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Fort Thomas, KY crime analytics

Source & Methodology

Analytics built by:   Location, Inc.

Raw data sources:   18,000 local law enforcement agencies in the U.S.

Date(s) & Update Frequency:   "Reflects 2023 calendar year; released from FBI in October 2024 (latest available). Updated annually." Where is 2024 data?

Methodology:   Our nationwide meta-analysis overcomes the issues inherent in any crime database, including non-reporting and reporting errors. This is possible by associating the 9.4 million reported crimes in the U.S, including over 2 million geocoded point locations…. Read more about Scout's Crime Data

According to NeighborhoodScout's analysis of FBI crime statistics, Fort Thomas is safer than 62% of the cities and towns in the US of all population sizes. In Kentucky, only on the order of 66% of the communities have a lower crime rate than Fort Thomas. If you live in Fort Thomas, your chance of becoming a victim of crime in the community is 1 in 163. The US average across communities from the largest to the smallest is 1 in 44.

Compared to other communities of similar population size, Fort Thomas has a crime rate that is noticeably lower than the average. This means that for comparably sized cities all across America, Fort Thomas is actually safer than most according to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis of FBI crime data.

Now let us turn to take a look at how Fort Thomas does for violent crimes specifically, and then how it does for property crimes. This is important because the overall crime rate can be further illuminated by understanding if violent crime or property crimes (or both) are the major contributors to the general rate of crime in Fort Thomas.

For Fort Thomas, NeighborhoodScout found that the violent crime rate is well below the national average for all communities of all population sizes. Violent crimes such as assault, rape, murder and armed robbery happen less often in Fort Thomas than in most of America. One's chance of becoming a victim of a violent crime here is one in 2122, which is a violent crime rate of 0 per one thousand inhabitants.

Moreover, the rate of property crime in Fort Thomas; burglary, larceny ($50 or more), grand theft auto, and arson; is 6 per 1,000 residents. This is about average for all cities and towns in America of all population sizes.

Fort Thomas Crime Data

total Crime Index

62

(100 is safest)


Safer than 62% of U.S. cities.

Fort Thomas Annual Crimes

  Violent Property Total

Number of Crimes

8

96

104

Crime Rate
(per 1,000 residents)

0.47

5.66

6.13

Violent Crime

Violent Crime Comparison (per 1,000 residents)

20 15 10 5 0
0.47
2.24
National Median: 4
    Fort Thomas
    Kentucky

Chances of Becoming a Victim of a Violent Crime

1 in 2,122

in Fort Thomas

1 in 446

in Kentucky

Fort Thomas Violent Crimes

Population: 16,973
Murder Rape Robbery Assault
Report Total 0 5 0 3
Rate per 1,000 0.00 0.29 0.00 0.18

United States Violent Crimes

Population: 334,914,895
Murder Rape Robbery Assault
Report Total 19,252 127,216 222,795 884,550
Rate per 1,000 0.06 0.38 0.67 2.64

Property Crime

Property Crime Comparison (per 1,000 residents)

100 75 50 25 0
5.66
15.52
National Median: 19
    Fort Thomas
    Kentucky

Chances of Becoming a Victim of a Property Crime

1 in 177

in Fort Thomas

1 in 64

in Kentucky

Property Crimes

Population: 16,973
burglary theft motor vehicle theft
Report Total 8 71 17
Rate per 1,000 0.47 4.18 1.00

United States Property Crimes

Population: 334,914,895
burglary theft motor vehicle theft
Report Total 839,563 4,512,064 1,067,522
Rate per 1,000 2.51 13.47 3.19

Fort Thomas Crimes Per Square Mile

200 150 100 50 0
18
22
National Median: 26.5
    Fort Thomas
    Kentucky