The crime rate in Bartow is considerably higher than the national average across all communities in America from the largest to the smallest, although at 22 crimes per one thousand residents, it is not among the communities with the very highest crime rate. The chance of becoming a victim of either violent or property crime in Bartow is 1 in 45. Based on FBI crime data, Bartow is not one of the safest communities in America. Relative to Florida, Bartow has a crime rate that is higher than 75% of the state's cities and towns of all sizes.

Importantly, when you compare Bartow to other communities of similar population, then Bartow crime rate (violent and property crimes combined) is quite a bit higher than average. Regardless of how Bartow does relative to all communities in America of all sizes, when NeighborhoodScout compared it to communities of similar population size, its crime rate per thousand residents stands out as higher than most.

Now let us turn to take a look at how Bartow does for violent crimes specifically, and then how it does for property crimes. This is important because the overall crime rate can be further illuminated by understanding if violent crime or property crimes (or both) are the major contributors to the general rate of crime in Bartow.

From our analysis, we discovered that violent crime in Bartow occurs at a rate higher than in most communities of all population sizes in America. The chance that a person will become a victim of a violent crime in Bartow; such as armed robbery, aggravated assault, rape or murder; is 1 in 240. This equates to a rate of 4 per one thousand inhabitants.

Significantly, based on the number of murders reported by the FBI and the number of residents living in the city, NeighborhoodScout's analysis shows that Bartow experiences one of the higher murder rates in the nation when compared with cities and towns for all sizes of population, from the largest to the smallest.

NeighborhoodScout's analysis also reveals that Bartow's rate for property crime is 18 per one thousand population. This makes Bartow a place where there is an above average chance of becoming a victim of a property crime, when compared to all other communities in America of all population sizes. Property crimes are motor vehicle theft, arson, larceny, and burglary. Your chance of becoming a victim of any of these crimes in Bartow is one in 56.