Please note that these figures do not include crime statistics for 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002 or 2003, as there were no data available for those years.
Fulton County, Kentucky Crime Statistics
This webpage contains crime data for Fulton County, Kentucky. You can look at the breakdown of crime by type, changes to crime rates over time, and see how Fulton County compares to similar locations. If you are interested in seeing public records links for Fulton County, Kentucky, you can click the Public Records tab at the top.
Total Crime
Between 2004 and 2008 there were 1,127 total crimes reported in Fulton County, Kentucky (82 of them violent). Of the 225 crimes that transpire each year in Fulton County, just about one half take place less than a mile from home. On average, someone is a victim of a crime in Fulton County, Kentucky 225 times a year. This includes 2 murders, 10 rapes, and over eight hundred thefts (including 73 automobile thefts).
Crime Trends
Throughout the last 10 years, crime data were available in Fulton County, Kentucky for 5 years. Over that period of time, reported crime in Fulton County has climbed by 17 per-cent. In the course of the same period, violent crime was relatively constant. Taken as a whole, the crime rates are a sign of a slow worsening in crime over the last 5 years in Fulton County. If the current trend continues, predicted crime numbers could hit close to three hundred for Fulton County, Kentucky in 2009.
Bear in mind that these graphs show reported crime data and large changes in crime rates can be the result of changes in reporting, not actual changes in crime rates.
Crime Comparisons
Individuals are dissuaded against drawing conclusions from ranking data to determine 'how dangerous' a particular location is, as many factors, including episodic events, or discrepencies in crime reporting and methodology can skew rankings. Click on the individual figure bars to see crime data in these locations.
Crime Data Information
Fulton County, Kentucky law enforcement agencies report their statistics to the FBI UCR program. The data reported for Fulton County conform to the FBI data quality guidelines. For more information, and a description of the statistical methods and data algorithms used by RecordsPedia, please visit our methodology section.
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