Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Chillicothe, OH Crime Grade
How Chillicothe 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
8/10
vs. Ohio cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in Chillicothe, OH was 221.2 per 100,000 residents (48 incidents over a population of 21,702). That puts Chillicothe 32% below the U.S. rate of 325.3 and 22% below the Ohio statewide rate of 283.3.
That ranks Chillicothe #2,202 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 42% of them, and #166 of 213 in Ohio. Violent crime is up 7% year over year and up 11% over the last five years.
Chillicothe, OH crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- C (6/10)
- Ohio Grade
- D (8/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 221.2 / 100k
- National rank
- #2,202 of 3,771
- OH rank
- #166 of 213
- Safer than
- 42% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- up 7%
- 5-year change
- up 11%
- Population
- 21,702
- Reporting agency
- Chillicothe Police Department
- Data year
- 2025 · FBI UCR
Reported by Chillicothe Police Department (FBI ORI OH0710100) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About Chillicothe, OH
Also known as
- Chilicothe
- Chilicotha
- Chilcotha
- Chillakothe
- Chilecothe
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. Chillicothe (red), Ohio (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Chillicothe 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 | 198.9(43) | 296.0(65) | 210.4(46) | 206.0(45) | 221.2(48) |
| Murder | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 9.1(2) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) |
| Rape | 74.0(16) | 91.1(20) | 59.5(13) | 54.9(12) | 78.3(17) |
| Robbery | 41.6(9) | 72.9(16) | 27.4(6) | 22.9(5) | 32.3(7) |
| Aggravated assault | 83.2(18) | 132.0(29) | 114.3(25) | 128.2(28) | 110.6(24) |
| Property crime | 4671.2(1,010) | 4867.5(1,069) | 4660.8(1,019) | 4659.5(1,018) | 3778.5(820) |
| Burglary | 388.5(84) | 573.7(126) | 407.1(89) | 416.5(91) | 290.3(63) |
| Larceny | 4056.1(877) | 4025.1(884) | 3915.3(856) | 4046.1(884) | 3363.7(730) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 198.9(43) | 250.4(55) | 324.7(71) | 178.5(39) | 115.2(25) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Chillicothe, 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 Chillicothe 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 Chillicothe calculated?
- Chillicothe'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 Chillicothe 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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