Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Ashtabula, OH Crime Grade
How Ashtabula grades for violent crime against every other reporting U.S. city — and against the rest of Ohio — based on the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting data.
National
6/10
vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population
Ohio
7/10
vs. Ohio cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in Ashtabula, OH was 180.5 per 100,000 residents (32 incidents over a population of 17,725). That puts Ashtabula 44% below the U.S. rate of 325.3 and 36% below the Ohio statewide rate of 283.3.
That ranks Ashtabula #1,892 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 50% of them, and #144 of 213 in Ohio. Violent crime is down 6% year over year and down 6% over the last five years.
Ashtabula, OH crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- C (6/10)
- Ohio Grade
- C (7/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 180.5 / 100k
- National rank
- #1,892 of 3,771
- OH rank
- #144 of 213
- Safer than
- 50% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- down 6%
- 5-year change
- down 6%
- Population
- 17,725
- Reporting agency
- Ashtabula Police Department
- Data year
- 2025 · FBI UCR
Reported by Ashtabula Police Department (FBI ORI OH0040100) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About Ashtabula, OH
History
Founded in 1816 and incorporated as a borough in 1831 and as a village in 1853. Became a city in 1891.
Name history sourced from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) — public-domain federal geographic-names data.
Violent crime rate, 5-year trend
Per 100,000 residents. Ashtabula (red), Ohio (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Ashtabula 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 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Violent crime | 191.8(34) | 180.5(32) |
| Murder | 5.6(1) | 5.6(1) |
| Rape | 39.5(7) | 16.9(3) |
| Robbery | 62.1(11) | 22.6(4) |
| Aggravated assault | 84.6(15) | 135.4(24) |
| Property crime | 936.6(166) | 947.8(168) |
| Burglary | 220.1(39) | 169.3(30) |
| Larceny | 615.0(109) | 722.1(128) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 84.6(15) | 45.1(8) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Ashtabula, OH Crime Grade?
- FBI Uniform Crime Reporting via the Crime Data Explorer. Agency-level data, pulled directly. No third-party aggregators, no proprietary score.
- What metric does the Ashtabula Crime Grade use?
- Violent crime rate per 100,000 residents (murder + rape + robbery + aggravated assault), most recent fully-reported year.
- How is the national decile for Ashtabula calculated?
- Ashtabula's rate placed against all FBI-reporting U.S. cities with population ≥ 25,000. 1 = safest.
- How is the Ohio state decile calculated?
- Same calculation restricted to Ohio cities with population ≥ 10,000.
- How do decile scores convert to a letter grade?
- 1–3 = A · 4–5 = B · 6–7 = C · 8 = D · 9–10 = F.
- How often is the Ashtabula Crime Grade refreshed?
- Twice a year. The FBI typically releases the prior year's full data each September.
- What are the limits of this Crime Grade?
- The FBI relies on local agency reporting. Rates reflect what was reported, not what occurred.
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