Gulston, KY Violent Crime Rates and Maps

Overall Crime Grade™

Violent Crime Grade	D
Property Crime Grade	F
Other Crime Grade	D-

Which crimes are included?

$110,878

Cost of Crime™ for Gulston, KY

In 2025, violent crime will cost $749 per household.

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On the map, green marks the parts of Gulston 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 Gulston against the average US city, where the rate is higher than the norm. Gulston sits in the 18th percentile for violent-crime safety, ahead of 18% of cities and behind 82%. The grade covers only Gulston's official city boundaries. See the table below for nearby cities.

The violent crime rate in Gulston is 5.137 per 1,000 residents in a typical year. Residents generally consider the central part of the city the safest. Your chance of being a victim ranges from 1 in 189 in the southwest neighborhoods to 1 in 199 in the central.

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

The Cost of Crime™ in Gulston, KY

The tangible cost of violent crime in Gulston is projected at $110,878 for 2025, about $386 per resident and $749 per household. That equals 2.3% 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): 39.7%
Direct costs to victims (damaged property, medical expenses, and lost wages): 47.2%
Lost economic contribution from offenders (time in prison or repeat offenses): 13.0%

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

Gulston, KY:	$386
Shively, KY:	$523
Russell, KY:	$133
Kentucky:	$245
USA:	$258

The tangible cost of violent crime is $386 per resident each year in Gulston, which is $128 more than the national average and $141 more than Kentucky's state average. The comparison below uses cities similar to Gulston:

In Shively, KY, crime costs $523 per person, which is $137 more than in Gulston.
In Russell, KY, crime costs $133 per person, which is $253 less than in Gulston

2025 Projected Violent Crime Cost by Type

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

Crime	Cost to Gulston	Cost per Gulston Resident
Murder	$63,008	$220
Rape/Sexual Assault	$11,272	$39
Robbery	$6,424	$22
Assault	$30,174	$105
Total Cost of Violent Crime	$110,878	$386

The Human Cost of Violent Crime in Gulston, 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 Gulston totals $481,954 ($1,679 per resident). Added to the tangible costs, the full estimate reaches $592,832 ($2,066 per resident). This human toll is what sets violent crime apart from property crime in Gulston, 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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Gulston Violent Crime Breakdown

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

Crime Type	Crime Rate
Assault	3.661
Robbery	0.7116
Rape	0.6477
Murder	0.1168
Total Violent Crime	5.137 (D)

Individual Gulston Crime Maps & Stats

Crime Maps and Rates for Nearby Cities

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

Nearby City	Overall Crime Grade	Violent Crime Grade	Property Crime Grade
Mary Alice, KY	F	D	F
Liggett, KY	F	D	F
Lenarue, KY	F	D	F
Grays Knob, KY	F	D	F
Three Point, KY	F	D-	F
Smith, KY	C+	B	B+
Harlan, KY	D+	C+	D+
Coalgood, KY	C-	C+	C
Cawood, KY	D+	C	D+
Dayhoit, KY	C	B-	C

Crime Maps and Rates for City with Similar Populations

Gulston 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
Abell, MD	C+	D	D
Yellowstone National Park, WY	F	C	C
Thayer, IA	B-	C	C
Barnes, KS	C-	C	C
Athalia, OH	A-	A	A
Ashland, OK	D+	C	C
Arlington, AL	F	D-	D-
Plainfield Center, NY	A	C-	C-
Pleasant Prairie, IA	A-	B	B
Pleasant Grove, MN	A	A	A

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

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