Free Kentucky Background Checks and Criminal Records
For those lucky folks who call Kentucky home, there is no other place in the world quite like it, but it is also home to a strong criminal element, too. In calendar year 2006 alone, there were almost 80,000 crimes reported, including 3100 robberies and 600 rapes. Public record searches can help protect you and your family, and no one does it better than Free Background Checks USA.
A well researched background check can shed light on unsavory characters, but doing the research on your own is a chore. You would have to contact the Kentucky State Police Criminal Identification and Records Branch as well as the Kentucky Department of Corrections Offender Information Services, and then you would just be getting started. Bypass the exhausting legwork and let Free Background Checks USA do the work for you.
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- Population: 1,831,358
- Largest City: Louisville Metro
- State Capital: Frankfort

Run a free background check and obtain Kentucky criminal records in three easy steps: First, run a Free People Search to obtain a missing address. Second, use the address to check the National Sex Offender Registry to verify if the individual has a recorded criminal history in Kentucky.
Third, obtain criminal records from the 159 major Kentucky cities and metropolitan areas (especially the large cities like Louisville Metro) by contacting the following Kentucky public records agencies:
Sex Offender Registry
Kentucky State Police
Criminal Identification and Records Branch
1250 Louisville Rd
Frankfort,
KY,
40601
p (502) 227-8700
f (502) 226-7419
Website
Criminal Records
Kentucky State Police
Criminal Identification & Records Branch
1250 Louisville Rd
Frankfort,
KY,
40601
p (502) 227-8713
f (502) 226-7422
Website
Incarceration Records
Kentucky Department of Corrections
Offender Information Services
PO Box 2400
Frankfort,
KY,
40602-2400
p (502) 564-2433
f (502) 564-1471
Website
Court Records
Administrative Office of the Courts
Records Unit
100 Millcreek Park
Frankfort,
KY,
40601
p (502) 573-1682
f (502) 573-1669
Website
How does Kentucky and West Buechel (the state's most dangerous city) compare to other states?
Kentucky Criminal Records Statistics
Recorded crime total for 2006: 79,689
Number of crimes per capita: 4351.36
Most "dangerous" Kentucky city: West Buechel
Crime Threat Level: 4
Other states with a crime threat level of 4:
Alaska - Colorado - Kansas - Oregon - Virginia - West Virginia
Kentucky Criminal Activity Breakdown
Murders: 85
Rapes: 678
Robberies: 3,120
Assaults: 4,307
Property Crime: 48,647
Kentucky exceeds the national average in:
Rape, Burglary, Theft
Kentucky Counties
- Bell
- Boone
- Bourbon
- Boyd
- Boyle
- Bracken
- Carlisle
- Carroll
- Carter
- Casey
- Breathitt
- Breckinridge
- Bullitt
- Butler
- Caldwell
- Calloway
- Campbell
- Adair
- Allen
- Anderson
- Ballard
- Barren
- Bath
- Grant
- Graves
- Grayson
- Green
- Greenup
- Hancock
- Hardin
- Harlan
- Harrison
- Hart
- Henderson
- Henry
- Hickman
- Hopkins
- Christian
- Clark
- Clay
- Clinton
- Crittenden
- Cumberland
- Daviess
- Knox
- Edmonson
- Elliott
- Estill
- Fayette
- Fleming
- Floyd
- Franklin
- Fulton
- Gallatin
- Garrard
- Jackson
- Jefferson
- Lewis
- Lincoln
- Livingston
- Logan
- Lyon
- Larue
- Laurel
- Lawrence
- Lee
- Ohio
- Oldham
- Owen
- Owsley
- Leslie
- Letcher
- Madison
- Magoffin
- Marion
- Marshall
- Martin
- Mason
- McCracken
- McCreary
- McLean
- Meade
- Menifee
- Mercer
- Metcalfe
- Monroe
- Montgomery
- Morgan
- Muhlenberg
- Nelson
- Nicholas
- Jessamine
- Johnson
- Kenton
- Knott
- Taylor
- Todd
- Trigg
- Trimble
- Union
- Warren
- Pendleton
- Perry
- Pike
- Powell
- Pulaski
- Robertson
- Rockcastle
- Rowan
- Russell
- Wolfe
- Scott
- Shelby
- Simpson
- Spencer
- Washington
- Wayne
- Webster
- Whitley
- Woodford
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