Hazard has an overall crime rate of 9 per 1,000 residents, making the crime rate here near the average for all cities and towns of all sizes in America. According to our analysis of FBI crime data, your chance of becoming a victim of crime in Hazard is 1 in 117. How does Hazard fare compared to other communities in Kentucky of all population sizes? Hazard's crime rate is lower than approximately 24% of Kentucky communities.

However, when you compare Hazard to other communities of similar population, then Hazard crime rate (violent and property crimes combined) is quite a bit higher than average. Regardless of how Hazard does relative to all communities in America of all sizes, when NeighborhoodScout compared it to communities of similar population size, its crime rate per thousand residents stands out as higher than most.

Now let us turn to take a look at how Hazard does for violent crimes specifically, and then how it does for property crimes. This is important because the overall crime rate can be further illuminated by understanding if violent crime or property crimes (or both) are the major contributors to the general rate of crime in Hazard.

For Hazard, NeighborhoodScout found that the violent crime rate is well below the national average for all communities of all population sizes. Violent crimes such as assault, rape, murder and armed robbery happen less often in Hazard than in most of America. One's chance of becoming a victim of a violent crime here is one in 1603, which is a violent crime rate of 1 per one thousand inhabitants.

Moreover, the rate of property crime in Hazard; burglary, larceny ($50 or more), grand theft auto, and arson; is 8 per 1,000 residents. This is about average for all cities and towns in America of all population sizes.