Gays Creek, KY Violent Crime Rates and Maps

Overall Crime Grade™

Violent Crime Grade	D-
Property Crime Grade	C+
Other Crime Grade	C

Which crimes are included?

$70,847

Cost of Crime™ for Gays Creek, KY

In 2025, violent crime will cost $720 per household.

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On the map, green marks the parts of Gays Creek with the least violent crime and red marks the most, weighted by the type and severity of each offense. Violent crime concentrates where people gather after dark, near nightlife, bars, and transit, more than on residential streets. The Interpreting the Crime Maps section below explains how to read those hot spots.

The D- grade reflects how often assault, robbery, rape, and murder occur in Gays Creek against the average US city, where the rate is much higher than the norm. Gays Creek sits in the 14th percentile for violent-crime safety, ahead of 14% of cities and behind 86%. The grade covers only Gays Creek's official city boundaries. See the table below for nearby cities.

The violent crime rate in Gays Creek is 5.706 per 1,000 residents in a typical year. Residents generally consider the northeast part of the city the safest. Your chance of being a victim ranges from 1 in 174 in the southeast neighborhoods to 1 in 175 in the northeast.

Counting total incidents instead of per-capita rates, the northeast parts of Gays Creek, KY report the most violent crime, about 1 cases per year. The southwest part reports the fewest, around 0 per year.

The Cost of Crime™ in Gays Creek, KY

The tangible cost of violent crime in Gays Creek is projected at $70,847 for 2025, about $277 per resident and $720 per household. That equals 1.5% of the median household income, and it counts only the bills that can be totaled: emergency care, lost wages, and the justice response. The larger cost, the harm to victims, comes later on this page. These tangible costs split into:

Criminal justice system costs (law enforcement, courts, and imprisonment): 43.1%
Direct costs to victims (damaged property, medical expenses, and lost wages): 43.7%
Lost economic contribution from offenders (time in prison or repeat offenses): 13.0%

How Much Does Violent Crime Cost in Gays Creek Compared to Other Cities?

Gays Creek, KY:	$277
Shively, KY:	$523
Russell, KY:	$133
Kentucky:	$245
USA:	$258

The tangible cost of violent crime is $277 per resident each year in Gays Creek, which is $18 more than the national average and $31 more than Kentucky's state average. The comparison below uses cities similar to Gays Creek:

In Shively, KY, crime costs $523 per person, which is $246 more than in Gays Creek.
In Russell, KY, crime costs $133 per person, which is $143 less than in Gays Creek

2025 Projected Violent Crime Cost by Type

The table below breaks the violent-crime total into its four offenses for Gays Creek, with the projected cost per resident.

Crime	Cost to Gays Creek	Cost per Gays Creek Resident
Murder	$23,951	$94
Rape/Sexual Assault	$9,670	$38
Robbery	$2,510	$10
Assault	$34,716	$136
Total Cost of Violent Crime	$70,847	$277

The Human Cost of Violent Crime in Gays Creek, KY

Much of what violent crime costs never reaches a bill. Pain, trauma, and lost quality of life for victims and their families typically outweigh the medical and legal totals above. Research-based methods put a figure on that harm so it can be compared across places. By those methods, the human cost of violent crime in Gays Creek totals $215,046 ($840 per resident). Added to the tangible costs, the full estimate reaches $285,892 ($1,117 per resident). This human toll is what sets violent crime apart from property crime in Gays Creek, KY, where the loss is mostly replaceable property. All Cost of Crime figures come from scholarly research on the cost of crime. Read more about our methodology here.

Interpreting the Violent Crime Maps

Violent crime rates are measured per resident, so places packed with visitors after dark read high even when few people live there. Bars, clubs, event venues, and transit hubs draw the crowds where assaults and robberies cluster. How strongly this shows on the map depends on the commercial base; the city has few retail establishments. A red block full of bars and venues does not mean the homes around it are dangerous.

Transit stations show the same effect: large moving crowds, few residents, so per-capita violent crime reads high. Before judging a residential street, weigh both the per-capita rate and the total count of incidents, and note what draws crowds nearby.

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Gays Creek Violent Crime Breakdown

The table below shows which offenses feed the Violent Crime Grade above, each as crimes per 1,000 Gays Creek residents in a standard year.

Crime Type	Crime Rate
Assault	4.722
Robbery	0.3117
Rape	0.6230
Murder	0.0498
Total Violent Crime	5.706 (D-)

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Crime Maps and Rates for Nearby Cities

Compared to surrounding cities, the rate of violent crime in Gays Creek is higher. The table below shows Crime Grades for cities close to Gays Creek.

Nearby City	Overall Crime Grade	Violent Crime Grade	Property Crime Grade
Saul, KY	B-	C+	B+
Buckhorn, KY	C+	D+	B-
Confluence, KY	D	D-	D+
Krypton, KY	C+	C+	C+
Whick, KY	C	A-	C-
Yerkes, KY	C-	C	C
Sizerock, KY	D	D-	D+
Chavies, KY	B+	B+	A
Panco, KY	C-	B	D+
Lost Creek, KY	C	B+	C

Crime Maps and Rates for City with Similar Populations

Gays Creek is higher versus other cities of the same size for violent crime. The table below compares crime in cities with comparable overall population in the city‘s boundaries.

Similar City	Overall Crime Grade	Violent Crime Grade	Property Crime Grade
Ivy Log, GA	A-	A-	A-
Spencertown, NY	A+	B	B
South Lubec, ME	B-	A-	A-
South Elma, WA	D-	C	C
South Elm, TX	C	D+	D+
Somerton, OH	A-	C-	C-
Solon, NY	A+	A	A
Solon Mills, IL	A+	A-	A-
Snow, AR	C+	D+	D+
Lamasco, KY	B-	A	A

Considering only the violent crime rate, Gays Creek is less safe than the Kentucky state average and less safe than the national average.

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