CrimeMetric

Crime in Williamstown, Kentucky

Major crime in Williamstown is 78% below the U.S. rate per resident: 82% lower for persons crimes and 77% lower for property crimes. Expected major crimes are down 8.7% from a year earlier.

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

Major crime
22
78% below the U.S. rate
74% below the Kentucky rate
down 8.7% in a year
Persons crimes
18
82% below the U.S. rate
72% below the Kentucky rate
down 5.4% in a year
Property crimes
23
77% below the U.S. rate
75% below the Kentucky rate
down 9.2% in a year
Social disorder
35
65% below the U.S. rate
64% below the Kentucky rate
down 5.7% 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

Every crime type in Williamstown is near or below the U.S. rate

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

Citywide indexWhere the middle half of residents live

IndexPer year

Neighborhoods in Williamstown

Williamstown is made up of 3 census block groups. The typical resident lives where the major-crime index is 25; the middle half of residents live where it is between 15 and 25.

Map of Williamstown, with its census block groups shaded by major-crime index band
Block groups shaded by major-crime index, in the key's bands below; pale gray where fewer than 100 people live. Highways and boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau.
  • 0–50100.0%
  • 50–1000.0%
  • 100–2000.0%
  • 200–4000.0%
  • 400+0.0%

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 weeknights

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

Monday to Friday, 6am to 6pm21
Sunday to Thursday nights, 6pm to 6am24
Saturday and Sunday, 6am to 6pm18
Friday and Saturday nights, 6pm to 6am24
Trend and outlook

Major crime fell 8.7% in a year; across Kentucky it fell 5.9%

Past yearBy 2031
Major crime-8.7%KY -5.9%-11.3%KY -12.3%
Persons crimes-5.4%KY -9.7%+1.2%KY -1.4%
Property crimes-9.2%KY -5.3%-13.5%KY -14.0%
Social disorder-5.7%KY -5.8%-4.8%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

Williamstown against U.S. places with 2,000 to 5,000 residents

1,664 of the 1,761 other places of this size have a higher major-crime index than Williamstown; the middle of the group is 58. The 9 nearest in population:

Okemah, OK3,366148
Fayette, AL3,376112
Sparks, TX3,36667
Tipton, IA3,37335
Williamstown, KY3,37122

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

Nearby places

Williamstown has a lower major-crime index than all of its 8 nearest neighbors

The 8 nearest cities and towns we cover, by major-crime index. The closest, Crittenden (10 mi), is about Williamstown's rate.

Florence24 mi119
Cynthiana23 mi64
Alexandria24 mi45
Falmouth13 mi43
Elsmere25 mi38
Erlanger26 mi26
Crittenden10 mi23
Williamstown22

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

Questions about crime in Williamstown

What are the most common crimes in Williamstown?

By expected count, the most common persons and property crimes are other larceny (about 6 a year), burglary (about 1 a year) and aggravated assault (about 1 a year). Compared with the U.S., intimidation stands out most: 57% below 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. Williamstown's figures add up its 3 block groups. The index compares crimes per resident with the U.S. rate.

  • Williamstown 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: 3,371. Model updated Oct 20, 2026. Release 2026-2026-10-20-2

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

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Major-crime index, U.S. = 100