2025 Compare Cities Crime:
Richmond, KY vs Charleston, SC

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- Charleston has 13% less violent crime than Richmond.
- Charleston has 35% less property crime than Richmond.
 Richmond, KYCharleston, SCUnited States
 Violent Crime  Unlock17.722.7
 Property Crime55.1  Unlock35.4

Crime is ranked on a scale of 1 (low crime) to 100 (high crime)

Reviews for Richmond    4 Reviews

Over 7 years ago

Keep this between us... Richmond is a hidden gem. A small university town close to a large city (Lexington is 30 minutes away) and less than two hour from very large  More

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For a smallish town, Richmond offers a convenient location and great small restaurants. Fortunately it is also wedged between Lexington and little Berea, both with more  More

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Over 16 years ago

Major university town of small size (30,000), and conveniently located 30 miles from Lexington,  More

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Reviews for Charleston    76 Reviews

Over 2 years ago

Charleston is beautiful and unique and incredibly special. If you don't believe me, just ask Anthony Bourdain in his Parts Unknown episode - and he was an insightful  More

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Serious lack of health care and "good old boys club" whereby doctors will not even see the patient but diagnose them based on referring doctor. My sister died there for  More

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Over 5 years ago

Boy, has this once beautiful town changed...for the worse! I initially moved here 20 years ago because the people were so nice, no traffic, great choice of hospitals,  More

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Cities with the Least Crime Near Richmond, KentuckyCrime Index
 Livingston, KY5.75
 Brodhead, KY5.75
 Mount Vernon, KY13.6
 Berea, KY22.75
 Richmond, KY37.75

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