert City (C+, 10 mi), Benton (B, 18 mi). Nearby towns can differ a lot from Farley. Nearest ↓
Written from the FBI data on this page. Figures are crimes reported to police, not convictions.
What the McCracken County Sheriff’s Office reports
Crimes reported to the FBI for the whole area the department covers, by year.
Reports to the FBI for the parts of McCracken County without police of their own, which include Farley.
Property crimes
Violent crimes
2025 offenses reported by the McCracken County Sheriff’s Office
Counts, not rates: the FBI doesn’t publish how many people each agency covers. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting, Tables 10–11.
The nearest Kentucky towns with a Safety Grade
Each town’s own police figures, per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Straight-line distance from the center of Farley. Nearby towns can differ a lot from Farley.
10 people died in crashes on Farley’s roads in 2019–2023
Farley had 6 fatal crashes in five years, in which 10 people died.
That is 44.9 deaths per 100,000 residents a year, above the median for Kentucky towns of 2,500–5,000 people (7.3, 58 towns).
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.
Farley and its neighbors
How reported crime compares across the town line. Tap a town to see its safety page.
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Paducah | C− | 2.9 | 26.8 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
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.
- A county agency covers a wide area. Its totals mix many communities, so they say little about any one of them.
- 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 Farley
Is Farley, KY safe?
There is no Safety Grade for Farley. Farley has no police department of its own: it’s an unincorporated community (a census-designated place) in McCracken County. The McCracken County Sheriff’s Office reports to the FBI for the parts of the county without police of their own, so there are no figures for Farley alone, and no Safety Grade. The nearest Kentucky towns with a grade are Paducah (C−, 4 mi), Calvert City (C+, 10 mi), Benton (B, 18 mi).
Who polices Farley?
The McCracken County Sheriff’s Office. Farley is an unincorporated community, and the department reports to the FBI for the parts of McCracken County without police of their own.
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Crime: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Crime Data Explorer: offenses known to law enforcement by city, 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.