The Safest and Most Dangerous Places in Hopkinsville, KY
Hopkinsville is a city of 38,200 in Christian County, about 25 miles north of downtown Clarksville · Updated November 2026
Is Hopkinsville, KY safe?
Yes, crime in Hopkinsville is low, with an overall CrimeGrade™ of A-. Because most US neighborhoods are safe as well, Hopkinsville sits near the middle: safer than the neighborhoods where 45% of Americans live. Violent and property crime both grade A- here. What matters most is the neighborhood: grades within Hopkinsville run from A+ to D-, so check the map below.
A-
Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 813 of 1,000About as safe as the typical US neighborhoodi What this means
45% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than Hopkinsville as a whole, and 55% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Hopkinsville scores 813.
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 Hopkinsville, KY at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Hopkinsville, 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 Hopkinsville
Robberies run high for an A-graded city. Hopkinsville has 0.59 robberies a year per 1,000 residents; for the typical resident of an A-graded US city, the figure is 0.13.
Car thefts happen at homes more often than nationally. In Hopkinsville, 57% of reported car thefts happen at homes, against 33% nationally.
The safest and least safe parts of Hopkinsville
Low crime is the norm across Hopkinsville: 82% of residents live in areas graded A or B, and 2% in areas graded D or F. Grades across Hopkinsville run from A+ to D-; 44% of residents live in areas with less crime than the typical US neighborhood.
82%16%
A or B 82%C 16%D or F 2%
Share of residents, by the overall CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
Within Hopkinsville, the northeast side has the least crime and the center the most.
Is crime going up in Hopkinsville?
Since 2019, reported violent crime in Hopkinsville is up 46% and property crime is down 29%. Murders, rapes, robberies and aggravated assaults went from about 3.1 to 4.5 a year per 1,000 residents (US: 3.7); burglaries, thefts and vehicle thefts from about 35 to 25 (US: 18). In 2024 alone, violent crime rose 25% and property crime fell 21%.
Violent crime, change since 2019
Property crime, change since 2019
HopkinsvilleUnited States
Source: crime reports to the FBI from the police department that serves Hopkinsville. The charts follow crimes per resident.
Data table
Year
Violent, Hopkinsville
Violent, US
Property, Hopkinsville
Property, US
2016
-2%
+4%
-16%
+15%
2017
-17%
+4%
-14%
+12%
2018
-5%
+0%
-8%
+4%
2019
+0%
+0%
+0%
+0%
2020
+5%
+4%
-9%
-8%
2021
+25%
+6%
+7%
-10%
2022
+24%
+5%
+4%
-6%
2023
+17%
+2%
-10%
-7%
2024
+46%
-4%
-29%
-15%
Crime rates and types in Hopkinsville
CrimeGrade™ estimates Hopkinsville has about 44 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 19% more than the US as a whole and 57% 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 Hopkinsville is assault, about 36% 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 Hopkinsville
Hopkinsville has its own police department, and these figures come from its reports, 2022 to 2024.
In Hopkinsville, 63% 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 (63%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Car theft
Homes (57%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Theft from cars
Homes (53%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Vandalism
Homes (56%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Robbery
Homes (37%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Aggravated assault
Homes (68%)
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 Hopkinsville compares with nearby cities
Hopkinsville has the most crime of its 5 nearest cities.
Empty homes, parking lots and walkability in Hopkinsville
Two things set Hopkinsville apart: it has 12.4% of its homes standing empty, against 7.1% nationally, and 3.1 parking-lot spaces per resident, against 2.0 nationally. Places like that tend to report more burglary, vandalism and arson, and burglary and vandalism run high here.
Empty homesSeasonal and vacation homes are left out. Places with many empty homes tend to report more burglary, vandalism and arson.12.4% of homesUS: 7.1%Higher than for 93% of US city residents
Parking lotsBig lots at stores, offices and apartment complexes. Places with more lot space tend to report more theft.3.1 spaces per residentUS: 2.0Higher than for 87% 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. 91% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.D- (11 of 100)US: 21Lower than for 73% of US city residents
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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 Hopkinsville: 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.6% of residentsUS: 24%Lower than for 72% 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.80% where people liveUS: 78%Lower than for 71% 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 Hopkinsville
Crime costs Hopkinsville about $1,249 a year per household, counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, 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 $62 million a year, or $1,628 per resident.
How the cost breaks down
Crime
Cost a year
Per resident
Murder
$4.0 million
$104
Rape
$1.2 million
$33
Robbery
$700,000
$18
Assault
$6.4 million
$167
Burglary
$1.5 million
$40
Theft
$2.8 million
$73
Vehicle theft
$970,000
$25
Arson
$55,000
$1
Vandalism
$1.9 million
$49
Total
$19 million
$511
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 Hopkinsville 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 Hopkinsville, KY average a SchoolGrade of D+: 37% of students test proficient, against 30% projected for schools like them. Overall, they meet expectations. See schools in Hopkinsville on SchoolGrade
