Last week on local news, we reported on the number of arrests made in Russell County last year.
With the recent release of the 2023 Crime in Kentucky report by the Kentucky State Police, we decided to examine how arrest rates in Russell County compare to those in neighboring counties.
We broke the arrests down into a rate of arrests per 1,000 population due to notable differences in population between counties.
In 2023, Russell County had an arrest rate of 106.7 arrests per 1,000 population.
The highest in the area was Wayne County with a rate of 158.2 arrests per 1,000, followed by Cumberland County at 135.2 per 1,000.
Clinton County was slightly higher than Russell County at 110.1 per 1,000.
Adair County had the lowest rate of neighboring counties at 82.1 arrests per 1,000 followed by Pulaski at 94.7 and Casey County at 96.7.
Stay tuned to WJRS News for more from the latest Crime in Kentucky report.
