CrimeMetric

Crime in Glasgow, Kentucky

Major crime in Glasgow is 6% above the U.S. rate per resident: 40% lower for persons crimes and 16% higher for property crimes. Expected major crimes are down 8.4% from a year earlier.

Modeled estimates per resident, not counts of incidents. How we calculated this

Major crime
106
6% above the U.S. rate
25% above the Kentucky rate
down 8.4% in a year
Persons crimes
60
40% below the U.S. rate
6% below the Kentucky rate
down 5.4% in a year
Property crimes
116
16% above the U.S. rate
29% above the Kentucky rate
down 8.7% in a year
Social disorder
185
1.8 times the U.S. rate
1.9 times the Kentucky rate
down 6.9% in a year

Index: crimes per resident compared with the U.S., where 100 is the U.S. rate and 200 is twice it.

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Crime by type

Drugs and alcohol stands out most, at 3.7 times the U.S. rate

Expected crimes per year in Glasgow for each type, and the index against the U.S. rate per resident.

Citywide indexWhere the middle half of residents live

IndexPer year

How crime varies across Glasgow

The middle half of Glasgow residents live in neighborhoods with a major-crime index between 37 and 100; the typical (median) resident's is 85. The citywide figure (106) is higher than that because crime concentrates in a smaller set of areas.

Map of Glasgow, with its census block groups shaded by major-crime index band
Block groups shaded by major-crime index, in the bar's bands below; pale gray where fewer than 100 people live. Highways and boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau.
  • 0–5026.5%
  • 50–10042.8%
  • 100–20019.9%
  • 200–4007.0%
  • 400+3.9%

Share of residents by the index of their census block group, a neighborhood of roughly 600 to 3,000 people.

When it happens

Highest on weekday daytimes

Major-crime index by time of week, against the U.S. rate for the same hours.

Monday to Friday, 6am to 6pm124
Sunday to Thursday nights, 6pm to 6am87
Saturday and Sunday, 6am to 6pm119
Friday and Saturday nights, 6pm to 6am87
Trend and outlook

Major crime fell 8.4% in a year; across Kentucky it fell 5.9%

Past yearBy 2031
Major crime-8.4%KY -5.9%-13.3%KY -12.3%
Persons crimes-5.4%KY -9.7%+0.3%KY -1.4%
Property crimes-8.7%KY -5.3%-14.9%KY -14.0%
Social disorder-6.9%KY -5.8%-8.1%KY -7.2%

Change in expected crimes, with Kentucky as a whole in gray. The past year uses the reporting agencies' year-to-date FBI data; 2031 is the model's projection.

Similar-size places

Glasgow against U.S. places with 10,000 to 25,000 residents

604 of the 2,149 other places of this size have a higher major-crime index than Glasgow; the middle of the group is 72. The 9 nearest in population:

Branson, MO15,147187
Glasgow, KY15,151106
Milford, DE15,17098
Dublin, GA15,17178
Eureka, MO15,13942
Swansea, IL15,17340

Major-crime index per resident, U.S. = 100; residents in gray.

Nearby places

Glasgow has a higher major-crime index than 7 of its 8 nearest neighbors

The 8 nearest cities and towns we cover, by major-crime index. The closest, Scottsville (22 mi), is 30% below Glasgow's rate.

Glasgow106
Columbia34 mi21

Major-crime index per resident, U.S. = 100; distances between where residents live, in miles.

Questions about crime in Glasgow

What are the most common crimes in Glasgow?

By expected count, the most common persons and property crimes are shoplifting (about 110 a year), other larceny (about 87 a year) and burglary (about 26 a year). Compared with the U.S., drugs and alcohol stands out most: 3.7 times the U.S. rate per resident.

How we calculated this

Each police agency's crimes, as reported to the FBI, are spread across the census block groups it serves using population, jobs, points of interest and, where available, local incident records. Glasgow's figures add up its 14 block groups. The index compares crimes per resident with the U.S. rate.

  • Glasgow has no published incident records in our data, so its estimate relies on agency totals and neighborhood characteristics.
  • 0.0% of residents live in block groups whose estimate has high confidence (80% interval within about 5x).
  • Rates are per resident, so places where many people work or visit but few live, such as downtowns, airports and stadiums, can read high.
  • Disorderly conduct and trespassing are modeled, because the FBI records them only through arrests.
  • Residents: 15,151. Model updated Oct 20, 2026. Release 2026-2026-10-20-2

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CrimeMetric. "Crime in Glasgow, Kentucky." Vorp Labs, model updated Oct 20, 2026. https://crimemetric.com/ky/glasgow

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Major-crime index, U.S. = 100