Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2024
Bowling Green, OH Crime Grade
How Bowling Green 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
3/10
vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population
Ohio
4/10
vs. Ohio cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2024, the violent crime rate in Bowling Green, OH was 69.3 per 100,000 residents (21 incidents over a population of 30,287). That puts Bowling Green Infinity% above the U.S. rate of 0.0 and 78% below the Ohio statewide rate of 313.0.
That ranks Bowling Green #759 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 80% of them, and #65 of 213 in Ohio. Violent crime is up 35% year over year and up 57% over the last five years.
Bowling Green, OH crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- A (3/10)
- Ohio Grade
- B (4/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 69.3 / 100k
- National rank
- #759 of 3,771
- OH rank
- #65 of 213
- Safer than
- 80% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- up 35%
- 5-year change
- up 57%
- Population
- 30,287
- Reporting agency
- Bowling Green Police Department
- Data year
- 2024 · FBI UCR
Reported by Bowling Green Police Department (FBI ORI OH0870100) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About Bowling Green, OH
History
Founded in 1835 and incorporated as a city in 1855. Became the county seat of Wood County in 1866.
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. Bowling Green (red), Ohio (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Bowling Green vs. U.S., 2024 — 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 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violent crime | 44.3(14) | 69.8(22) | 52.1(16) | 51.5(15) | 69.3(21) |
| Murder | 3.2(1) | 6.3(2) | 0.0(0) | 10.3(3) | 0.0(0) |
| Rape | 12.6(4) | 28.5(9) | 26.0(8) | 20.6(6) | 16.5(5) |
| Robbery | 15.8(5) | 6.3(2) | 3.3(1) | 0.0(0) | 6.6(2) |
| Aggravated assault | 12.6(4) | 28.5(9) | 22.8(7) | 20.6(6) | 46.2(14) |
| Property crime | 1382.0(437) | 1414.2(446) | 1347.2(414) | 1342.0(391) | 957.5(290) |
| Burglary | 60.1(19) | 60.2(19) | 81.4(25) | 96.1(28) | 69.3(21) |
| Larceny | 1280.8(405) | 1319.1(416) | 1230.1(378) | 1228.8(358) | 865.1(262) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 37.9(12) | 25.4(8) | 32.5(10) | 13.7(4) | 23.1(7) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Bowling Green, 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 Bowling Green 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 Bowling Green calculated?
- Bowling Green'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 Bowling Green 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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