Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Upper Arlington, OH Crime Grade
How Upper Arlington 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
1/10
vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population
Ohio
1/10
vs. Ohio cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in Upper Arlington, OH was 19.5 per 100,000 residents (7 incidents over a population of 35,987). That puts Upper Arlington Infinity% above the U.S. rate of 0.0 and 93% below the Ohio statewide rate of 283.3.
That ranks Upper Arlington #131 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 97% of them, and #14 of 213 in Ohio. Violent crime is down 37% year over year and down 47% over the last five years.
Upper Arlington, OH crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- A (1/10)
- Ohio Grade
- A (1/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 19.5 / 100k
- National rank
- #131 of 3,771
- OH rank
- #14 of 213
- Safer than
- 97% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- down 37%
- 5-year change
- down 47%
- Population
- 35,987
- Reporting agency
- Upper Arlington Police Department
- Data year
- 2025 · FBI UCR
Reported by Upper Arlington Police Department (FBI ORI OH0250900) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
Violent crime rate, 5-year trend
Per 100,000 residents. Upper Arlington (red), Ohio (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Upper Arlington 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 | 36.6(13) | 33.5(12) | 14.0(5) | 31.1(11) | 19.5(7) |
| Murder | 2.8(1) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 2.8(1) |
| Rape | 2.8(1) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 8.5(3) | 8.3(3) |
| Robbery | 22.5(8) | 11.2(4) | 8.4(3) | 14.1(5) | 5.6(2) |
| Aggravated assault | 8.4(3) | 22.3(8) | 5.6(2) | 8.5(3) | 2.8(1) |
| Property crime | 816.0(290) | 1024.3(367) | 937.1(334) | 810.5(287) | 705.8(254) |
| Burglary | 78.8(28) | 61.4(22) | 101.0(36) | 81.9(29) | 44.5(16) |
| Larceny | 669.7(238) | 862.4(309) | 766.0(273) | 595.9(211) | 586.3(211) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 64.7(23) | 100.5(36) | 64.5(23) | 129.9(46) | 75.0(27) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Upper Arlington, 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 Upper Arlington 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 Upper Arlington calculated?
- Upper Arlington'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 Upper Arlington 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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