What is the crime rate in Bowling Green, KY?

In 2025, the Bowling Green Police Department reported 152 violent crimes and 1,848 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 188 violent and 2,287 property crimes per 100,000 of the 80,821 residents it serves.

Across Kentucky the rates were 216 and 1,283.

Nationally they were 330 and 1,552.

Figures last updated on November 12, 2026.

Violent per 100,000: 188
Property per 100,000: 2,287
Violent crimes: 152
Property crimes: 1,848

Crime reported by the Bowling Green Police Department, 2023 to 2025

Offenses known to law enforcement, reported to the FBI; rates per 100,000 residents of the area the department serves
Year	Violent crimes	Violent per 100,000	Property crimes	Property per 100,000	Residents served
2023	185	243	2,292	3,008	76,194
2024	180	232	2,313	2,984	77,503
2025	152	188	1,848	2,287	80,821

Violent crimes reported went from 185 in 2023 to 152 in 2025.

Property crimes reported went from 2,292 in 2023 to 1,848 in 2025.

In a small town a handful of incidents moves these numbers a long way, so one year’s change says little on its own.

Bowling Green against Kentucky and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2025
	Violent crime	Property crime
Bowling Green	188	2,287
Warren County	141	1,480
Kentucky	216	1,283
United States	330	1,552

These are rates per resident; they are not adjusted for visitors, commuters or the size of the area, which raise or lower a town’s figures without changing anybody’s risk.

Crime reported in places near Bowling Green, 2025

Each place’s own police department; rates per 100,000 residents served
Place	Distance	Violent per 100,000	Property per 100,000
Bowling Green	—	188	2,287
Auburn	17 mi	118	295
Franklin	19 mi	151	679
Scottsville	20 mi	215	839
Morgantown	22 mi	199	239
Portland	27 mi	153	487
Russellville	27 mi	200	921
Glasgow	28 mi	200	1,686
Cave City	28 mi	42	541

Neighboring departments count the same offenses the same way, but their areas, populations and visitors differ, so a difference between two towns is a starting point for a question, not an answer.

How to read these numbers

These are offenses known to the police and reported to the FBI’s Uniform Crime Reporting Program: crimes nobody reported, or that a department did not record, are not in them.

Violent crime is murder and nonnegligent manslaughter, rape, robbery and aggravated assault; property crime is burglary, larceny-theft, motor vehicle theft and arson.

A department reports the crimes in the area it polices, which can differ from the town’s boundaries, and the FBI estimates the population it serves.

The FBI asks that these figures not be used to rank places or to judge how safe a neighborhood is: crime depends on many local factors, and the counts describe a whole town, not any street or home.

A year is shown only when the department reported all twelve months.

FBI: Uniform Crime Reporting statistics and their proper use

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