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In 2020, there were 9,820 violent-crime incidents, and 11,349 offenses reported the U.S. state of Kentucky.
State statistics
[edit]In 2008, there were 122,960 crimes reported in Kentucky, including 198 murders.[1] In 2020, there were 9,820 violent-crime incidents, and 11,349 offenses reported in Kentucky by 423 law enforcement agencies that submitted National Incident-Based Reporting System data, and covers 99% of the total population.
2010
[edit]| Crime in Kentucky, 2010 | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Population | Violent crime | Murder and nonnegligent manslaughter |
Forcible rape | Robbery | Aggravated assault | Property crime | Burglary | Larceny-theft | Motor vehicle theft | |
| Total crimes | (4,339,367) | 10,528 | 187 | 1,381 | 3,748 | 5,212 | 110,709 | 30,311 | 74,189 | 6,209 |
| Rate per 100,000 inhabitants | 242.6 | 4.3 | 31.8 | 86.4 | 120.1 | 2,551.3 | 698.5 | 1,709.7 | 143.1 | |
| Source: FBI Uniform Crime Report, 2010 | ||||||||||
Capital punishment laws
[edit]Capital punishment is a legal penalty in the U.S. state of Kentucky.
Despite remaining a legal penalty, there have been no executions in Kentucky since 2008, and only three since 1976. The most recent execution was of Marco Allen Chapman, who was executed for two murders.References
[edit]- ^ Effgen, Christopher. "Kentucky Crime Rates 1960 - 2014". disastercenter.com. Retrieved 13 April 2017.
