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Prospect, 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 2022 calendar year; released from FBI in Oct. 2023 (latest available). Updated annually. Where is 2023 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

Prospect is safer than the majority of cities, towns, and villages in America (62%) and also has a lower crime rate than 32% of the communities in Kentucky, according to NeighborhoodScout's analysis of FBI crime data. How risky is that? Your chance of becoming a victim in Prospect is one in 143 based on the total crime rate (violent and property crimes, combined). In America overall, your chance of becoming a victim of crime is 1 in 43.

How does the crime rate in Prospect compare to similar sized communities across America? When NeighborhoodScout compared Prospect with other communities its size, we found that the crime rate was near the average for all other communities of similar size. So, whether Prospect's crime rate is high or low compared to all places in the US, when we control for population size and compare it to places that are similar in size, it is near the middle of the pack in crime rate; not much more or less dangerous, and about what we would expect from the statistics.

Now let us turn to take a look at how Prospect 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 Prospect.

For Prospect, 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 Prospect than in most of America. One's chance of becoming a victim of a violent crime here is one in 4565, which is a violent crime rate of 0 per one thousand inhabitants.

Moreover, the rate of property crime in Prospect; burglary, larceny ($50 or more), grand theft auto, and arson; is 7 per 1,000 residents. This is about average for all cities and towns in America of all population sizes.

Prospect Crime Data

total Crime Index

62

(100 is safest)


Safer than 62% of U.S. cities.

Prospect Annual Crimes

  Violent Property Total

Number of Crimes

1

31

32

Crime Rate
(per 1,000 residents)

0.22

6.79

7.01

Violent Crime

Violent Crime Comparison (per 1,000 residents)

20 15 10 5 0
0.22
2.14
National Median: 4
    Prospect
    Kentucky

Chances of Becoming a Victim of a Violent Crime

1 in 4,565

in Prospect

1 in 467

in Kentucky

Prospect Violent Crimes

Population: 4,565
Murder Rape Robbery Assault
Report Total 0 0 1 0
Rate per 1,000 0.00 0.00 0.22 0.00

United States Violent Crimes

Population: 333,287,557
Murder Rape Robbery Assault
Report Total 21,156 133,294 220,450 893,980
Rate per 1,000 0.06 0.40 0.66 2.68

Property Crime

Property Crime Comparison (per 1,000 residents)

100 75 50 25 0
6.79
14.49
National Median: 20
    Prospect
    Kentucky

Chances of Becoming a Victim of a Property Crime

1 in 147

in Prospect

1 in 69

in Kentucky

Property Crimes

Population: 4,565
burglary theft motor vehicle theft
Report Total 6 22 3
Rate per 1,000 1.31 4.82 0.66

United States Property Crimes

Population: 333,287,557
burglary theft motor vehicle theft
Report Total 899,293 4,672,363 942,173
Rate per 1,000 2.70 14.02 2.83

Prospect Crimes Per Square Mile

200 150 100 50 0
8
21
National Median: 27.0
    Prospect
    Kentucky