The crime rate in Oak Grove is considerably higher than the national average across all communities in America from the largest to the smallest, although at 30 crimes per one thousand residents, it is not among the communities with the very highest crime rate. The chance of becoming a victim of either violent or property crime in Oak Grove is 1 in 33. Based on FBI crime data, Oak Grove is not one of the safest communities in America. Relative to Kentucky, Oak Grove has a crime rate that is higher than 96% of the state's cities and towns of all sizes.

Importantly, when you compare Oak Grove to other communities of similar population, then Oak Grove crime rate (violent and property crimes combined) is quite a bit higher than average. Regardless of how Oak Grove does relative to all communities in America of all sizes, when NeighborhoodScout compared it to communities of similar population size, its crime rate per thousand residents stands out as higher than most.

Now let us turn to take a look at how Oak Grove 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 Oak Grove.

From our analysis, we discovered that violent crime in Oak Grove occurs at a rate higher than in most communities of all population sizes in America. The chance that a person will become a victim of a violent crime in Oak Grove; such as armed robbery, aggravated assault, rape or murder; is 1 in 348. This equates to a rate of 3 per one thousand inhabitants.

Significantly, based on the number of murders reported by the FBI and the number of residents living in the city, NeighborhoodScout's analysis shows that Oak Grove experiences one of the higher murder rates in the nation when compared with cities and towns for all sizes of population, from the largest to the smallest.

In addition, NeighborhoodScout found that a lot of the crime that takes place in Oak Grove is property crime. Property crimes that are tracked for this analysis are burglary, larceny over fifty dollars, motor vehicle theft, and arson. In Oak Grove, your chance of becoming a victim of a property crime is one in 37, which is a rate of 27 per one thousand population.

Importantly, we found that Oak Grove has one of the highest rates of motor vehicle theft in the nation according to our analysis of FBI crime data. This is compared to communities of all sizes, from the smallest to the largest. In fact, your chance of getting your car stolen if you live in Oak Grove is one in 216.