FBI arson data · 2024
Kentucky Arson
395 arson offenses were reported by 753 Kentucky law-enforcement agencies in 2024 — 1.1% of the national total. The most was reported by Louisville Metro Police Department (148).
Kentucky agencies with the most reported arson
| Agency | Type | County | Arsons |
|---|---|---|---|
| Louisville Metro Police Department | City | Jefferson County | 148 |
| Lexington Police Department | City | Fayette County | 14 |
| Owensboro Police Department | City | Daviess County | 11 |
| State Police: London | State Police | Laurel County | 10 |
| Paducah Police Department | City | McCracken County | 8 |
| Bowling Green Police Department | City | Warren County | 7 |
| State Police: Pikeville | State Police | Pike County | 7 |
| State Police: Columbia | State Police | Adair County | 6 |
| Ashland Police Department | City | Boyd County | 5 |
| Henderson Police Department | City | Henderson County | 5 |
| Floyd County Sheriff's Office | County | Floyd County | 4 |
| Marshall County Sheriff's Office | County | Marshall County | 4 |
| Oldham County Police Department | County | Oldham County | 4 |
| State Police: Bowling Green | State Police | Warren County | 4 |
| State Police: Ashland | State Police | Boyd County | 4 |
| Bell County Sheriff's Office | County | Bell County | 3 |
| Franklin County Sheriff's Office | County | Franklin County | 3 |
| Hopkins County Sheriff's Office | County | Hopkins County | 3 |
| Middletown | Unknown | — | 3 |
| Nicholasville Police Department | City | Jessamine County | 3 |
| Covington Police Department | City | Kenton County | 3 |
| Livingston County Sheriff's Office | County | Livingston County | 3 |
| McCracken County Sheriff's Office | County | McCracken County | 3 |
| Muhlenberg County Sheriff's Office | County | Muhlenberg County | 3 |
| Pulaski County Sheriff's Office | County | Pulaski County | 3 |
Kentucky arson by county
By the reporting agency's headquarters county — multi-jurisdiction agencies land in one county. Counties with no reported arson are not listed.
About this data
- Counts are arson offenses (fires), not arrests. Each figure is a fire that a law-enforcement agency determined or suspected was intentionally set. Arson arrests are a different, much smaller number — most arsons are never cleared — and are tracked separately in our Arrests dataset.
- The figures are de-duplicated across the FBI's two overlapping reporting streams — the legacy SRS summary system and NIBRS incident data. Most agencies appear in both, so naively summing the two streams, as some published totals do, roughly doubles the count. Each agency here is counted once, from its best available stream.
- Reported agencies only. The total covers agencies in the FBI's 2024 master files — about 96% of the FBI's own de-duplicated figure of 36,558, which comes from its live database and includes some later-arriving reports. Nothing here is estimated, so totals slightly undercount and are not strictly comparable across areas with different reporting coverage.
- Location is the reporting agency's headquarters county, not where the fire happened. Multi-jurisdiction agencies concentrate in one county — every NYPD-reported arson lands in New York County, for example — and county figures cover geolocated agencies only, so they sum to slightly less than the national total.
- Zero and missing mean different things. A zero means agencies in that county reported to the FBI and logged no arson; a county with no figure at all had no reporting agency headquartered there.
Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program, 2024 SRS and NIBRS files, de-duplicated by agency. pumsdata is independent and not affiliated with the FBI. How our data works.
Kentucky arson — FAQ
How many arsons were reported in Kentucky in 2024?+
395 arson offenses were reported to the FBI by 753 Kentucky law-enforcement agencies in 2024; 116 of those agencies logged at least one arson. Actual arsons are somewhat higher, since not every agency reports.
Which agency reported the most arson in Kentucky?+
Louisville Metro Police Department, with 148 reported arson offenses in 2024 (headquartered in Jefferson County).
What share of U.S. arson happens in Kentucky?+
Kentucky's 395 reported arsons were 1.1% of the 34,990 reported nationwide in 2024. Reporting coverage varies by state, so shares are approximate.
Where does this data come from?+
The FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program's 2024 SRS and NIBRS files, de-duplicated by agency. Counts are arson offenses (fires), not arrests, from reporting agencies only. pumsdata is independent and not affiliated with the FBI.