Crime in Parkway Village, KY

Parkway Village is a city of 611 in Jefferson County, about 3 miles south of downtown Louisville · Updated November 2026

Is Parkway Village, KY safe?

With an overall CrimeGrade™ of B+, Parkway Village has moderate crime by national standards. Most US neighborhoods have less: 63% of Americans live in neighborhoods with less crime. Violent crime grades better than property crime here, A- against B.

B+
Overall CrimeGrade™Safety score 760 of 1,000
Less safe than most US neighborhoods What this means

37% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than Parkway Village as a whole, and 63% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Parkway Village scores 760.

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.

A-
Violent crimeSafety score 842 of 1,000About as much violent crime as the typical US neighborhood
B
Property crimeSafety score 618 of 1,000More property crime than most US neighborhoods

How it works


Crime map of Parkway Village

Map of Parkway Village shaded by overall CrimeGrade™, from green for the least crime to red for the most
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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 Parkway Village, KY at ISP Reports.

Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Parkway Village, 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 Parkway Village

Crime per resident runs lower than the grade suggests. Few people come to Parkway Village to work or shop: it has only 10 jobs for every 100 residents, against 45 for the US as a whole. With few visitors, its crime per resident looks lower than its CrimeGrade™ suggests. The CrimeGrade™ weighs each crime against the people, homes and parked cars actually here.


Crime rates and types in Parkway Village

CrimeGrade™ estimates Parkway Village has about 24 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 34% 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.

Theft is the most common crime in Parkway Village, about 48% of everything reported, and it also accounts for the largest share of what crime costs here.

CrimeCrimeGrade™Reported a yearPer 1,000 residentsUS per 1,000
Violent crime
MurderA-under 10.020.05
RapeA-under 10.200.38
RobberyB+under 10.360.62
AssaultA24.012.3
Property crime
BurglaryAunder 11.62.4
TheftC-711.713.1
Vehicle theftB11.72.7
ArsonA+under 10.050.12
VandalismA-34.85.5

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 Parkway Village compares with nearby cities

Parkway Village has less crime than 8 of its 10 nearest cities; only Audubon Park and Seneca Gardens have less.

Nearby cities

PlaceOverallViolentPropertyResidents
Parkway VillageB+760A-B611
Audubon Park 1 mileA-842AB+1,660
Louisville 2 milesD+296DC+627,700
Lynnview 3 milesD+243DC-641
Watterson Park 3 milesC+476C+C+743
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PlaceOverallViolentPropertyResidents
Strathmoor Village 3 milesB+702A-C+616
Seneca Gardens 3 milesB+764A-B570
Kingsley 4 milesB+702A-C+358
West Buechel 4 milesB648BB-1,550
Shively 4 milesC443CC+15,500
Meadowview Estates 5 milesC+536B-C+797

Nearest first, with each place's distance from Parkway Village. Beside each overall CrimeGrade™ is its safety score, from 0 to 1,000 (higher is safer).

Compared with cities of similar size and density, Parkway Village has more crime than 90% of them.

Cities of similar size and density

PlaceOverallViolentPropertyResidents
Parkway VillageB+760A-B611
Hancock, IAA+984A+A+611
Slatedale, PAA+927A+A+627
Peach Creek, WVA910AA+630
Beech Bottom, WVA891AA+618
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PlaceOverallViolentPropertyResidents
Marion Heights, PAA887AA+632
Chevak, AKA-833A-A+602
Modena, PAA-805B+A599
Stebbins, AKB+728BA616
Industry, CAC447BF626
Lovejoy, ILC-347DB-606

What crime costs Parkway Village

Counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, crime costs Parkway Village about $506 a year per household, 58% 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 $370,000 a year, or $599 per resident.

How the cost breaks down
CrimeCost a yearPer resident
Murder$23,000$37
Rape$7,400$12
Robbery$6,800$11
Assault$24,000$40
Burglary$8,700$14
Theft$37,000$60
Vehicle theft$16,000$27
Arson$660$1
Vandalism$21,000$34
Total$140,000$237

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 Parkway Village 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
  • Population and housing figures from the US Census Bureau
  • 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.

More about CrimeGrade™ data


Schools in Parkway Village

Schools in Parkway Village, KY average a SchoolGrade of F: 28% of students test proficient, against 24% projected for schools like them. Overall, they don't meet expectations. See schools in Parkway Village on SchoolGrade