Photo: w.marsh · CC BY 2.0The crimes the grade counts fell 66% per resident in London from 2023 to 2025
It has less violent crime than 54% of U.S. towns, but less property crime than only 7%. Year on year, 1.5 violent crimes and 33.1 incidents of property crime occur per 1,000 residents, compared with 3.2 and 21.7 in the rest of Kentucky. Taking everything together, London scores C− (#105 of 115 graded towns in Kentucky): more crime per resident than 83% of U.S. towns, measured on crimes its police reported between 2023 and 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 London
A job center
London has 14,205 jobs based in town for 7,637 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 London’s grade
Property crimes plus four times violent crimes reported to the FBI per resident, 2023–2025, on a national curve. Violent crime holds London’s grade up; property crime pulls it down.
Reported crime per resident, 2023 to 2025
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| Year | London property | Rest of Kentucky property | London violent | Rest of Kentucky violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 43.5 | 19.8 | 1.8 | 1.8 |
| 2023 | 55.1 | 24.1 | 1.7 | 3.4 |
| 2024 | 26.0 | 21.2 | 1.4 | 3.2 |
| 2025 | 18.1 | 19.9 | 1.3 | 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.
Violent crime, by year and by type
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| Year | London | Rest of Kentucky | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 1.8 | 1.8 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 1.7 | 3.4 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 1.4 | 3.2 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 1.3 | 3.1 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
London’s police reported 34 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 1.5 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 London 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.
147 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.
10 violent and 137 property, as reported to the FBI by London’s police.
Nine people died in crashes on London’s roads in 2019–2023
London had 7 fatal crashes in five years, in which nine people died. 3 died in crashes on an Interstate.
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 London’s size would see about 3 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so London’s own rate (23.8) 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.
London and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| London | C− | 1.5 | 33.1 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Kentucky towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| London | C− | 1.5 | 33.1 |
| Flatwoods | A | 0.6 | 2.9 |
| Villa Hills | B+ | 0.9 | 7.7 |
| Russellville | B− | 1.3 | 11.9 |
| Mount Sterling | B− | 1.5 | 14.4 |
| Oak Grove | C− | 3.3 | 26.0 |
The five graded Kentucky towns closest to London’s population (7,637), 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 London. 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 London’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (7,573 in 2025); our figure for London is 7,637 (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 London
Is London, KY safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, London reports more crime per resident than 83% of U.S. towns, a C− Safety Grade and #105 of 115 in Kentucky. Its police reported 1.5 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 London?
1.5 violent and 33.1 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.
Who polices London?
London’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “London”. 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.