2025 Compare Cities Crime:
Bowling Green, KY vs Decatur, IL

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- Decatur has 36% more violent crime than Bowling Green.
- Decatur has 27% less property crime than Bowling Green.
 Bowling Green, KYDecatur, ILUnited States
 Violent Crime  Unlock31.422.7
 Property Crime64.9  Unlock35.4

Crime is ranked on a scale of 1 (low crime) to 100 (high crime)

Reviews for Bowling Green    7 Reviews

I have lived in Bowling Green 12 years, prior to that I lived in the Terre Haute IN area. Compared to Terre Haute, my husband and I much prefer BG. The winters are much  More

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Over 7 years ago

I was born in BG 62 yrs ago. I left at 17 and returned in 2015. Compared to Texas & the west, BG is the worst. If you like sunshine (I do), it is horrible in BG.  More

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I have lived in Bowling Green for almost seven years now. I'm originally from the Oklahoma City/Moore OK area. My husband and I moved here for his job. Honestly,  More

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Reviews for Decatur    14 Reviews

I was sent here by the company I worked for in the '90's and was not initially impressed with midwest living. However, over the years I got used to living in the "Pride  More

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I grew up in Decatur and I still have family there, but it depresses me to see what it has become. It has a high unemployment rate, many business have closed or are run  More

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Over 14 years ago

If you enjoy drinking & driving, Decatur's fifteen drive-thru liquor windows, three times the # of drive-thru's than the ten largest cities in Illinois, COMBINED, will  More

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Cities with the Least Crime Near Bowling Green, KentuckyCrime Index
 Woodburn, KY7.85
 Plano, KY9
 Brownsville, KY11.05
 Smiths Grove, KY11.5
 Oakland, KY12.45
 Plum Springs, KY13.65
 Woodbury, KY14.45
 Rochester, KY14.75
 Morgantown, KY22
 Scottsville, KY25.85

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