Louisville Crime Map
Kentucky · October 2026 · updated 2026-11-12
| October 2026 | 4,069 incidents |
|---|---|
| 2026 YTD | 44,331 incidents through October |
| 2025 (full year) | 67,808 incidents |
| Full archive | 112,243 incidents (2025–2026) |
| Per 100K / year | 10,582 |
Source: Louisville Metro Police Department open data.
About crime in Louisville
Latest available snapshot. Louisville has 4,069 incidents for October 2026. Counts reflect the source coverage published for this city.
2025 category breakdown
| Other | 21,487 |
| Theft | 17,980 |
| Assault | 10,226 |
| Vandalism | 6,063 |
| Auto theft | 4,561 |
| Burglary | 3,086 |
| Fraud | 2,995 |
| Robbery | 771 |
Across 2025–2026, the current archive contains 112,243 incidents for Louisville. Missing categories or periods reflect what the source publishes; missing is not zero.
Louisville crime overview
Essay updated 2026-11-12 · figures above are from the latest data
TL;DR. Louisville recorded 67,808 police-reported incidents in 2025, according to Louisville Metro Police Department data through November 2026. Other was the most common category with 21,487 incidents, 31.7% of the total, followed by theft at 17,980. Violent incidents totaled 11,636. For January–October 2026, reported incidents were 44,331, down 22% from 56,819 in the same months of 2025. The 2025 rate was 10,581.8 reported incidents per 100,000 residents, based on the Census 2024 population.
About this data
TheCrimeMaps plots police-reported incidents in Louisville, Kentucky, using open data from the Louisville Metro Police Department. The map covers calendar year 2025, with 67,808 police-reported incidents recorded across the 12 months. Violent-category incidents, defined as assault plus sexual assault plus robbery plus shooting plus homicide, totaled 11,636 in 2025, or 17.2% of the period total.
That equals 10,581.8 reported incidents per 100,000 residents in 2025, based on the U.S. Census Bureau Vintage 2024 population estimate of 640,796 for the city, and 1,815.9 violent-category incidents per 100,000 residents. Those figures describe reported incidents, not a measure of personal risk. Data in the archive extends through November 2026. The archive holds 112,243 incidents for 2025 to 2026 combined.
Recent trend
There is no complete-year to complete-year comparison available, because the archive contains one complete year, 2025 with 67,808 incidents in 12 months, alongside partial 2026 data with 44,435 incidents in 11 months. On a like-for-like basis, January–October 2026 recorded 44,331 incidents, compared with 56,819 in January–October 2025, a decline of 22%. That year-to-date comparison uses the same months in both years and does not compare the partial 2026 total with the full 2025 total. Data extends through November 2026 as reported in Louisville open data.
Category breakdown
In 2025, Other was the largest grouping at 21,487 incidents, or 31.7% of the total, reflecting how the source groups many incident types together. Within Other in 2025, Other crime accounted for 13,118 incidents, or 19.3% of the total, followed by Threats at 4,730, or 7%, and Drugs at 3,639, or 5.4%. Theft ranked second at 17,980 incidents, or 26.5%, while Assault was third at 10,226, or 15.1%. The remainder of the top six was Vandalism with 6,063 incidents, or 8.9%, Auto theft with 4,561, or 6.7%, and Burglary with 3,086, or 4.6%. All figures describe police-reported incidents in calendar year 2025 in Louisville.
What this means
Louisville’s 2025 total was 67,808 incidents, with the largest shares held by Other at 21,487 incidents, or 31.7%, and Theft at 17,980, or 26.5%. Assault followed at 10,226, or 15.1%, ahead of Vandalism at 6,063, or 8.9%, Auto theft at 4,561, or 6.7%, and Burglary at 3,086, or 4.6%. The gap between the top two groupings and the lower-ranked categories defines the year. The archive lists 44,435 incidents for 2026, which remains a partial year beside the complete 2025 count of 67,808.
FAQ
How many crimes were reported in Louisville in 2025?
Louisville recorded 67,808 police-reported incidents in calendar year 2025, which covers 12 months of data. That equals 10,581.8 reported incidents per 100,000 residents in 2025, calculated using the U.S. Census Bureau Vintage 2024 population estimate of 640,796 for the city.
What was the most reported crime category in Louisville in 2025?
Other was the largest category in 2025 with 21,487 incidents, or 31.7% of the 67,808 total. The breakdown of Other in 2025 was other crime with 13,118 incidents, threats with 4,730 incidents, and drugs with 3,639 incidents. Theft was next with 17,980 incidents.
How many assaults and violent crimes were reported in Louisville in 2025?
Louisville recorded 11,636 violent-category incidents in 2025, or 17.2% of the 67,808 total, at a rate of 1,815.9 reported violent incidents per 100,000 residents. The violent total covers assault plus sexual assault, robbery, shooting and homicide. Assault alone accounted for 10,226 incidents, or 15.1%.
Is crime in Louisville going up or down?
For the same months of January–October in both years, reported incidents fell 22%, from 56,819 in 2025 to 44,331 in 2026. The archive also lists 67,808 incidents for the complete 12 months of 2025 and 44,435 incidents for 11 months of 2026, but the partial 2026 year cannot be compared as an annual total.
Which Louisville neighborhoods had the most reported crime in 2025?
This release lists 0 named neighborhoods ranked by incidents in 2025, so a neighborhood comparison is not available from the current table. The citywide total for the period was 67,808 police-reported incidents in calendar year 2025. Use the citywide category counts for 2025 when reviewing Louisville patterns.
Where do Louisville crime numbers come from, and how current are they?
The figures come from the Louisville Metro Police Department and cover incidents through November 2026. The 2025 total of 67,808 reflects a complete 12-month year, while the all-years archive holds 112,243 incidents for 2025 through 2026 combined.
Explore Louisville
By category
- Louisville Assault (16,805)
- Louisville Sexual assault (953)
- Louisville Robbery (1,249)
- Louisville Homicide (157)
- Louisville Burglary (4,886)
- Louisville Auto theft (6,902)
- Louisville Theft (30,971)
- Louisville Vandalism (9,700)
- Louisville Fraud (4,815)
- Louisville Other (35,805)
By year
Neighborhoods
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