Somerset has a population of 11,531. During the past three years, Somerset saw 1,052 arrests. For 2017, the Somerset's arrest rate totaled 19.95 per 10,000 residents. This decrease of 93.70% makes Somerset lower than the national average of 316.54 per 10,000 residents. From that total, 23 were violent crimes like murder, rape, and robbery. The city of Somerset also totaled 0 arrests for property crimes during 2017. When compared to Burnside and Ferguson, Somerset is a safer place to live.
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Most of the city arrests fall into 31-40 age group - 35.6%, the least crimes have committed people between 71-80 - 0.2%. When looking at arrest numbers - a great number of arrestees belonged to White race, whilst the least arrests had Hispanic race.
Overall, Somerset had a higher rate of violent crime. For 2017, Somerset averaged 23 violent crimes and 0 non-violent crimes.
The city of Somerset experienced 317 violent crimes during 2007-2017. Of that total, 5 were for murder/non-negligent manslaughter. Additionally, 57 was for legacy rape. The robbery total was 132, and the aggravated assault total was 123.
It is situated in Pulaski county, Kentucky with a total number of 46 employees - 1 female, 39 male officers and 6 civilians. Somerset PD ORI (Originated Agency Identifier) number is KY1000100, it belongs to the East South Central division in the South region with a region code of Region III.