Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Boardman, OH Crime Grade
How Boardman 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
5/10
vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population
Ohio
6/10
vs. Ohio cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in Boardman, OH was 151.3 per 100,000 residents (60 incidents over a population of 39,658). That puts Boardman Infinity% above the U.S. rate of 0.0 and 47% below the Ohio statewide rate of 283.3.
That ranks Boardman #1,638 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 57% of them, and #125 of 213 in Ohio. Violent crime is up 13% year over year and down 15% over the last five years.
Boardman, OH crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- B (5/10)
- Ohio Grade
- C (6/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 151.3 / 100k
- National rank
- #1,638 of 3,771
- OH rank
- #125 of 213
- Safer than
- 57% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- up 13%
- 5-year change
- down 15%
- Population
- 39,658
- Reporting agency
- Boardman Police Department
- Data year
- 2025 · FBI UCR
Reported by Boardman Police Department (FBI ORI OH0500200) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About Boardman, OH
Also known as
- Broadman
- Boardman Center
- Boardman Centre
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. Boardman (red), Ohio (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Boardman 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 | 177.2(68) | 227.9(90) | 144.2(57) | 133.9(53) | 151.3(60) |
| Murder | 0.0(0) | 2.5(1) | 0.0(0) | 2.5(1) | 0.0(0) |
| Rape | 54.7(21) | 53.2(21) | 45.5(18) | 37.9(15) | 37.8(15) |
| Robbery | 46.9(18) | 76.0(30) | 53.1(21) | 53.0(21) | 40.3(16) |
| Aggravated assault | 75.6(29) | 96.2(38) | 45.5(18) | 40.4(16) | 73.1(29) |
| Property crime | 3728.8(1,431) | 3674.3(1,451) | 3463.5(1,369) | 3076.8(1,218) | 2952.7(1,171) |
| Burglary | 406.5(156) | 364.6(144) | 328.9(130) | 250.1(99) | 237.0(94) |
| Larceny | 3069.5(1,178) | 3145.1(1,242) | 2861.4(1,131) | 2665.0(1,055) | 2544.3(1,009) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 231.9(89) | 149.4(59) | 263.1(104) | 159.1(63) | 161.4(64) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Boardman, 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 Boardman 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 Boardman calculated?
- Boardman'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 Boardman 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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