Cherokee Triangle is a neighborhood of 3,870 residents in Louisville, about 3 miles southeast of downtown · Updated November 2026
Is Cherokee Triangle in Louisville safe?
Crime in Cherokee Triangle is high by national standards, with an overall CrimeGrade™ of C. Most US neighborhoods have little crime: 84% of Americans live in neighborhoods with less crime than Cherokee Triangle. Violent crime grades B and property crime D-. Louisville as a whole grades D+. What matters most is the neighborhood: grades within Cherokee Triangle run from B- to D+, so check the map below.
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Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 457 of 1,000Less safe than most US neighborhoodsi What this means
16% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than Cherokee Triangle as a whole, and 84% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Cherokee Triangle scores 457.
Crime is concentrated in a small share of places, so most neighborhoods score high on the 0 to 1,000 scale. That is why a score in the 800s can still mean more crime than most US neighborhoods.
How to read the map: each area's color compares its crime with the people, homes and cars there, on one national scale, from green for the least crime to red for the most. Each area gets its own color, so a busy shopping center can show red while the homes beside it stay green. The interactive maps load faster on a strong connection. Compare high speed internet in Cherokee Triangle, Louisville, KY at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Cherokee Triangle in Louisville, and anyone thinking about buying or renting a home there.
Business and enterprise customers: this free map shows neighborhood areas. CrimeGrade™ business reports map crime at about 66-meter detail and estimate it for one address and type of business. See business reports
What stands out in Cherokee Triangle
Vehicle theft at about triple the US rate. Cherokee Triangle has 8.1 car thefts a year per 1,000 residents, against 2.7 nationally.
Crime rates and types in Cherokee Triangle
CrimeGrade™ estimates Cherokee Triangle has about 62 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 66% more than the US as a whole and close to Louisville as a whole.
Overall crime
Violent crime
Property crime
Reported crimes a year, per 1,000 residents. These figures include simple assaults and vandalism, which the FBI's violent and property crime rates leave out.
Theft is the most common crime in Cherokee Triangle, about 39% of everything reported, but assault costs more, because each one does more harm.
Each CrimeGrade™ compares a crime with what it affects: people for assaults and robbery, homes for burglary, parked cars for vehicle theft. Rates count crimes per 1,000 residents.
Select a crime's name to see its map above. CrimeGrade™ business reports map each crime at about 66-meter detail.
How Cherokee Triangle compares with nearby neighborhoods
Cherokee Triangle has less crime than 5 of its 10 nearest neighborhoods.
Nearest first, with each place's distance from Cherokee Triangle. Beside each overall CrimeGrade™ is its safety score, from 0 to 1,000 (higher is safer).
Compared with neighborhoods of similar size and density, Cherokee Triangle has more crime than 64% of them.
Nightlife, shops and walkability in Cherokee Triangle
Two things set Cherokee Triangle apart: it has 2.3 bars and nightlife spots for every 1,000 residents, against 0.6 nationally, and 23.0 stores and restaurants for every 1,000 residents, against 10.5 nationally. Places like that tend to report more assault and robbery, and assault runs high here.
Bars and nightlifeBars, lounges, clubs and casinos. Places with more bars tend to report more assault and robbery.2.3 per 1,000 residentsUS: 0.6Higher than for 93% of residents of US city neighborhoods
Stores and restaurantsShops and restaurants draw crowds and parked cars. Places with many stores tend to report more theft and car theft.23.0 per 1,000 residentsUS: 10.5Higher than for 91% of residents of US city neighborhoods
Walk GradeBestNeighborhood's grade for getting through daily life on foot, traced along real walking routes to shops, schools and parks. Walkable places tend to report more theft and assault.C+ (45 of 100)US: 21Higher than for 60% of residents of US city neighborhoods
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Tree coverThe share of land under tree canopy where people live. Leafy neighborhoods tend to report less robbery.26% where people liveUS: 21%Higher than for 87% of residents of US city neighborhoods
These traits tend to go with more or less crime; none of them causes it on its own. Sources: Census job counts and housing figures, OpenStreetMap and Overture business listings, CrimeGrade™ parking estimates, NASA night-light imagery, US Forest Service tree cover, EPA transit data and BestNeighborhood's Walk Grade.
What crime costs Cherokee Triangle
Counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, crime costs Cherokee Triangle about $1,161 a year per household, about the same as the US figure of $1,205.
Cost of crime per resident, per year
Counting the pain and suffering of victims, which comes almost entirely from violent crime, the full cost comes to about $7.8 million a year, or $2,028 per resident.
How CrimeGrade™ works
A CrimeGrade™ shows how much crime an area has compared with the rest of the country, from A+ for the least crime to F for the most. Every neighborhood in the US is graded on the same scale, so a B in Cherokee Triangle means the same as a B anywhere else.
CrimeGrade™ starts from the crimes people report to police and measures each kind of crime against what it affects: people for assaults, homes for burglaries, parked cars for car thefts.
The rates on this page count crimes for every 1,000 people who live here, the way police departments report them.
Comparisons with US neighborhoods use the Census Bureau's block groups, small areas of about 1,400 residents, and count the people who live in each. The figures count crimes reported to police; many crimes, shoplifting above all, never are. Behind the grades, CrimeGrade™ tested 21,607 factors from 125 data families. For business owners, paid CrimeGrade™ location reports estimate crime at a single address for each type of business.
Where the numbers come from
Crime reports that police departments file with the FBI
State crime records and city crime data, where they are published
Published research on what crime costs victims and communities
These are estimates of reported crime for whole areas, not a record of what happened on any one street. CrimeGrade™ updates them once a year and provides them free and without guarantee. Check local sources before you rely on them for a decision.
Schools in Cherokee Triangle, Louisville, KY average a SchoolGrade of C+: 41% of students test proficient, against 37% projected for schools like them. Overall, they exceed expectations. See schools in Cherokee Triangle on SchoolGrade
