The Safest and Most Dangerous Places in Taylor County, KY
Taylor County is home to 26,400 residents and includes Campbellsville · Updated November 2026
Is Taylor County, KY safe?
Yes. Most US neighborhoods have little crime, and Taylor County has less than most of them: its overall CrimeGrade™ is A+, safer than the neighborhoods where 79% of Americans live. Violent and property crime both grade A+ here. What matters most is the neighborhood: grades within Taylor County run from A+ to B, so check the map below.
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Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 934 of 1,000Safer than most US neighborhoodsi What this means
79% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than Taylor County as a whole, and 21% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Taylor County scores 934.
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 Taylor County, KY at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Taylor County, 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 Taylor County
Car thefts and thefts both run low. In Taylor County, each runs at less than half the US rate: 0.85 car thefts and 4.4 thefts a year per 1,000 residents, against 2.7 and 13.1 nationally.
The safest and least safe parts of Taylor County
Every part of Taylor County where people live grades A or B on the national scale. Grades across Taylor County run from A+ to B; 71% of residents live in areas with less crime than the typical US neighborhood.
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A or B 100%
Share of residents, by the overall CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
Across the county, the northwest side has the least crime and the Campbellsville area the most.
Is crime going up in Taylor County?
Reported crime in Taylor County has fallen since 2019: violent crime is down 25% and property crime down 66%. Murders, rapes, robberies and aggravated assaults went from about 1.6 to 1.2 a year per 1,000 residents (US: 3.7); burglaries, thefts and vehicle thefts from about 22 to 7.5 (US: 18). In 2024 alone, property crime fell 29%.
Violent crime, change since 2019
Property crime, change since 2019
Taylor CountyUnited States
Source: crime reports to the FBI from the police departments across Taylor County. The charts follow crimes per resident.
Data table
Year
Violent, Taylor County
Violent, US
Property, Taylor County
Property, US
2016
-4%
+4%
-4%
+15%
2017
-24%
+4%
+9%
+12%
2018
+11%
+0%
+25%
+4%
2019
+0%
+0%
+0%
+0%
2020
-20%
+4%
-7%
-8%
2021
-26%
+6%
-27%
-10%
2022
-41%
+5%
-50%
-6%
2023
-39%
+2%
-53%
-7%
2024
-25%
-4%
-66%
-15%
Crime rates and types in Taylor County
CrimeGrade™ estimates Taylor County has about 20 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 47% less than the US as a whole and 30% less 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.
Assault is the most common crime in Taylor County, about 40% of everything reported.
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 Taylor County
These figures come from the reports of the police departments across Taylor County, 2022 to 2024.
In Taylor County, 48% of burglaries hit homes, against 57% nationally. Thefts from cars happen most often at homes: 51% of them, against 34% nationally.
Crime
Most often at
Busiest time
Burglary
Homes (48%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Car theft
Homes (45%)
Morning (6 am to noon)
Theft from cars
Homes (51%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Vandalism
Homes (49%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Shares of the crimes reported to police, 2022 to 2024. Reports with no time recorded are left out of the times.
How Taylor County compares with nearby counties
Taylor County has the most crime of its 10 nearest counties.
Two things set Taylor County apart: it has 46% of the land where people live lit at night, against 78% nationally, and 4% of its residents in dense blocks, against 24% nationally. Places like that tend to report less theft and vandalism, and they run low here.
Stores and restaurantsShops and restaurants draw crowds and parked cars. Places with many stores tend to report more theft.12.7 per 1,000 residentsUS: 10.5Higher than for 89% of Americans
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 Taylor County: F (0 of 100).NoneUS: noneLower than for 86% of Americans
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. 86% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.D (12 of 100)US: 21Lower than for 72% of Americans
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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.46% where people liveUS: 78%Lower than for 86% of Americans
Residents in dense blocksBlocks of 10,000 or more people per square mile. Dense neighborhoods tend to report more robbery.4% of residentsUS: 24%Lower than for 82% of Americans
Empty homesSeasonal and vacation homes are left out. Places with many empty homes tend to report more burglary and arson.7.3% of homesUS: 7.1%Higher than for 65% of Americans
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 Taylor County
Crime costs Taylor County about $733 a year per household, counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, 39% 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 $29 million a year, or $1,080 per resident.
How the cost breaks down
Crime
Cost a year
Per resident
Murder
$2.7 million
$100
Rape
$480,000
$18
Robbery
$120,000
$4
Assault
$2.0 million
$74
Burglary
$660,000
$25
Theft
$600,000
$23
Vehicle theft
$350,000
$13
Arson
$28,000
$1
Vandalism
$620,000
$23
Total
$7.4 million
$282
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 Taylor County 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 Taylor County, KY average a SchoolGrade of B-: 41% of students test proficient, against 31% projected for schools like them. Overall, they greatly exceed expectations. See schools in Taylor County on SchoolGrade
