Kentucky Background Checks & Criminal Records

Kentucky Background Check Coverage

Kentucky Background Check

Whether you live in Louisville, Lexington-Fayette, Owensboro, Bowling Green, or anyplace in between, the ability to carry out an accurate and thorough background check is essential in maintaining you and your family's protection.

Kentucky County Coverage

Adair Allen Anderson Ballard Barren Bath Bell Boone Bourbon Boyd Boyle Bracken Breathitt Breckinridge Bullitt Butler Caldwell Calloway Campbell Carlisle Carroll Carter Casey Christian Clark Clay Clinton Crittenden Cumberland Daviess Edmonson Elliott Estill Fayette Fleming Floyd Franklin Fulton Gallatin Garrard Grant Graves Grayson Green Greenup Hancock Hardin Harlan Harrison Hart Henderson Henry Hickman Hopkins Jackson Jefferson Jessamine Johnson Kenton Knott Knox Larue Laurel Lawrence Lee Leslie Letcher Lewis Lincoln Livingston Logan Lyon Madison Magoffin Marion Marshall Martin Mason McCracken McCreary McLean Meade Menifee Mercer Metcalfe Monroe Montgomery Morgan Muhlenberg Nelson Nicholas Ohio Oldham Owen Owsley Pendleton Perry Pike Powell Pulaski Robertson Rockcastle Rowan Russell Scott Shelby Simpson Spencer Taylor Todd Trigg Trimble Union Warren Washington Wayne Webster Whitley Wolfe Woodford

Kentucky City Coverage

Ashland Bardstown Berea Bowling Green Campbellsville Danville Elizabethtown Erlanger Florence Fort Thomas Frankfort Georgetown Glasgow Hopkinsville Jeffersontown Lexington Louisville Metro Newport Paducah Radcliff Richmond Shelbyville Shively Somerset St Matthews Winchester

Kentucky Criminal Background Checks Keep Your Family Safe

Whether you're taking a weekend trip golfing at the reputable Valhalla Golf Club or spend a few days touring the amazing Kentucky Appalachians, you might rely on someone else to watch over your kids while you are away. When it comes to your children, you can never take risks. That's why you ought to perform a background check on the person you are to trust with your child's safety.

There are over 5,300 registered sex offenders in Kentucky alone, and it is projected that this accounts for less than 25% of who have in fact committed a sexual crime. A background check is an inexpensive way for you to determine how to keep your children safe when you are away from home.

Kentucky Criminal Background Checks Keep Your Home Safe

You should never hire any type of house services unless they come from a reference from someone your trust. Even then, a simple Kentucky background check can quickly raise flags. It is common for people to pose as a reliable maid or nanny and gain the trust of an innocent victim. Unfortunately in most cases, theft is irresolvable and the stolen goods never make it back. In numerous cases, a Kentucky background check reveals that the suspect had a criminal record. Filing a police report will often raise flags in the future for others who perform background checks on the individual.

Criminal Statistics For The State Of Kentucky

• Total Crime - In 2006, Kentucky had a Total Crime Index of 2807.5 incidents per 100,000 individuals. This figure was up 0.3% from the previous year, 2005. The Total Crime Index was down 2.9% since 1998 and down even more in 1982, down 21.4%. Kentucky's Total Crime Index has been slowly dropping during the past 25 years.
• Violent Crime - Kentucky had a Violent Crime Index of 263 reported incidents per 100,000 people in 2006. This number was down 1.5% from 2005. The Violent Crime Index was up 5.8% since 2003, but down 50.9% since 1992. Kentucky's Violent Crime Index has been gradually dropping during the past 25 years.
• Property Crime - Kentucky's 2006 Property Crime Index was 2544.5 reported incidents per one hundred thousand people. This figure was up 0.5% from the prior year. The Property Crime Index was up 1.3% since 2003, but down 21.8% since 1982. Kentucky's Property Crime Index has been gradually dropping during the past 25 years.
• Murder Rate - The 2006 Kentucky Murder Rate was 4 reported incidents per one hundred thousand individuals. This figure was down 13.1% from the previous year in 2005. The Murder Rate was down 9.1% since 2001 and down from a 25 year high in 1983, down 59.2%. Kentucky's Murder Rate has drastically declined during the past 25 years.
• Forced Rape - In 2006, Kentucky's Forcible Rape Index was 30.8 reported incidents per 100,000 people. This figure was down 9.5% from the previous year, 2005. The Forcible Rape Index was up 60.4% since 1980, but down 13% since 1991. Kentucky's Forcible Rape Index has significantly increased in the past 25 years.
• Robbery - The Robbery Index in 2006 for Kentucky was 86.2 incidents per 100,000 individuals. This figure was down 2.5% from the previous year, 2005. The Robbery Index was up 24.7% since 1990, but down 16.9% since 1995. Kentucky's Robbery Index has changed slightly during the past 25 years, declining slightly.
• Aggravated Assault - Kentucky's Aggravated Assault Index in 2006 was 142 reported incidents per 100,000 people. This figure was up 1.5% from the previous year, 2005. The Aggravated Assault Index was up 2.5% since 2003, but down 65.4% since 1992. Kentucky's Aggravated Assault Index has been slowly dropping during the past twenty five years.
• Burglary - In 2006, Kentucky had a Burglary Index of 644.8 incidents per hundred thousand individuals. This figure was up 1.6% from the previous year, 2005. The Burglary Index was up 2.9% since 2000, but down 39.4% since 1981. Kentucky's Burglary Index has been declining during the past 25 years.
• Larceny Theft - The 2006 Larceny Theft Index of Kentucky was 1679.9 incidents per 100,000 people. This figure was down 0.4% from the previous year, 2005. The Larceny Theft Index was up 0.1% since 1985, but down 15.7% since 1995. Kentucky's Larceny Theft Index has been gradually dropping during the past 25 years.
• Motor Vehicle Theft - The Motor Vehicle Theft Index in 2006 for Kentucky was 219.8 reported incidents per 100,000 people. This figure was down 0.4% from the previous year in 2005. The Motor Vehicle Theft Index was up 21.9% since 1984, but down 15.9% since 1996. Kentucky's Motor Vehicle Theft Index has changed slightly during the past twenty five years, declining slightly.