Confederate Martyrs Monument in Jeffersontown · Photo: Bedford at en.wikipedia · Public domainMore property crime is recorded per resident in Jeffersontown than in 83% of U.S. towns
The graded rate fell 21% from 2023 to 2025. Even so, the overall Safety Grade is C (#91 of 115 graded towns in Kentucky), which means more crime per resident than 68% of U.S. towns, judged on crimes its police reported from 2023 to 2025. Typical years here bring 0.9 violent crime plus 23.8 incidents of property crime per 1,000 residents, against 3.3 plus 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 Jeffersontown
1 of the 2 graded towns next door reports less crime
Of the 4 Kentucky towns on Jeffersontown’s borders, 2 have a Safety Grade: Hurstbourne Acres (B), Middletown (C−). Douglass Hills and Hurstbourne have no FBI figures of their own for 2023–2025. Neighbors ↓
A job center
Jeffersontown has 36,152 jobs based in town for 29,193 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 Jeffersontown’s grade
Property crimes plus four times violent crimes reported to the FBI per resident, 2023–2025, on a national curve. Violent crime holds Jeffersontown’s grade up; property crime pulls it down.
Violent crime, by year and by type
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| Year | Jeffersontown | Rest of Kentucky | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 1.1 | 1.8 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 1.1 | 3.4 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 1.1 | 3.2 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 0.6 | 3.1 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
Jeffersontown’s police reported 79 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 0.9 per 1,000 residents a year, against 3.3 in the rest of Kentucky and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
Reported crime per resident, 2023 to 2025
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| Year | Jeffersontown property | Rest of Kentucky property | Jeffersontown violent | Rest of Kentucky violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 25.4 | 19.8 | 1.1 | 1.8 |
| 2023 | 27.1 | 24.2 | 1.1 | 3.4 |
| 2024 | 22.8 | 21.2 | 1.1 | 3.2 |
| 2025 | 21.7 | 19.8 | 0.6 | 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.
Crime in Jeffersontown 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.
658 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.
19 violent and 639 property, as reported to the FBI by Jeffersontown’s police.
Six people died in crashes on Jeffersontown’s roads in 2019–2023
Jeffersontown had 6 fatal crashes in five years, in which six people died; 2 were pedestrians. 1 died in crash on an Interstate.
That is about what is typical for Kentucky towns of 25,000–100,000 people: at their median rate (7.8 deaths per 100,000 residents a year), a town of Jeffersontown’s size would see about 11 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Jeffersontown’s own rate (4.1) 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.
Jeffersontown and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jeffersontown | C | 0.9 | 23.8 |
| Middletown | C− | 1.0 | 34.5 |
| Douglass Hills | — | — | — |
| Hurstbourne | — | — | — |
| Hurstbourne Acres | B | 0.5 | 13.4 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Douglass Hills and Hurstbourne have no FBI figures of their own for 2023–2025.
Kentucky towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jeffersontown | C | 0.9 | 23.8 |
| Independence | A | 0.5 | 3.3 |
| Frankfort | C | 2.2 | 17.8 |
| Henderson | C | 3.0 | 18.1 |
| Paducah | C− | 2.9 | 26.8 |
| Hopkinsville | C− | 3.6 | 25.8 |
The five graded Kentucky towns closest to Jeffersontown’s population (29,193), 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 Jeffersontown. 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 Jeffersontown’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (29,418 in 2025); our figure for Jeffersontown is 29,193 (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 Jeffersontown
Is Jeffersontown, KY safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Jeffersontown reports more crime per resident than 68% of U.S. towns, a C Safety Grade and #91 of 115 in Kentucky. Its police reported 0.9 violent crimes per 1,000 residents a year, against 3.3 in the rest of Kentucky and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
What is the crime rate in Jeffersontown?
0.9 violent and 23.8 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025, as reported to the FBI. The rest of Kentucky reports 3.3 and 21.7; the FBI’s national estimate is 3.6 and 17.6.
How many homicides were there in Jeffersontown in 2025?
Jeffersontown’s police reported 1 homicides to the FBI for 2025, 3.4 per 100,000 residents. Across U.S. cities and towns in the FBI’s tables the 2025 figure was 4.6.
Is Jeffersontown safer than Middletown?
Middletown reports more crime per resident than Jeffersontown: Middletown grades C− for safety and Jeffersontown C. Middletown’s police reported 1.0 violent and 34.5 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Jeffersontown?
Jeffersontown’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Jeffersontown”. 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.