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Ohio Crime Rate & Safety

FBI-verified crime statistics | 171 reporting cities | Data covers 6,228,512 residents (53% of state pop.)

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According to crimebycity.com's analysis of FBI crime data, Ohio has a total crime rate of 2,575 per 100,000 residents — 8% below the national average — ranking #19 of 50 US states (safest first), in the safer half. Its safest reporting city is Broadview Heights.

Violent Crime Rate

438.2
-8%
per 100K residents

Property Crime Rate

2,137.3
-7%
per 100K residents

Total Crime Rate

2,575.5
#19 of 50
Ranked #19 of 50 states
Source: FBI UCR Government-Verified Data

Ohio Crime Overview

Ohio reported a total crime rate of 2,575.5 per 100,000 residents — 8% below the national average of 2,785.9. This ranks Ohio #19 out of 50 states (safest first).

The most elevated crime category in Ohio is rape at 1.4x the national rate.

Compared to the previous year, Ohio's crime rate decreased by 3.7%, with violent crime up 4.2%.

Within the state, Broadview Heights is the safest city (crime rate: 107), while Whitehall has the highest rate (7,009) — a 65.8x difference that highlights how much safety can vary within a single state.

For residents, travelers, and those considering a move to Ohio, these statistics provide a data-driven baseline. Browse the city-level table below to find specific communities, or see how Ohio compares to its neighboring states. For the full list of safe and high-crime areas, visit safest cities in Ohio or most dangerous cities in Ohio.

Crime Breakdown

Crime Type Incidents Rate per 100K National Avg
Violent Crime 27,294 438.2 478.2
Murder 489 7.9 6.3
Rape 3,900 62.6 43.8
Robbery 4,815 77.3 94.0
Aggravated Assault 18,076 290.2 333.5
Property Crime 133,121 2,137.3 2,307.7
Burglary 18,246 292.9 292.0
Larceny-Theft 93,903 1,507.6 1,657.7
Motor Vehicle Theft 20,972 336.7 358.0
Arson 0 0.0 0.0

Understanding Ohio's Crime Profile

Of Ohio's total crime rate, 17.0% is violent crime and 83.0% is property crime. Nationally, violent crime makes up 17.2% of all crime, meaning Ohio has a lower-than-average share of violent offenses.

Ohio's murder rate is 7.9 per 100K, which is 1.2x the national rate of 6.3. Murder is the least common but most serious violent crime, and even small differences in rate can reflect meaningful differences in public safety.

These statistics are compiled from 171 cities across the state that report to the FBI's UCR program. Coverage varies by state — so these numbers represent the best available estimate, not a perfect census. For details, see our methodology page.

Property crime accounts for the bulk of Ohio's total rate at 2,137 per 100K. This includes burglary, larceny-theft (the most common crime nationwide), motor vehicle theft, and arson. While property crime is less immediately dangerous than violent crime, high rates can affect quality of life, insurance costs, and economic investment in affected areas.

Cities in Ohio by Crime Rate

Cities ranked from safest to most dangerous (10,000+ residents).

# City Coverage Total Crime Rate Violent Crime Rate Safety Score
1 Broadview Heights 19,709 106.6 5.1 100/100
2 North Royalton 30,752 139.8 13.0 100/100
3 Olmsted Township 14,535 233.9 34.4 99/100
4 Trenton 13,995 242.9 85.7 99/100
5 Genoa Township 28,085 284.9 14.2 99/100
6 Avon Lake 26,167 309.6 19.1 98/100
7 Brecksville 14,045 313.3 7.1 98/100
8 Mayfield Heights 19,792 318.3 20.2 98/100
9 Montville Township 13,415 328.0 59.6 98/100
10 Willowick 14,089 354.9 63.9 97/100
11 Parma Heights 20,484 361.3 29.3 97/100
12 Goshen Township 16,502 375.7 72.7 97/100
13 Bay Village 15,838 378.8 50.5 96/100
14 Berea 17,886 397.0 22.4 96/100
15 Aurora 17,869 397.3 16.8 96/100
16 New Franklin 13,763 406.9 87.2 96/100
17 Poland Township 12,019 407.7 49.9 96/100
18 Hamilton Township 28,313 409.7 31.8 96/100
19 Clearcreek Township 19,749 440.5 35.4 95/100
20 Rocky River 21,256 442.2 23.5 95/100
21 Brunswick 34,952 449.2 65.8 94/100
22 Perrysburg 25,302 474.3 27.7 93/100
23 Loveland 13,108 503.5 83.9 92/100
24 Hudson 22,932 510.2 34.9 92/100
25 Mason 35,923 565.1 36.2 91/100
26 Tiffin 17,483 594.9 22.9 89/100
27 Bedford 12,761 603.4 62.7 89/100
28 Vermilion 10,722 606.2 46.6 89/100
29 Twinsburg 19,500 610.3 56.4 89/100
30 New Philadelphia 17,362 627.8 115.2 88/100
31 Springboro 19,591 648.3 45.9 87/100
32 Norwalk 17,164 652.5 40.8 87/100
33 Westlake 34,189 678.6 29.3 86/100
34 Montgomery 10,784 695.5 37.1 86/100
35 Shawnee Township 12,438 739.7 96.5 84/100
36 Ironton 10,068 744.9 268.2 84/100
37 Painesville 20,713 767.6 183.5 83/100
38 Galion 10,243 771.3 244.1 83/100
39 Dover 12,917 781.9 154.8 83/100
40 Sylvania 19,034 803.8 63.1 82/100
41 Upper Arlington 35,410 827.5 28.2 81/100
42 Parma 78,967 829.5 119.0 81/100
43 London 10,623 847.2 122.4 80/100
44 Harrison 13,559 848.2 110.6 80/100
45 Solon 23,736 855.2 54.8 80/100
46 Medina 25,827 871.2 100.7 79/100
47 Fostoria 13,038 882.0 168.7 79/100
48 Bellefontaine 14,061 896.1 106.7 79/100
49 Wickliffe 12,600 896.8 127.0 79/100
50 Powell 14,572 926.4 27.5 78/100
51 Avon 25,562 970.2 74.3 76/100
52 Seven Hills 11,526 971.7 86.8 76/100
53 Richmond Heights 10,509 980.1 76.1 76/100
54 Bainbridge Township 12,921 1,006.1 0.0 74/100
55 Celina 10,870 1,021.2 46.0 74/100
56 Dublin 48,784 1,024.9 108.6 74/100
57 Willoughby 24,261 1,038.7 107.2 73/100
58 Centerville 26,281 1,046.4 38.1 73/100
59 Hilliard 37,305 1,056.2 126.0 72/100
60 Athens 25,104 1,059.6 95.6 72/100
61 Tallmadge 18,287 1,060.9 109.4 72/100
62 North Olmsted 31,532 1,062.4 63.4 72/100
63 Pierce Township 15,431 1,075.8 103.7 72/100
64 Ashtabula 17,723 1,105.9 186.2 70/100
65 Wadsworth 24,925 1,111.3 136.4 70/100
66 Delaware 46,369 1,136.5 146.7 69/100
67 North Canton 17,577 1,149.2 56.9 69/100
68 Marysville 29,393 1,180.6 98.7 68/100
69 Lyndhurst 13,634 1,188.2 124.7 67/100
70 Lebanon 21,985 1,205.4 118.3 67/100
71 Pickerington 25,959 1,232.7 134.8 66/100
72 Howland Township 17,051 1,237.5 88.0 66/100
73 Amherst 12,996 1,238.8 238.5 65/100
74 Clayton 13,195 1,242.9 90.9 65/100
75 Perrysburg Township 13,762 1,249.8 36.3 65/100
76 Troy 27,008 1,255.2 140.7 65/100
77 New Albany 11,423 1,260.6 96.3 65/100
78 Lakewood 49,272 1,282.7 142.1 64/100
79 Washington Court House 14,403 1,305.3 152.8 63/100
80 Green Township 59,412 1,312.9 112.8 63/100
81 Strongsville 45,600 1,355.3 72.4 62/100
82 Delhi Township 28,332 1,373.0 134.1 61/100
83 Defiance 17,042 1,396.6 217.1 60/100
84 Kent 27,524 1,398.8 127.2 60/100
85 Worthington 14,402 1,409.5 166.6 60/100
86 Euclid 48,176 1,453.0 218.0 58/100
87 Mentor 46,765 1,473.3 115.5 58/100
88 Austintown 35,491 1,484.9 101.4 57/100
89 Bucyrus 11,495 1,487.6 113.1 57/100
90 Kettering 56,562 1,543.4 42.4 55/100
91 Cleveland Heights 43,853 1,550.6 250.8 55/100
92 Sylvania Township 31,726 1,563.4 72.5 55/100
93 Fairborn 34,779 1,567.0 273.2 54/100
94 Warrensville Heights 13,385 1,583.9 164.4 54/100
95 Ashland 18,552 1,590.1 172.5 53/100
96 Salem 11,661 1,595.1 231.5 53/100
97 Miamisburg 19,781 1,617.7 146.6 52/100
98 Monroe 18,069 1,638.2 110.7 52/100
99 Fairfield 44,296 1,659.3 167.1 51/100
100 Liberty Township 11,877 1,709.2 185.2 49/100
101 West Chester 63,335 1,728.9 96.3 49/100
102 Marion 35,373 1,766.9 446.7 48/100
103 Norton 11,314 1,767.7 132.6 48/100
104 Elyria 53,263 1,770.5 291.0 48/100
105 Streetsboro 17,957 1,787.6 100.2 47/100
106 Urbana 11,166 1,800.1 125.4 47/100
107 Stow 33,791 1,870.3 115.4 45/100
108 American Township 12,432 1,898.3 24.1 44/100
109 Ravenna 11,182 1,913.8 134.1 43/100
110 Eastlake 17,269 1,922.5 254.8 43/100
111 Vandalia 14,854 1,938.9 168.3 42/100
112 Westerville 37,540 1,947.3 221.1 42/100
113 Findlay 40,089 1,948.2 314.3 42/100
114 Blue Ash 13,410 1,976.1 179.0 41/100
115 Circleville 14,623 1,983.2 280.4 41/100
116 Huber Heights 43,269 1,987.6 189.5 41/100
117 West Carrollton 12,798 2,000.3 351.6 41/100
118 Cuyahoga Falls 50,639 2,020.2 173.8 40/100
119 South Euclid 21,255 2,032.5 207.0 40/100
120 Beavercreek 47,389 2,068.0 73.9 39/100
121 Fairfield Township 22,989 2,070.6 147.9 39/100
122 Gahanna 34,979 2,072.7 231.6 39/100
123 Bedford Heights 10,723 2,107.6 102.6 38/100
124 Lorain 65,374 2,132.4 581.3 37/100
125 Massillon 32,569 2,133.9 316.3 37/100
126 Colerain Township 58,402 2,181.4 251.7 36/100
127 Sharonville 13,811 2,201.1 318.6 35/100
128 Brimfield Township 11,438 2,203.2 61.2 35/100
129 Beachwood 13,758 2,275.0 43.6 34/100
130 Reading 11,118 2,284.6 152.9 33/100
131 Garfield Heights 28,876 2,334.1 464.1 32/100
132 Alliance 21,490 2,336.0 274.6 32/100
133 Wooster 26,966 2,351.1 285.5 32/100
134 Hamilton 62,860 2,370.4 313.4 31/100
135 Barberton 24,375 2,379.5 303.6 31/100
136 Sidney 20,230 2,392.5 311.4 31/100
137 Lancaster 41,687 2,530.8 405.4 28/100
138 Bexley 12,436 2,533.0 120.6 28/100
139 Fremont 15,782 2,534.5 272.5 28/100
140 Maumee 13,558 2,596.3 162.3 27/100
141 Franklin 11,642 2,680.0 189.0 25/100
142 Perkins Township 12,607 2,760.4 103.1 23/100
143 Grove City 43,284 2,781.6 129.4 23/100
144 Englewood 13,175 2,800.8 129.0 23/100
145 Reynoldsburg 41,277 2,878.1 479.7 22/100
146 Sandusky 23,981 2,977.4 387.8 20/100
147 Steubenville 18,037 2,999.4 122.0 20/100
148 Niles 18,202 3,076.6 291.2 19/100
149 Columbus 915,447 3,088.3 435.0 18/100
150 Zanesville 24,610 3,173.5 333.2 17/100
151 Boardman 39,587 3,208.1 133.9 16/100
152 Norwood 19,057 3,395.1 241.4 14/100
153 Youngstown 58,850 3,441.0 688.2 14/100
154 Van Wert 11,018 3,485.2 236.0 13/100
155 Piqua 20,861 3,513.7 522.5 13/100
156 Trotwood 22,895 3,516.1 698.8 13/100
157 Toledo 263,668 3,773.3 1,041.1 10/100
158 Akron 188,223 3,775.3 820.3 10/100
159 Springdale 11,096 3,857.3 477.7 10/100
160 Lima 34,552 4,130.0 761.2 8/100
161 Oregon 19,639 4,399.4 193.5 6/100
162 East Cleveland 13,336 4,409.1 1,409.7 6/100
163 Heath 10,781 4,535.8 129.9 5/100
164 Portsmouth 17,343 4,572.5 715.0 5/100
165 Canton 68,725 4,576.2 1,121.9 5/100
166 Cincinnati 311,599 4,677.8 848.5 5/100
167 Chillicothe 21,848 4,847.1 206.0 4/100
168 Dayton 134,857 5,673.4 1,339.2 2/100
169 Springfield 57,911 5,886.6 1,371.1 2/100
170 Cleveland 362,762 5,987.4 1,561.1 2/100
171 Whitehall 19,603 7,009.1 1,050.9 1/100

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Ohio Crime Rate Trends

Year Coverage Total Crime Rate Violent Crime Rate Property Crime Rate
2024 6,228,512 2,575.5 438.2 2,137.3
2023 6,297,341 2,674.9 420.7 2,254.3
2022 6,345,570 2,848.9 441.1 2,407.8
2021 6,110,163 2,774.7 485.2 2,289.5
2020 6,187,223 2,868.1 470.0 2,398.1
2019 5,987,328 3,067.7 437.2 2,630.5

Ohio Crime Trends: 6-Year Analysis

Over the 6-year period from 2019 to 2024, Ohio's total crime rate decreased by 16%, moving from 3,068 to 2,575 per 100,000 residents. This long-term trajectory provides important context beyond any single year's snapshot.

In the most recent year-over-year comparison, Ohio's crime rate decreased by 3.7%, with violent crime specifically increasing 4.2%. Short-term changes don't always indicate a lasting trend, but consecutive years of movement in the same direction are worth noting.

Many factors can influence year-over-year changes, including shifts in policing strategies, economic conditions, population growth, and changes in how agencies report data to the FBI. For the most reliable picture, focus on the multi-year trend rather than any single year's change.

Ohio vs Neighboring States

How does Ohio's crime rate compare to its neighbors?

State Total Crime Rate Violent Crime Rate Property Crime Rate vs Ohio
Ohio 2,575.5 438.2 2,137.3 —
Pennsylvania 2,462.7 359.1 2,103.7 -4.4%
Michigan 2,589.2 637.8 1,951.4 +0.5%
Kentucky 2,816.8 380.4 2,436.4 +9.4%
West Virginia 3,489.6 498.5 2,991.1 +35.5%
Indiana 4,130.6 859.9 3,270.7 +60.4%

Among neighboring states, Pennsylvania has the lowest crime rate (2,463 per 100K). Indiana has the highest (4,131 per 100K).

Ohio in Regional Context

Ohio is safer than 4 of its 5 neighboring states based on total crime rate. Nationally, it ranks #19 out of 50 states (ranked safest first), placing it in the safer half of all US states.

Regional comparisons are valuable because neighboring states often share economic conditions, climate, and demographic patterns. If Ohio differs significantly from its neighbors, it may point to state-specific factors such as policing policy, drug legislation, or economic programs. Visit individual state pages above for detailed comparisons.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is Ohio's crime rate?

Ohio's total crime rate is 2,575.5 per 100,000 residents, which is 8% below the national average of 2,786. This includes both violent crime (438.2 per 100K) and property crime (2,137.3 per 100K).

How safe is Ohio compared to other states?

Ohio ranks #19 out of 50 states (safest first), placing it in the safer half nationally. Visit our all states page for the complete ranking.

What is the safest city in Ohio?

The safest city in Ohio is Broadview Heights with a crime rate of 107 per 100,000 residents. View the full list at safest cities in Ohio.

More Ohio Crime Data

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