Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Piqua, OH Crime Grade
How Piqua 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
8/10
vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population
Ohio
9/10
vs. Ohio cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in Piqua, OH was 365.4 per 100,000 residents (77 incidents over a population of 21,075). That puts Piqua 12% above the U.S. rate of 325.3 and 29% above the Ohio statewide rate of 283.3.
That ranks Piqua #2,910 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 23% of them, and #191 of 213 in Ohio. Violent crime is down 31% year over year and up 5% over the last five years.
Piqua, OH crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- D (8/10)
- Ohio Grade
- F (9/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 365.4 / 100k
- National rank
- #2,910 of 3,771
- OH rank
- #191 of 213
- Safer than
- 23% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- down 31%
- 5-year change
- up 5%
- Population
- 21,075
- Reporting agency
- Piqua Police Department
- Data year
- 2025 · FBI UCR
Reported by Piqua Police Department (FBI ORI OH0550200) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About Piqua, OH
Also known as
- Chillicothe
- Piquatown
- Tawixtwi
- Lower Piqua
- Washington
- Picks Town
- Pickawillany
History
From an Indian word signifying " ashes," the name of one of the four divisions of the Shawnee Indians, formerly occupying that region.
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. Piqua (red), Ohio (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Piqua 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 | 348.3(75) | 365.6(75) | 342.6(71) | 527.3(110) | 365.4(77) |
| Murder | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 9.7(2) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) |
| Rape | 144.0(31) | 131.6(27) | 139.9(29) | 134.2(28) | 42.7(9) |
| Robbery | 23.2(5) | 39.0(8) | 4.8(1) | 19.2(4) | 0.0(0) |
| Aggravated assault | 181.1(39) | 195.0(40) | 188.2(39) | 373.9(78) | 322.7(68) |
| Property crime | 3014.3(649) | 3012.3(618) | 3064.4(635) | 3024.8(631) | 2211.2(466) |
| Burglary | 348.3(75) | 365.6(75) | 313.7(65) | 421.8(88) | 194.5(41) |
| Larceny | 2531.2(545) | 2466.4(506) | 2601.1(539) | 2483.1(518) | 1964.4(414) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 125.4(27) | 175.5(36) | 139.9(29) | 100.7(21) | 52.2(11) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Piqua, 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 Piqua 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 Piqua calculated?
- Piqua'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 Piqua 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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