CrimeMetric

Crime in Middletown, Kentucky

Major crime in Middletown is 1.6 times the U.S. rate per resident: 74% lower for persons crimes and 1.9 times for property crimes. Expected major crimes are down 8.1% from a year earlier.

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

Major crime
160
1.6 times the U.S. rate
1.9 times the Kentucky rate
down 8.1% in a year
Persons crimes
27
74% below the U.S. rate
59% below the Kentucky rate
down 8.5% in a year
Property crimes
190
1.9 times the U.S. rate
2.1 times the Kentucky rate
down 8.1% in a year
Social disorder
69
32% below the U.S. rate
31% below the Kentucky rate
down 5.9% 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

Shoplifting stands out most, at 3.3 times the U.S. rate

Expected crimes per year in Middletown 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 Middletown

The middle half of Middletown residents live in neighborhoods with a major-crime index between 46 and 106; the typical (median) resident's is 95. The citywide figure (160) is higher than that because crime concentrates in a smaller set of areas.

Map of Middletown, 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.
  • 0–5042.2%
  • 50–10023.0%
  • 100–20018.4%
  • 200–4000.0%
  • 400+16.5%

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

When it happens

Highest in the daytime

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

Monday to Friday, 6am to 6pm183
Sunday to Thursday nights, 6pm to 6am131
Saturday and Sunday, 6am to 6pm181
Friday and Saturday nights, 6pm to 6am139
Trend and outlook

Major crime fell 8.1% in a year; across Kentucky it fell 5.9%

Past yearBy 2031
Major crime-8.1%KY -5.9%-13.3%KY -12.3%
Persons crimes-8.5%KY -9.7%-8.4%KY -1.4%
Property crimes-8.1%KY -5.3%-13.5%KY -14.0%
Social disorder-5.9%KY -5.8%-5.9%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

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

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

Middletown, KY10,057160
Lincoln, AL10,08093
Ravenna, OH10,05485
Canton, MS10,07845
Bardmoor, FL10,07244
Manteno, IL10,07718

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

Nearby places

Middletown has a higher major-crime index than 6 of its 8 nearest neighbors

The 8 nearest cities and towns we cover, by major-crime index. The closest, Jeffersontown (4 mi), is 16% below Middletown's rate.

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

Questions about crime in Middletown

What are the most common crimes in Middletown?

By expected count, the most common persons and property crimes are shoplifting (about 107 a year), other larceny (about 90 a year) and theft from vehicle (about 37 a year). Compared with the U.S., shoplifting stands out most: 3.3 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. Middletown's figures add up its 5 block groups. The index compares crimes per resident with the U.S. rate.

  • Middletown has no published incident records in our data, so its estimate relies on agency totals and neighborhood characteristics.
  • 23.0% 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: 10,057. Model updated Oct 20, 2026. Release 2026-2026-10-20-2

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

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Major-crime index, U.S. = 100