Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Washington Court House, OH Crime Grade
How Washington Court House 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
5/10
vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population
Ohio
6/10
vs. Ohio cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in Washington Court House, OH was 145.4 per 100,000 residents (21 incidents over a population of 14,447). That puts Washington Court House 55% below the U.S. rate of 325.3 and 49% below the Ohio statewide rate of 283.3.
That ranks Washington Court House #1,583 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 58% of them, and #120 of 213 in Ohio. Violent crime is down 5% year over year and down 24% over the last five years.
Washington Court House, OH crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- B (5/10)
- Ohio Grade
- C (6/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 145.4 / 100k
- National rank
- #1,583 of 3,771
- OH rank
- #120 of 213
- Safer than
- 58% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- down 5%
- 5-year change
- down 24%
- Population
- 14,447
- Reporting agency
- Washington Court House Police Department
- Data year
- 2025 · FBI UCR
Reported by Washington Court House Police Department (FBI ORI OH0240100) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About Washington Court House, OH
Also known as
- Washington Courthouse
- Washington
Location
Corporate name is Washington (US-T115/c1994). Corporate name changed from Washington to Washington Court House on August 6, 2003.
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. Washington Court House (red), Ohio (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Washington Court House 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 | 190.3(27) | 151.8(22) | 166.9(24) | 152.7(22) | 145.4(21) |
| Murder | 7.0(1) | 6.9(1) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) |
| Rape | 56.4(8) | 48.3(7) | 83.4(12) | 34.7(5) | 62.3(9) |
| Robbery | 14.1(2) | 20.7(3) | 7.0(1) | 13.9(2) | 6.9(1) |
| Aggravated assault | 112.8(16) | 75.9(11) | 76.5(11) | 104.1(15) | 76.1(11) |
| Property crime | 2311.6(328) | 1883.5(273) | 1328.0(191) | 1180.3(170) | 955.2(138) |
| Burglary | 218.5(31) | 151.8(22) | 118.2(17) | 208.3(30) | 103.8(15) |
| Larceny | 1902.9(270) | 1573.1(228) | 1070.7(154) | 888.7(128) | 816.8(118) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 183.2(26) | 117.3(17) | 118.2(17) | 55.5(8) | 27.7(4) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Washington Court House, 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 Washington Court House 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 Washington Court House calculated?
- Washington Court House'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 Washington Court House 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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