The Safest and Most Dangerous Places in Henderson, KY
Henderson is a city of 32,900 in Henderson County, about 10 miles south of downtown Evansville · Updated November 2026
Is Henderson, KY safe?
Yes, crime in Henderson is low, with an overall CrimeGrade™ of A-. Because most US neighborhoods are safe as well, Henderson sits near the middle: safer than the neighborhoods where 48% of Americans live. Violent and property crime both grade A- here. What matters most is the neighborhood: grades within Henderson run from A+ to C+, so check the map below.
A-
Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 827 of 1,000About as safe as the typical US neighborhoodi What this means
48% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than Henderson as a whole, and 52% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Henderson scores 827.
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 Henderson, KY at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Henderson, 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 Henderson
Burglaries run high for an A-graded city. Henderson has 3.1 burglaries a year per 1,000 residents; for the typical resident of an A-graded US city, the figure is 1.2.
Car thefts happen at homes far more often than nationally. In Henderson, 68% of reported car thefts happen at homes, against 33% nationally.
The safest and least safe parts of Henderson
Low crime is the norm across Henderson: 89% of residents live in areas graded A or B, and the rest in areas graded C. Grades across Henderson run from A+ to C+; 37% of residents live in areas with less crime than the typical US neighborhood.
89%11%
A or B 89%C 11%
Share of residents, by the overall CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
Within Henderson, the southeast side has the least crime and the west side the most.
Is crime going up in Henderson?
Since 2019, reported violent crime in Henderson is up 36% and property crime is down 27%. Murders, rapes, robberies and aggravated assaults went from about 2.2 to 3.0 a year per 1,000 residents (US: 3.7); burglaries, thefts and vehicle thefts from about 23 to 17 (US: 18). In 2024 alone, property crime fell 22%.
Violent crime, change since 2019
Property crime, change since 2019
HendersonUnited States
Source: crime reports to the FBI from the police agencies that serve Henderson. The charts follow crimes per resident.
Data table
Year
Violent, Henderson
Violent, US
Property, Henderson
Property, US
2016
-16%
+4%
+7%
+15%
2017
+3%
+4%
-5%
+12%
2018
+48%
+0%
+14%
+4%
2019
+0%
+0%
+0%
+0%
2020
+27%
+4%
+8%
-8%
2021
+6%
+6%
+2%
-10%
2022
+12%
+5%
-17%
-6%
2023
+26%
+2%
-6%
-7%
2024
+36%
-4%
-27%
-15%
Crime rates and types in Henderson
CrimeGrade™ estimates Henderson has about 42 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 12% more than the US as a whole and 47% more than 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.
The largest share of crime reported in Henderson is assault, about 47% of the total. It also makes up 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 Henderson
Henderson has its own police department, and these figures come from its reports, 2022 to 2024.
In Henderson, 72% of burglaries hit homes, against 57% nationally. Thefts from cars happen most often at homes: 53% of them, against 34% nationally.
Crime
Most often at
Busiest time
Burglary
Homes (72%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Car theft
Homes (68%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Theft from cars
Homes (53%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Vandalism
Homes (62%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Aggravated assault
Homes (66%)
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 Henderson compares with nearby cities
Henderson has the most crime of its 3 nearest cities.
Two things set Henderson apart: it has 3% of its residents in dense blocks, against 24% nationally, and 2.8 parking-lot spaces per resident, against 2.0 nationally. Places where few residents live in dense blocks tend to report less robbery and car theft; here robbery and car theft sit near the national middle.
Transit serviceBuses and trains an hour at the evening rush. Places with busy transit tend to report more theft and robbery. BestNeighborhood's Transit Grade for Henderson: F (0 of 100).NoneUS: noneLower than for 84% 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.3% of residentsUS: 24%Lower than for 82% 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. 74% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.D+ (20 of 100)US: 21Higher than for 61% of US city residents
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Parking lotsBig lots at stores, offices and apartment complexes. Places with more lot space tend to report more theft.2.8 spaces per residentUS: 2.0Higher than for 80% of US city residents
Stores and restaurantsShops and restaurants draw crowds and parked cars. Places with many stores tend to report more theft.12.9 per 1,000 residentsUS: 10.5Higher than for 75% of US city residents
Empty homesSeasonal and vacation homes are left out. Places with many empty homes tend to report more burglary, vandalism and arson.8.5% of homesUS: 7.1%Higher than for 75% 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 Henderson
Crime costs Henderson about $1,042 a year per household, counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, 14% 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 $38 million a year, or $1,169 per resident.
How the cost breaks down
Crime
Cost a year
Per resident
Murder
$1.9 million
$58
Rape
$1,000,000
$30
Robbery
$370,000
$11
Assault
$5.9 million
$180
Burglary
$910,000
$28
Theft
$1.6 million
$50
Vehicle theft
$980,000
$30
Arson
$110,000
$3
Vandalism
$1.5 million
$44
Total
$14 million
$435
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 Henderson 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 Henderson, KY average a SchoolGrade of A-: 49% of students test proficient, against 37% projected for schools like them. Overall, they exceed expectations. See schools in Henderson on SchoolGrade
