Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Portsmouth, OH Crime Grade
How Portsmouth 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
10/10
vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population
Ohio
10/10
vs. Ohio cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in Portsmouth, OH was 646.8 per 100,000 residents (112 incidents over a population of 17,315). That puts Portsmouth 99% above the U.S. rate of 325.3 and 128% above the Ohio statewide rate of 283.3.
That ranks Portsmouth #3,467 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 8% of them, and #201 of 213 in Ohio. Violent crime is down 10% year over year and up 16% over the last five years.
Portsmouth, OH crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- F (10/10)
- Ohio Grade
- F (10/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 646.8 / 100k
- National rank
- #3,467 of 3,771
- OH rank
- #201 of 213
- Safer than
- 8% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- down 10%
- 5-year change
- up 16%
- Population
- 17,315
- Reporting agency
- Portsmouth Police Department
- Data year
- 2025 · FBI UCR
Reported by Portsmouth Police Department (FBI ORI OH0730200) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About Portsmouth, OH
Also known as
- Logtown
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. Portsmouth (red), Ohio (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Portsmouth 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 | 558.3(110) | 413.5(74) | 781.0(135) | 715.0(124) | 646.8(112) |
| Murder | 10.2(2) | 16.8(3) | 11.6(2) | 17.3(3) | 57.8(10) |
| Rape | 101.5(20) | 83.8(15) | 156.2(27) | 86.5(15) | 104.0(18) |
| Robbery | 106.6(21) | 55.9(10) | 63.6(11) | 51.9(9) | 57.8(10) |
| Aggravated assault | 340.1(67) | 257.0(46) | 549.6(95) | 559.3(97) | 427.4(74) |
| Property crime | 4238.1(835) | 2609.5(467) | 4402.7(761) | 3892.1(675) | 3101.4(537) |
| Burglary | 766.4(151) | 542.0(97) | 676.9(117) | 697.7(121) | 571.8(99) |
| Larceny | 3020.0(595) | 1911.0(342) | 3326.6(575) | 2946.4(511) | 2263.9(392) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 436.5(86) | 156.5(28) | 393.4(68) | 242.2(42) | 254.1(44) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Portsmouth, 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 Portsmouth 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 Portsmouth calculated?
- Portsmouth'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 Portsmouth 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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