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Covington Crime Rate Report (Kentucky)

Covington crime statistics report an overall downward trend in crime based on data from 18 years with violent crime decreasing and property crime decreasing. Based on this trend, the crime rate in Covington for 2026 is expected to be lower than in 2025.

The city violent crime rate for Covington in 2025 was lower than the national violent crime rate average by 13.07% and the city property crime rate in Covington was lower than the national property crime rate average by 9.4%.

In 2025 the city violent crime rate in Covington was higher than the violent crime rate in Kentucky by 34.3% and the city property crime rate in Covington was higher than the property crime rate in Kentucky by 10.21%.

Property and Violent Crime
Covington Property Crime vs. State and National Per Capita
Covington Violent Crime vs. State and National Per Capita

Covington Crime Statistics
Summary Report

2025 Crime (Actual Data)*Incidents
Aggravated Assault68
Arson3
Burglary73
Larceny and Theft402
Motor Vehicle Theft106
Murder and Manslaughter0
Rape27
Robbery24
Crime Rate (Total Incidents)966
Property Crime581
Violent Crime119
2026 Crime (Projected Data)*Incidents
Aggravated Assault63
Arson4
Burglary20
Larceny and Theft307
Motor Vehicle Theft124
Murder and Manslaughter1
Rape18
Robbery10
Crime Rate (Total Incidents)837
Property Crime452
Violent Crime93

Property and Violent Crime Totals

Covington Property Crime

Covington Violent Crime

Actual versus Projected Crime Totals

Covington Crime 2025

Covington Crime 2026

City versus State versus National Crime Comparison

Covington Property Crime vs. State and National Comparison

Covington Violent Crime vs. State and National Comparison
* The source of actual data on this Covington, Kentucky crime rate report is the FBI Report of Offenses Known to Law Enforcement for the corresponding year or years. Arson numbers are reported inconsistently. Zero values may indicate the data was not available. The projected crime rate data displayed above was generated from the trends found in the years of actual reported crime data on file. In this case, the Covington crime report data for 2026 was projected from 18 years of actual data. The last year of actual available crime data, as reported above, was 2025.

The FBI cautions the data users against comparing yearly statistical data solely on the basis of their population coverage. The comparisons made herein are thus, only meaningful upon further examination of all variables that affect crime in each reported city, state or other reported jurisdicition.



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