Is ZIP code 40041 safe?

CrimeScore does not label places safe or unsafe. ZIP 40041 scores in the 46.2th percentile for reported crime as of August 2026, which is a Below Average rating: below the national midpoint for reported crime.. Scores reflect police reports, so areas with less reporting can look calmer than they are.

How is the crime score for 40041 calculated?

SpotCrime collects police incident reports for the area, weights them into a crime intensity index, and ranks that index against every scored US ZIP code to get a percentile. The score is republished monthly and carries a model hash so you can tell which version produced it.

How does 40041 compare with the rest of Kentucky?

It ranks #47 of 122 scored ZIP codes in Kentucky, against a state median of the 36.1th percentile. Nationally it ranks #6,322 of 14,733.

Crime Score for ZIP 40041, Louisville, KY

Louisville · Jefferson County · August 2026 snapshot · powered by SpotCrime

Below Average

Lower crime than 53.83% of US ZIP codes

National rank

#6,322

of 14,733 scored ZIPs

Kentucky rank

#47

of 122 in state

Score index

55.2

crime intensity

Snapshot

August 2026

updated monthly

ZIP code 40041 covers part of Louisville in Jefferson County, Kentucky. In August 2026 it scored in the 46.2th percentile for reported crime among 14,733 scored US ZIP codes. That is a Below Average rating, below the national midpoint for reported crime.

Nationally it ranks #6,322, where #1 is the highest-crime ZIP in the country. Within Kentucky it ranks #47 of 122. That is 10.1 points above the Kentucky median of 36.1.

Higher percentile and a lower rank number both mean more reported crime. Levels are fixed cutoffs on the percentile: Low under 25, Below Average to 50, Above Average to 75, High to 90, Very High to 99, Extreme above. Scores reflect incidents reported by police and published by SpotCrime, so they measure reported crime, not every event that happens.

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Nearby ZIP codes

2 of 6 score lower than 40041. Closest scored ZIPs by distance.

County

Jefferson County, KY

County score: 80.1th percentile · rank #2,212 nationally →

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Questions about 40041

Is ZIP code 40041 safe?: CrimeScore does not label places safe or unsafe. ZIP 40041 scores in the 46.2th percentile for reported crime as of August 2026, which is a Below Average rating: below the national midpoint for reported crime.. Scores reflect police reports, so areas with less reporting can look calmer than they are.
How is the crime score for 40041 calculated?: SpotCrime collects police incident reports for the area, weights them into a crime intensity index, and ranks that index against every scored US ZIP code to get a percentile. The score is republished monthly and carries a model hash so you can tell which version produced it.
How does 40041 compare with the rest of Kentucky?: It ranks #47 of 122 scored ZIP codes in Kentucky, against a state median of the 36.1th percentile. Nationally it ranks #6,322 of 14,733.

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Data: CrimeScore by SpotCrime, August 2026 publication. Scores describe areas, not people, and are not predictions. Terms.