Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2024
Pickerington, OH Crime Grade
How Pickerington 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
4/10
vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population
Ohio
6/10
vs. Ohio cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2024, the violent crime rate in Pickerington, OH was 134.8 per 100,000 residents (35 incidents over a population of 25,959). That puts Pickerington Infinity% above the U.S. rate of 0.0 and 57% below the Ohio statewide rate of 313.0.
That ranks Pickerington #1,483 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 61% of them, and #117 of 213 in Ohio. Violent crime is up 143% year over year and up 39% over the last five years.
Pickerington, OH crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- B (4/10)
- Ohio Grade
- C (6/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 134.8 / 100k
- National rank
- #1,483 of 3,771
- OH rank
- #117 of 213
- Safer than
- 61% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- up 143%
- 5-year change
- up 39%
- Population
- 25,959
- Reporting agency
- Pickerington Police Department
- Data year
- 2024 · FBI UCR
Reported by Pickerington Police Department (FBI ORI OH0230900) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About Pickerington, OH
Also known as
- Pickering
- Jacksonville
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. Pickerington (red), Ohio (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Pickerington 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 | 97.2(22) | 77.1(18) | 97.4(24) | 55.6(14) | 134.8(35) |
| Murder | 4.4(1) | 0.0(0) | 4.1(1) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) |
| Rape | 44.2(10) | 21.4(5) | 20.3(5) | 11.9(3) | 38.5(10) |
| Robbery | 30.9(7) | 25.7(6) | 36.5(9) | 15.9(4) | 34.7(9) |
| Aggravated assault | 17.7(4) | 30.0(7) | 36.5(9) | 27.8(7) | 61.6(16) |
| Property crime | 874.9(198) | 963.9(225) | 945.3(233) | 1147.6(289) | 1101.7(286) |
| Burglary | 141.4(32) | 90.0(21) | 73.0(18) | 91.3(23) | 107.9(28) |
| Larceny | 645.1(146) | 788.2(184) | 815.5(201) | 925.3(233) | 916.8(238) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 84.0(19) | 77.1(18) | 48.7(12) | 127.1(32) | 73.2(19) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Pickerington, 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 Pickerington 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 Pickerington calculated?
- Pickerington'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 Pickerington 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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