Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Battle Ground, WA Crime Grade
How Battle Ground grades for violent crime against every other reporting U.S. city — and against the rest of Washington — based on the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting data.
National
4/10
vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population
Washington
5/10
vs. Washington cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in Battle Ground, WA was 136.1 per 100,000 residents (32 incidents over a population of 23,514). That puts Battle Ground 58% below the U.S. rate of 325.3 and 52% below the Washington statewide rate of 282.2.
That ranks Battle Ground #1,493 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 60% of them, and #39 of 91 in Washington. Violent crime is up 72% year over year and up 16% over the last five years.
Battle Ground, WA crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- B (4/10)
- Washington Grade
- B (5/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 136.1 / 100k
- National rank
- #1,493 of 3,771
- WA rank
- #39 of 91
- Safer than
- 60% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- up 72%
- 5-year change
- up 16%
- Population
- 23,514
- Reporting agency
- Battle Ground Police Department
- Data year
- 2025 · FBI UCR
Reported by Battle Ground Police Department (FBI ORI WA0060100) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About Battle Ground, WA
Also known as
- Battleground
History
The town is situated on the site of a battle between the Vancouver Infantry and the Indians. See "Description of Washington State Town Names", DeWitt C. Francis, 1971
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. Battle Ground (red), Washington (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Battle Ground 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 | 117.4(26) | 154.3(33) | 109.0(24) | 79.0(18) | 136.1(32) |
| Murder | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) |
| Rape | 40.6(9) | 60.8(13) | 22.7(5) | 39.5(9) | 38.3(9) |
| Robbery | 13.5(3) | 14.0(3) | 13.6(3) | 8.8(2) | 25.5(6) |
| Aggravated assault | 63.2(14) | 79.5(17) | 72.7(16) | 30.7(7) | 72.3(17) |
| Property crime | 1634.8(362) | 1585.2(339) | 1335.0(294) | 1044.8(238) | 710.2(167) |
| Burglary | 135.5(30) | 116.9(25) | 186.2(41) | 92.2(21) | 59.5(14) |
| Larceny | 1332.2(295) | 1267.2(271) | 903.6(199) | 864.8(197) | 637.9(150) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 158.1(35) | 191.7(41) | 240.7(53) | 83.4(19) | 12.8(3) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Battle Ground, WA 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 Battle Ground 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 Battle Ground calculated?
- Battle Ground's rate placed against all FBI-reporting U.S. cities with population ≥ 25,000. 1 = safest.
- How is the Washington state decile calculated?
- Same calculation restricted to Washington 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 Battle Ground 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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