The Safest and Most Dangerous Places in Georgetown, KY
Georgetown is the sixth-largest city in Kentucky, with 48,400 residents in Scott County, about 12 miles north of downtown Lexington · Updated November 2026
Is Georgetown, KY safe?
Yes. An overall CrimeGrade™ of A means crime in Georgetown is low. Most US neighborhoods have little crime too, so Georgetown sits near the middle: 57% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime, and 43% in neighborhoods with less. Violent and property crime both grade A here. What matters most is the neighborhood: grades within Georgetown run from A+ to C+, so check the map below.
A
Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 869 of 1,000About as safe as the typical US neighborhoodi What this means
57% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than Georgetown as a whole, and 43% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Georgetown scores 869.
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 Georgetown, KY at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Georgetown, 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 Georgetown
Aggravated assault runs low. Georgetown has 0.67 aggravated assaults a year per 1,000 residents, a small fraction of the US rate of 2.6.
The safest and least safe parts of Georgetown
Nearly every part of Georgetown where people live grades A or B on the national scale. Grades across Georgetown run from A+ to C+; 60% of residents live in areas with less crime than the typical US neighborhood.
99%
A or B 99%C 1%
Share of residents, by the overall CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
Within Georgetown, the northwest side has the least crime and the center the most.
Is crime going up in Georgetown?
Reported violent crime in Georgetown peaked in 2021 and has fallen 30% since, back near its 2019 level. Property crime is down 60% from 2019. Murders, rapes, robberies and aggravated assaults stayed at about 1.2 a year per 1,000 residents (US: 3.7); burglaries, thefts and vehicle thefts went from about 29 to 12 (US: 18). In 2024 alone, property crime fell 12%.
Violent crime, change since 2019
Property crime, change since 2019
GeorgetownUnited States
Source: crime reports to the FBI from the police department that serves Georgetown. The charts follow crimes per resident.
Data table
Year
Violent, Georgetown
Violent, US
Property, Georgetown
Property, US
2016
+48%
+4%
-2%
+15%
2017
+67%
+4%
-2%
+12%
2018
+71%
+0%
+1%
+4%
2019
+0%
+0%
+0%
+0%
2020
+46%
+4%
-25%
-8%
2021
+47%
+6%
-40%
-10%
2022
-2%
+5%
-52%
-6%
2023
+5%
+2%
-54%
-7%
2024
+3%
-4%
-60%
-15%
Crime rates and types in Georgetown
CrimeGrade™ estimates Georgetown has about 25 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 33% less than the US as a whole and close to Kentucky.
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.
Assault is the most common crime in Georgetown, about 43% of everything reported, and it also accounts for the largest share of what crime costs here.
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.
Where and when crime happens in Georgetown
Georgetown has its own police department, and these figures come from its reports, 2022 to 2024.
In Georgetown, 62% of burglaries hit homes, against 57% nationally. Thefts from cars happen most often at homes: 38% of them, against 34% nationally.
Crime
Most often at
Busiest time
Burglary
Homes (62%)
Night (midnight to 6 am)
Car theft
Homes (44%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Theft from cars
Homes (38%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Vandalism
Homes (41%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Aggravated assault
Homes (59%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Shares of the crimes reported to police, 2022 to 2024. Reports with no time recorded are left out of the times.
How Georgetown compares with nearby cities
Georgetown has the most crime of its 2 nearest cities.
Two things set Georgetown apart: it has 4.0% of its homes standing empty, against 7.1% nationally, and a Walk Grade of D- (11 of 100) on BestNeighborhood, against 21 for the US as a whole. Places like that tend to report less burglary, vandalism and arson; here burglary and vandalism sit near the national middle.
Empty homesSeasonal and vacation homes are left out. Places with many empty homes tend to report more burglary, vandalism and arson.4.0% of homesUS: 7.1%Lower than for 73% of US city residents
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. 87% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.D- (11 of 100)US: 21Lower than for 73% of US city residents
JobsJobs draw daytime crowds. Places with many jobs tend to report more theft and robbery.57 for every 100 residentsUS: 45Higher than for 72% of US city residents
Show all 6
Parking lotsBig lots at stores, offices and apartment complexes. Places with more lot space tend to report more theft.2.3 spaces per residentUS: 2.0Higher than for 71% of US city residents
Lit at nightSatellite images show which neighborhoods are lit at night, a sign of busy streets and businesses. Brightly lit places tend to report more theft and vandalism.84% where people liveUS: 78%Lower than for 67% of US city residents
Residents in dense blocksBlocks of 10,000 or more people per square mile. Dense neighborhoods tend to report more robbery and car theft.9% of residentsUS: 24%Lower than for 62% of US city residents
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 Georgetown
Crime costs Georgetown about $758 a year per household, counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, 37% less than 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 $39 million a year, or $804 per resident.
How the cost breaks down
Crime
Cost a year
Per resident
Murder
$2.9 million
$60
Rape
$860,000
$18
Robbery
$210,000
$4
Assault
$4.5 million
$93
Burglary
$640,000
$13
Theft
$2.0 million
$41
Vehicle theft
$710,000
$15
Arson
$37,000
$1
Vandalism
$1.1 million
$24
Total
$13 million
$267
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 Georgetown 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 Georgetown, KY average a SchoolGrade of C-: 38% of students test proficient, against 34% projected for schools like them. Overall, they don't meet expectations. See schools in Georgetown on SchoolGrade
