Murders in Kentucky
Murders in Kentucky was 127 in 2025, according to the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Uniform Crime Reporting Program. That is down 56.5% from 2024. That is the 31st highest of 51 states in 2025.
Murders in Kentucky, 1979 to 2025
All 47 values
| Period | count |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 127 |
| 2024 | 292 |
| 2023 | 293 |
| 2022 | 328 |
| 2021 | 374 |
| 2020 | 323 |
| 2019 | 229 |
| 2018 | 250 |
| 2017 | 265 |
| 2016 | 265 |
| 2015 | 219 |
| 2014 | 164 |
| 2013 | 172 |
| 2012 | 201 |
| 2011 | 151 |
| 2010 | 188 |
| 2009 | 184 |
| 2008 | 201 |
| 2007 | 206 |
| 2006 | 173 |
| 2005 | 190 |
| 2004 | 236 |
| 2003 | 181 |
| 2002 | 191 |
| 2001 | 181 |
| 2000 | 193 |
| 1999 | 203 |
| 1998 | 237 |
| 1997 | 228 |
| 1996 | 228 |
| 1995 | 276 |
| 1994 | 244 |
| 1993 | 249 |
| 1992 | 216 |
| 1991 | 253 |
| 1990 | 264 |
| 1989 | 293 |
| 1988 | 229 |
| 1987 | 280 |
| 1986 | 248 |
| 1985 | 256 |
| 1984 | 244 |
| 1983 | 364 |
| 1982 | 355 |
| 1981 | 308 |
| 1980 | 321 |
| 1979 | 335 |
Compared with United States
| Place | 2025 |
|---|---|
| Kentucky | 127 |
| United States | 14,085 |
Kentucky compared with nearby places
- Under 30
- 30 to 100
- 100 to 180
- 180 to 330
- 330 to 470
- 470 and over
Rankings
Definition
Estimated number of murders and nonnegligent manslaughters known to law enforcement. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program.
UCR definition: the willful killing of one human being by another, excluding deaths caused by negligence, suicides, accidents and justifiable homicides. For other countries use homicide_rate (UNODC). FBI estimates for the whole population: agencies that did not report, or reported part of the year, are filled in by the FBI. The FBI revises earlier years in each annual release, and from 2021 the estimates are built from incident-based (NIBRS) reports. The national series has no values for 2017 to 2020 in the FBI estimates file.
How to cite
Federal Bureau of Investigation, Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Crime Data Explorer. FBI UCR Summary Reporting System estimated crimes, 1979 on: murder and nonnegligent manslaughter. https://cde.ucr.cjis.gov/LATEST/webapp/#/pages/downloads. Retrieved 2026-10-18.Citation styles
APA 7
Federal Bureau of Investigation, Uniform Crime Reporting Program. (2026). FBI UCR Summary Reporting System estimated crimes, 1979 on: murder and nonnegligent manslaughter (Murders, Kentucky, 1979 to 2025) [Data set]. Retrieved October 18, 2026, from https://cde.ucr.cjis.gov/LATEST/webapp/#/pages/downloads
MLA 9
FBI UCR Summary Reporting System estimated crimes, 1979 on: murder and nonnegligent manslaughter, Murders, Kentucky, 1979 to 2025. Federal Bureau of Investigation, Uniform Crime Reporting Program, 14 Aug. 2026, https://cde.ucr.cjis.gov/LATEST/webapp/#/pages/downloads. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/murders/kentucky. Accessed 18 Oct. 2026.
Chicago (author-date)
Federal Bureau of Investigation, Uniform Crime Reporting Program. 2026. FBI UCR Summary Reporting System estimated crimes, 1979 on: murder and nonnegligent manslaughter. Murders, Kentucky, 1979 to 2025. Dataset. Accessed October 18, 2026. https://cde.ucr.cjis.gov/LATEST/webapp/#/pages/downloads. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/murders/kentucky.
Harvard
Federal Bureau of Investigation, Uniform Crime Reporting Program (2026) FBI UCR Summary Reporting System estimated crimes, 1979 on: murder and nonnegligent manslaughter, Murders, Kentucky, 1979 to 2025 [Dataset]. Available at: https://cde.ucr.cjis.gov/LATEST/webapp/#/pages/downloads, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/en/murders/kentucky (Accessed: 18 October 2026).
BibTeX
@misc{federal_murders_kentucky_2025,
author = {{Federal Bureau of Investigation, Uniform Crime Reporting Program}},
title = {{FBI UCR Summary Reporting System estimated crimes, 1979 on: murder and nonnegligent manslaughter: Murders, Kentucky, 1979 to 2025}},
year = {2026},
howpublished = {Data set},
url = {https://cde.ucr.cjis.gov/LATEST/webapp/#/pages/downloads},
urldate = {2026-10-18},
note = {Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/murders/kentucky. Publisher attribution: Federal Bureau of Investigation, Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Crime Data Explorer. FBI UCR Summary Reporting System estimated crimes, 1979 on: murder and nonnegligent manslaughter. https://cde.ucr.cjis.gov/LATEST/webapp/\#/pages/downloads. Retrieved 2026-10-18.},
}
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What is the murders in Kentucky?
Murders in Kentucky was 127 in 2025, according to the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Uniform Crime Reporting Program. That is down 56.5% from 2024. That is the 31st highest of 51 states in 2025.
Where does this figure come from?
Federal Bureau of Investigation, Uniform Crime Reporting Program. FBI UCR Summary Reporting System estimated crimes, 1979 on: murder and nonnegligent manslaughter. Retrieved by Invokely on 2026-10-18.
What was the highest murders in Kentucky?
374 in 2021, the highest value since 1979 in this series.