Earlier this month,the Kentucky State Police issued its annual report on crime in Kentucky.
When measured against 1995, there were 50 fewer homicides, 6,000 fewer burglaries and almost 5,000 fewer DUIs last year even in the face of population gains, while auto thefts and robberies were almost half of what they had been.
A serious crime took place about every three minutes last year. About 50 percent of those were thefts, burglaries and assaults; 20 percent were drug offenses; and 10 percent were tied to vandalism.