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Bowling Green Crime Rate Report (Kentucky)

Bowling Green crime statistics report an overall downward trend in crime based on data from 27 years with violent crime decreasing and property crime decreasing. Based on this trend, the crime rate in Bowling Green for 2026 is expected to be lower than in 2025.

The city violent crime rate for Bowling Green in 2025 was lower than the national violent crime rate average by 44.11% and the city property crime rate in Bowling Green was higher than the national property crime rate average by 46.96%.

In 2025 the city violent crime rate in Bowling Green was lower than the violent crime rate in Kentucky by 13.65% and the city property crime rate in Bowling Green was higher than the property crime rate in Kentucky by 78.77%.

Property and Violent Crime
Bowling Green Property Crime vs. State and National Per Capita
Bowling Green Violent Crime vs. State and National Per Capita

Bowling Green Crime Statistics
Summary Report

2025 Crime (Actual Data)*Incidents
Aggravated Assault68
Arson3
Burglary210
Larceny and Theft1,454
Motor Vehicle Theft159
Murder and Manslaughter2
Rape55
Robbery23
Crime Rate (Total Incidents)2,186
Property Crime1,823
Violent Crime148
2026 Crime (Projected Data)*Incidents
Aggravated Assault86
Arson6
Burglary235
Larceny and Theft1,569
Motor Vehicle Theft232
Murder and Manslaughter2
Rape63
Robbery19
Crime Rate (Total Incidents)2,399
Property Crime2,036
Violent Crime170

Property and Violent Crime Totals

Bowling Green Property Crime

Bowling Green Violent Crime

Actual versus Projected Crime Totals

Bowling Green Crime 2025

Bowling Green Crime 2026

City versus State versus National Crime Comparison

Bowling Green Property Crime vs. State and National Comparison

Bowling Green Violent Crime vs. State and National Comparison
* The source of actual data on this Bowling Green, Kentucky crime rate report is the FBI Report of Offenses Known to Law Enforcement for the corresponding year or years. Arson numbers are reported inconsistently. Zero values may indicate the data was not available. The projected crime rate data displayed above was generated from the trends found in the years of actual reported crime data on file. In this case, the Bowling Green crime report data for 2026 was projected from 27 years of actual data. The last year of actual available crime data, as reported above, was 2025.

The FBI cautions the data users against comparing yearly statistical data solely on the basis of their population coverage. The comparisons made herein are thus, only meaningful upon further examination of all variables that affect crime in each reported city, state or other reported jurisdicition.



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