Beshear says strong work by law enforcement led to second consecutive drop in serious crime

Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear’s office on Thursday released the 2025 Crime in Kentucky report, and the governor said during his Team Kentucky Update Thursday that for the second year in a row a drop was seen in serious crime.

“The report, compiled by the Kentucky State Police, shows an 8.14 percent decrease in reports of serious crime compared to 2024,” Beshear said. “Those include decreases in homicide offenses, drug narcotic offenses, robbery offenses, and more.”

Beshear said the report also showed increases in arrests for homicides, human trafficking, kidnapping, robbery, and more. Serious crime is down nearly 22 percent from numbers reported in 2019.

The governor attributed the decrease to the hard work of law enforcement officers and public safety officials.

“Because of their partnership, we’ve now recorded two consecutive years of decreases in serious crime, four straight years of declines in overdose deaths, and we’ve reduced recidivism rates for two years in a row,” Beshear said.

The full report can be found on the Kentucky State Police’s website.