Photo: Brian Stansberry · CC BY 4.0On property crime, Russell Springs has a lower rate per resident than seven in ten U.S. towns
Its police logs show 1.8 violent crimes and 6.8 incidents of property crime per 1,000 residents a year, while in the rest of Kentucky the numbers are 3.2 and 21.8. Weighing it all, Russell Springs earns B for safety (#50 of 115 graded towns in Kentucky), with less crime per resident than 62% of U.S. towns, on crimes its police reported over 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 Russell Springs
1 of the 1 graded towns next door reports less crime
Of the 1 Kentucky towns on Russell Springs’ borders, 1 have a Safety Grade: Jamestown (A−). Neighbors ↓
A job center
Russell Springs has 2,868 jobs based in town for 2,828 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 Russell Springs’ grade
Property crimes plus four times violent crimes reported to the FBI per resident, 2023–2025, on a national curve. Property crime holds Russell Springs’ grade up; violent crime pulls it down. Its violent rate (1.8) is below the FBI’s national estimate (3.6) 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 | Russell Springs | Rest of Kentucky | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 0.7 | 1.8 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 1.1 | 3.4 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 1.1 | 3.2 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 3.2 | 3.1 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
Russell Springs’ police reported 15 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 1.8 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 Russell Springs 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 3 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 | Russell Springs property | Rest of Kentucky property | Russell Springs violent | Rest of Kentucky violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 4.3 | 19.9 | 0.7 | 1.8 |
| 2023 | 6.9 | 24.2 | 1.1 | 3.4 |
| 2024 | 7.5 | 21.2 | 1.1 | 3.2 |
| 2025 | 6.0 | 19.9 | 3.2 | 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.
26 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.
9 violent and 17 property, as reported to the FBI by Russell Springs’ police.
Three people died in crashes on Russell Springs’s roads in 2019–2023
Russell Springs had 3 fatal crashes in five years, in which three people died.
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 Russell Springs’s size would see about 1 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Russell Springs’s own rate (21.6) 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.
Russell Springs and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Russell Springs | B | 1.8 | 6.8 |
| Jamestown | A− | 0.2 | 7.8 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Kentucky towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Russell Springs | B | 1.8 | 6.8 |
| Providence | A | 0.5 | 2.4 |
| Pioneer Village | A− | 0.4 | 5.9 |
| Cadiz | B+ | 0.7 | 9.9 |
| Marion | B | 0.8 | 11.2 |
| Eminence | B | 0.6 | 12.7 |
The five graded Kentucky towns closest to Russell Springs’ population (2,828), 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 Russell Springs. 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 Russell Springs’ residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (2,828 in 2025); our figure for Russell Springs is 2,828 (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 Russell Springs
Is Russell Springs, KY safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Russell Springs reports less crime per resident than 62% of U.S. towns, a B Safety Grade and #50 of 115 in Kentucky. Its police reported 1.8 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 Russell Springs?
1.8 violent and 6.8 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 Russell Springs safer than Jamestown?
Jamestown reports less crime per resident than Russell Springs: Jamestown grades A− for safety and Russell Springs B. Jamestown’s police reported 0.2 violent and 7.8 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Russell Springs?
Russell Springs’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Russell Springs”. 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.