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Morehead Crime Rate Report (Kentucky)

Morehead crime statistics report an overall downward trend in crime based on data from 17 years with violent crime increasing and property crime decreasing. Based on this trend, the crime rate in Morehead for 2026 is expected to be lower than in 2025.

The city violent crime rate for Morehead in 2025 was lower than the national violent crime rate average by 36.23% and the city property crime rate in Morehead was lower than the national property crime rate average by 20.27%.

In 2025 the city violent crime rate in Morehead was lower than the violent crime rate in Kentucky by 1.49% and the city property crime rate in Morehead was lower than the property crime rate in Kentucky by 3.02%.

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

Morehead Crime Statistics
Summary Report

2025 Crime (Actual Data)*Incidents
Aggravated Assault9
Arson0
Burglary7
Larceny and Theft70
Motor Vehicle Theft5
Murder and Manslaughter1
Rape3
Robbery1
Crime Rate (Total Incidents)95
Property Crime82
Violent Crime14
2026 Crime (Projected Data)*Incidents
Aggravated Assault10
Arson0
Burglary4
Larceny and Theft84
Motor Vehicle Theft9
Murder and Manslaughter1
Rape3
Robbery0
Crime Rate (Total Incidents)110
Property Crime97
Violent Crime14

Property and Violent Crime Totals

Morehead Property Crime

Morehead Violent Crime

Actual versus Projected Crime Totals

Morehead Crime 2025

Morehead Crime 2026

City versus State versus National Crime Comparison

Morehead Property Crime vs. State and National Comparison

Morehead Violent Crime vs. State and National Comparison
* The source of actual data on this Morehead, 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 Morehead crime report data for 2026 was projected from 17 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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