Snapshot, Pulaski County, Kentucky 2023 | Page 30

health & safety

CRIME

While crime categories can certainly buck any trends in a particular year , here are the most recent full year of statistics available by city and county .
2021
2021
CLARK COUNTY
FLOYD COUNTY
Involving
Children

32
Involving
Drugs

839
Property
Crime

406
Violence

391
Involving
Children

13
Involving
Drugs

963
Property
Crime

482
Violence

213
Involving Children
CLARK
FLOYD
Child abduction
1
-
Child abuse
23
5
Child molestation
7
8
Child pornography
1
28
Violence
CLARK
FLOYD
Battery
134
94
Domestic battery
107
70
Homicide
5
4
Intimidation
107
28
Robbery
11
6
Strangulation
27
11
Weapon
CLARK
FLOYD
Handgun w / o license
89
62
Criminal recklessness
8
6
Involving drugs
CLARK
FLOYD
Alcohol
221
197
Cocaine
20
19
Controlled substance
75
87
Meth
235
327
Opioid
77
96
Drug paraphernalia
211
237
Property crime
CLARK
FLOYD
Burglary
21
38
Invasion of property
70
62
Residential entry
25
25
Theft conversion
217
281
Trespass
73
76
Source : Management Performance Hub , an official website of Indiana State Government .

ATMOSPHERE

EXTREME HEAT EVENTS
Each year , Clark and Floyd counties experience more than 40 extreme heat events per year . Analysts expect that extreme heat events will more than double by the 2050s .
2021 CLARK COUNTY

41 41

EXTREME HEAT EVENTS
HIGH HEAT DAYS Days with daytime temperatures at or above 90-degrees
HIGH HEAT NIGHTS Days with nighttime temperatures at or above 68-degrees
HIGH HEAT DAYS & NIGHTS Days with daytime temperatures at or above 90 degrees and nighttime temperatures at or above 86 degrees
For daily updates on air quality , go to airnow . gov
2021 FLOYD COUNTY
EXTREME HEAT EVENTS
HIGH HEAT DAYS

17 15 Days with daytime temperatures at or above 90-degrees

HIGH HEAT NIGHTS

11 12 Days with nighttime temperatures at or above 68-degrees

HIGH HEAT DAYS & NIGHTS

13 14 Days with daytime temperatures at or above 90 degrees and nighttime temperatures at or above 86 degrees

SOURCE : Hoosier Resilience Index , Environmental Resilience Institute , Indiana University and the American Lung Institute .
30 2023 snapshot | a special publication of the News and Tribune