Photo: Nyttend · Public domainFor property crime, Pikeville trails 61% of U.S. towns per resident
Weighing it all, Pikeville earns B− for safety (#74 of 115 graded towns in Kentucky), with close to the middle of U.S. towns, on crimes its police reported over 2023 to 2025. Annual rates stand at 1.4 violent crimes and 13.9 incidents of property crime for every thousand residents, next to 3.2 and 21.8 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 Pikeville
1 of the 1 graded towns next door reports less crime
Of the 1 Kentucky towns on Pikeville’s borders, 1 have a Safety Grade: Coal Run Village (B+). Neighbors ↓
Among Kentucky towns, lower
Kentucky’s cities and towns report less crime than most states’, so Pikeville’s place among its own towns differs from its national one: it reports less crime than 36% of the 115 Kentucky towns we grade, against 48% nationally. Safety Grade ↓
A college town
Pikeville is home to the University of Pikeville, with 2,364 students taking classes on campus (federal college data), and 16% of residents are enrolled in college (Census). Students who live in town count as residents, so they are part of the per-resident rate. How to read it ↓
A job center
Pikeville has 11,094 jobs based in town for 7,270 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 Pikeville’s grade
Property crimes plus four times violent crimes reported to the FBI per resident, 2023–2025, on a national curve. Violent crime holds Pikeville’s grade up; property crime pulls it down. Its property rate (13.9) is below the FBI’s national estimate (17.6) but higher than in most individual towns: the national figure is weighted by people, and the grade counts towns.
Violent crime, by year and by type
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| Year | Pikeville | Rest of Kentucky | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 3.1 | 1.8 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 0.8 | 3.4 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 1.9 | 3.2 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 1.4 | 3.1 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
Pikeville’s police reported 30 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 1.4 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 Pikeville 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.
Reported crime is steady
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| Year | Pikeville property | Rest of Kentucky property | Pikeville violent | Rest of Kentucky violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 21.7 | 19.9 | 3.1 | 1.8 |
| 2023 | 16.3 | 24.2 | 0.8 | 3.4 |
| 2024 | 14.4 | 21.2 | 1.9 | 3.2 |
| 2025 | 11.1 | 19.9 | 1.4 | 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.
91 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 81 property, as reported to the FBI by Pikeville’s police.
16 people died in crashes on Pikeville’s roads in 2019–2023
Pikeville had 13 fatal crashes in five years, in which 16 people died; 2 were pedestrians.
That is 42.7 deaths per 100,000 residents a year, above the median for Kentucky towns of 5,000–25,000 people (8.1, 71 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.
Pikeville and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pikeville | B− | 1.4 | 13.9 |
| Coal Run Village | B+ | 0.0 | 12.6 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Kentucky towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pikeville | B− | 1.4 | 13.9 |
| Flatwoods | A | 0.6 | 2.9 |
| Taylor Mill | A | 0.5 | 3.7 |
| Vine Grove | A | 0.6 | 3.3 |
| Leitchfield | B− | 1.2 | 12.0 |
| Russellville | B− | 1.3 | 11.9 |
The five graded Kentucky towns closest to Pikeville’s population (7,270), 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 Pikeville. 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 Pikeville’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (7,279 in 2025); our figure for Pikeville is 7,270 (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 Pikeville
Is Pikeville, KY safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Pikeville reports more crime per resident than 52% of U.S. towns, a B− Safety Grade and #74 of 115 in Kentucky. Its police reported 1.4 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 Pikeville?
1.4 violent and 13.9 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.
Is Pikeville safer than Coal Run Village?
Coal Run Village reports less crime per resident than Pikeville: Coal Run Village grades B+ for safety and Pikeville B−. Coal Run Village’s police reported 0.0 violent and 12.6 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Pikeville?
Pikeville’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Pikeville”. 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.