Head House · Photo: Nyttend · Public domainMiddletown reports more crime per resident than 83% of U.S. towns
On crimes reported to the FBI by Middletown’s police in 2023–2025, it grades C− for safety: #105 of 115 graded towns in 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 Middletown
2 of the 2 graded towns next door report less crime
Of the 3 Kentucky towns on Middletown’s borders, 2 have a Safety Grade: Anchorage (A), Jeffersontown (C). Douglass Hills has no FBI figures of its own for 2023–2025. Neighbors ↓
A job center
Middletown has 8,455 jobs based in town for 9,944 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 Middletown’s grade
Property crimes plus four times violent crimes reported to the FBI per resident, 2023–2025, on a national curve. Violent crime holds Middletown’s grade up; property crime pulls it down.
Violent crime, by year and by type
Middletown’s police reported 30 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 1.0 per 1,000 residents a year, against 3.2 in the rest of Kentucky and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
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| Year | Middletown | Rest of Kentucky | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 1.4 | 1.8 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 1.6 | 3.4 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 1.2 | 3.2 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 0.3 | 3.1 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
Reported crime is falling
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.
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| Year | Middletown property | Rest of Kentucky property | Middletown violent | Rest of Kentucky violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 30.6 | 19.8 | 1.4 | 1.8 |
| 2023 | 37.9 | 24.1 | 1.6 | 3.4 |
| 2024 | 34.1 | 21.2 | 1.2 | 3.2 |
| 2025 | 31.6 | 19.8 | 0.3 | 3.1 |
Crimes per 1,000 residents
For every 1,000 residents, about 32 property crimes reported
And fewer than 1 violent crime, in 2025. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.
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.
318 crimes reported in 2025
3 violent and 315 property, as reported to the FBI by Middletown’s police.
2025 offenses reported
Offenses reported to police, not convictions. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting. The last row is counted outside the property total.
Five people died in crashes on Middletown’s roads in 2019–2023
Middletown had 5 fatal crashes in five years, in which five people died. 2 died in crashes on an Interstate.
That is about what 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 Middletown’s size would see about 4 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Middletown’s own rate (10.2) 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.
Middletown and its neighbors
How reported crime compares across the town line. Tap a town to see its safety page.
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Middletown | C− | 1.0 | 34.5 |
| Douglass Hills | — | — | — |
| Anchorage | A | 0.3 | 5.1 |
| Jeffersontown | C | 0.9 | 23.8 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Douglass Hills has no FBI figures of its own for 2023–2025.
Kentucky towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Middletown | C− | 1.0 | 34.5 |
| La Grange | B+ | 0.5 | 10.2 |
| Elsmere | B+ | 1.4 | 7.1 |
| Paris | B− | 2.0 | 11.2 |
| Harrodsburg | B− | 2.7 | 8.6 |
| Mayfield | C | 2.3 | 17.7 |
The five graded Kentucky towns closest to Middletown’s population (9,944), by grade.
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 Middletown. 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 Middletown’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (9,957 in 2025); our figure for Middletown is 9,944 (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 Middletown
Is Middletown, KY safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Middletown reports more crime per resident than 83% of U.S. towns, a C− Safety Grade and #105 of 115 in Kentucky. Its police reported 1.0 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 Middletown?
1.0 violent and 34.5 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 crime going up or down in Middletown?
Reported crime per resident fell from 2023 to 2025, by more than ordinary year-to-year swings.
Is Middletown safer than Anchorage?
Anchorage reports less crime per resident than Middletown: Anchorage grades A for safety and Middletown C−. Anchorage’s police reported 0.3 violent and 5.1 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Middletown?
Middletown’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Middletown”. 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.