Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Bowling Green, KY Crime Grade
How Bowling Green grades for violent crime against every other reporting U.S. city — and against the rest of Kentucky — based on the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting data.
National
5/10
vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population
Kentucky
4/10
vs. Kentucky cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in Bowling Green, KY was 183.1 per 100,000 residents (148 incidents over a population of 80,821). That puts Bowling Green 44% below the U.S. rate of 325.3 and 8% below the Kentucky statewide rate of 198.5.
Violent crime rate, 5-year trend
Per 100,000 residents. Bowling Green (red), Kentucky (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Bowling Green vs. U.S., 2025 — by offense
Rates per 100,000 residents for each offense category.
Full data, last 5 years
Rates per 100,000 residents. Raw counts in parentheses.
| Offense | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violent crime | 346.7(249) | 302.3(225) | 241.5(184) | 227.1(176) | 183.1(148) |
| Murder | 9.7(7) | 5.4(4) | 5.2(4) | 1.3(1) | 2.5(2) |
| Rape | 108.6(78) | 99.4(74) | 80.1(61) | 95.5(74) | 68.1(55) |
| Robbery | 73.8(53) | 75.2(56) | 32.8(25) | 46.4(36) | 28.5(23) |
| Aggravated assault | 154.5(111) | 122.3(91) | 123.4(94) | 83.9(65) | 84.1(68) |
| Property crime | 3860.7(2,773) | 3881.7(2,889) | 3002.9(2,288) | 2983.1(2,312) | 2232.1(1,804) |
| Burglary | 540.2(388) | 479.7(357) | 355.7(271) | 344.5(267) | 256.1(207) |
| Larceny | 2830.5(2,033) | 2990.9(2,226) | 2414.9(1,840) | 2359.9(1,829) | 1779.2(1,438) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 476.2(342) | 397.7(296) | 228.4(174) | 269.7(209) | 193.0(156) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting via the Crime Data Explorer. Agency-level data, pulled directly. No third-party aggregators, no proprietary score.
- Metric: Violent crime rate per 100,000 residents (murder + rape + robbery + aggravated assault), most recent fully-reported year.
- National decile: Bowling Green's rate placed against all FBI-reporting U.S. cities with population ≥ 25,000. 1 = safest.
- State decile: Same calculation restricted to Kentucky cities with population ≥ 10,000.
- Letter grade: 1–3 = A · 4–5 = B · 6–7 = C · 8 = D · 9–10 = F.
- Refresh: Twice a year. The FBI typically releases the prior year's full data each September.
- Limits: The FBI relies on local agency reporting. Rates reflect what was reported, not what occurred.
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