Photo: Bedford at en.wikipedia · Public domainHartford has less property crime per resident than 83% of U.S. towns
Per 1,000 residents a year, 1.3 violent crimes and 4.4 incidents of property crime were recorded, against 3.2 and 21.8 in the rest of Kentucky. All told, Hartford grades A− for safety (#25 of 115 graded towns in Kentucky): less crime per resident than 77% of U.S. towns, on crimes its police reported from 2023 to 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 Hartford
A job center
Hartford has 2,155 jobs based in town for 2,665 residents (Census LEHD), so some reports involve people who work or shop there rather than residents. How to read it ↓
Written from the FBI data on this page. Figures are crimes reported to police, not convictions.
What’s behind Hartford’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; property crime is the stronger of the two.
Violent crime, by year and by type
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| Year | Hartford | Rest of Kentucky | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 2.6 | 1.8 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 0.4 | 3.4 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 1.9 | 3.2 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 1.5 | 3.1 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
Hartford’s police reported 10 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 1.3 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 Hartford 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 2 violent crimes, in 2025. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.
Reported crime is steady
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| Year | Hartford property | Rest of Kentucky property | Hartford violent | Rest of Kentucky violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 4.9 | 19.9 | 2.6 | 1.8 |
| 2023 | 1.9 | 24.2 | 0.4 | 3.4 |
| 2024 | 8.3 | 21.2 | 1.9 | 3.2 |
| 2025 | 3.0 | 19.9 | 1.5 | 3.1 |
Crimes per 1,000 residents
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.
12 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.
4 violent and 8 property, as reported to the FBI by Hartford’s police.
One person died in crashes on Hartford’s roads in 2019–2023
Hartford had 1 fatal crash in five years, in which one person died. Most of these deaths (1 of 1) were on an Interstate passing through, so they say more about through-traffic than about the town’s own streets.
That is about what 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 Hartford’s size would see about 1 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Hartford’s own rate (7.6) 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.
Hartford and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hartford | A− | 1.3 | 4.4 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Kentucky towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hartford | A− | 1.3 | 4.4 |
| Anchorage | A | 0.3 | 5.1 |
| Pioneer Village | A− | 0.4 | 5.9 |
| Cadiz | B+ | 0.7 | 9.9 |
| Eminence | B | 0.6 | 12.7 |
| Louisa | B− | 1.8 | 10.4 |
The five graded Kentucky towns closest to Hartford’s population (2,665), 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 Hartford. 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 Hartford’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (2,649 in 2025); our figure for Hartford is 2,665 (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 Hartford
Is Hartford, KY safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Hartford reports less crime per resident than 77% of U.S. towns, an A− Safety Grade and #25 of 115 in Kentucky. Its police reported 1.3 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 Hartford?
1.3 violent and 4.4 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 Hartford?
Hartford’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Hartford”. 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.