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

Whitesburg violent crime is 6.4. (The US average is 22.7)

Whitesburg property crime is 7.2. (The US average is 35.4)

YOU SHOULD KNOW

Violent crime is composed of four offenses: murder and nonnegligent manslaughter, forcible rape, robbery, and aggravated assault.

Property crime includes the offenses of burglary, larceny-theft, motor vehicle theft, and arson. The object of the theft-type offenses is the taking of money or property, but there is no force or threat of force against the victims.