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Fort Wright, 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

Fort Wright is safer than the majority of cities, towns, and villages in America (62%) and also has a lower crime rate than 35% 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 Fort Wright is one in 164 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 44.

Compared to other communities of similar population size, Fort Wright has a crime rate that is noticeably lower than the average. This means that for comparably sized cities all across America, Fort Wright 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 Wright 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 Wright.

For Fort Wright, 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 Wright than in most of America. One's chance of becoming a victim of a violent crime here is one in 2020, which is a violent crime rate of 0 per one thousand inhabitants.

Moreover, the rate of property crime in Fort Wright; 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 Wright Crime Data

total Crime Index

62

(100 is safest)


Safer than 62% of U.S. cities.

Fort Wright Annual Crimes

  Violent Property Total

Number of Crimes

3

34

37

Crime Rate
(per 1,000 residents)

0.49

5.61

6.10

Violent Crime

Violent Crime Comparison (per 1,000 residents)

20 15 10 5 0
0.49
2.24
National Median: 4
    Fort Wright
    Kentucky

Chances of Becoming a Victim of a Violent Crime

1 in 2,020

in Fort Wright

1 in 446

in Kentucky

Fort Wright Violent Crimes

Population: 6,061
Murder Rape Robbery Assault
Report Total 0 1 0 2
Rate per 1,000 0.00 0.16 0.00 0.33

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
5.61
15.52
National Median: 19
    Fort Wright
    Kentucky

Chances of Becoming a Victim of a Property Crime

1 in 178

in Fort Wright

1 in 64

in Kentucky

Property Crimes

Population: 6,061
burglary theft motor vehicle theft
Report Total 2 26 6
Rate per 1,000 0.33 4.29 0.99

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 Wright Crimes Per Square Mile

200 150 100 50 0
11
22
National Median: 26.5
    Fort Wright
    Kentucky

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Zip Codes in Fort Wright, KY