Ohio Crime Rates & City Safety Scores
Population-adjusted FBI reporting rates; see the city profiles below.
Key facts
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Ohio displays a 26.56-point adjusted-score range in its 2025 source-year cohort: Columbus, Ohio at 35.44 points out of 100 versus Cleveland, Ohio at 8.88.
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Ohio displays 6 jurisdiction profiles from a scoring run containing 550 reportable jurisdictions in its 2025 source-year directory; 6 displayed profiles have scores.
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Ohio has 5 displayed jurisdictions with decreasing reported trajectories versus 0 increasing and 1 stable, comparing weighted 2024 reporting with 2025.
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Columbus, Ohio has a reporting population of 906,480 residents versus 136,741 in Dayton, Ohio, in the 2025 source-year displayed cohort.
Quick answer
In the Safety Atlas 2026 public safety index, the highest-scoring city in Ohio is Columbus with an adjusted safety score of 35.44 out of 100, ranked across 6 tracked jurisdictions using 2025 FBI reporting.
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Ohio city safety rankings
Ranked by adjusted Safety Atlas score. The table lists the 6 most populous jurisdictions in this directory; each rank is calculated within this displayed 6-jurisdiction cohort.
| City / Jurisdiction | Cohort Rank | Population | Safety Score | Overall Trend | Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Columbus | #1 of 6 | 906,480 | 35.44 | → Stable | View Report → |
| Cincinnati | #2 of 6 | 309,595 | 27.94 | ↓ Decreasing | View Report → |
| Toledo | #3 of 6 | 268,461 | 16.41 | ↓ Decreasing | View Report → |
| Dayton | #4 of 6 | 136,741 | 11.49 | ↓ Decreasing | View Report → |
| Akron | #5 of 6 | 189,526 | 11.32 | ↓ Decreasing | View Report → |
| Cleveland | #6 of 6 | 367,523 | 8.88 | ↓ Decreasing | View Report → |
* Trajectory trends compare weighted year-over-year reporting from 2024 to 2025. Scores describe relative reported rates, not personal risk. Cohort rank covers only the 6 jurisdictions listed above.
Ohio in 7 numbers
- Every major offense fell in 2025. Robbery -19% (10,472 to 8,488), motor vehicle theft -18%, burglary -11%, homicide -11%, larceny-theft -11%, aggravated assault -7%.
- Almost half of all reports are property crime. 328,556 of 763,026 reports (43.1%); larceny-theft alone is 201,360 (26.4%).
- Clearances skew toward violent crime. 60% of homicides cleared vs 5% of motor vehicle thefts and 16% of burglaries (2025, reports cleared divided by reports received, reporting agencies only).
- Homicides fell by nearly a fifth. 1,082 reports in 2025 vs 1,217 in 2024 (-11%) across reporting agencies.
- The biggest volume is not violent. Simple assault (126,755) alone outweighs the entire personal-safety total (58,788, 7.7% of reports).
- Watch the monthly shape. Larceny-theft peaked in Jul (18,295) and troughed in Feb (14,722), a 1.2× swing inside a single year.
- These are reporting-agency sums. 332 of 788 agencies reported robbery in December 2025 (vs 348 in January); totals reflect who reported, not a census of crime.
Takeaways are computed from summed FBI CDE reported counts (source year 2025, 788 agencies in file). They describe reported data, not forecasts; check the methodology and coverage notes before reuse.
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Ohio monthly trend: reporting-agency sums through December 2025
Annual totals hide timing. The bars below show 2025 reported counts per month summed across reporting agencies for three indicator offenses. Counts only; there is no honest monthly denominator at this grain, so no rates are shown.
Larceny-theft, month by month
↓ Decreasing, 201360 reports vs 225181 in 2024 (down 11% in reported data).
| Month | Count | Agencies | Coverage |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 2025 | 15,540 | 351 | Full |
| Feb 2025 | 14,722 | 342 | Full |
| Mar 2025 | 16,856 | 355 | Full |
| Apr 2025 | 16,281 | 349 | Full |
| May 2025 | 17,290 | 354 | Full |
| Jun 2025 | 17,665 | 349 | Full |
| Jul 2025 | 18,295 | 351 | Full |
| Aug 2025 | 18,172 | 341 | Full |
| Sep 2025 | 17,725 | 352 | Full |
| Oct 2025 | 17,684 | 351 | Full |
| Nov 2025 | 15,432 | 344 | Full |
| Dec 2025 | 15,698 | 336 | Full |
Simple assault, month by month
↓ Decreasing, 126755 reports vs 145062 in 2024 (down 13% in reported data).
| Month | Count | Agencies | Coverage |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 2025 | 9,454 | 350 | Full |
| Feb 2025 | 8,468 | 342 | Full |
| Mar 2025 | 10,695 | 355 | Full |
| Apr 2025 | 10,937 | 350 | Full |
| May 2025 | 11,611 | 355 | Full |
| Jun 2025 | 11,420 | 351 | Full |
| Jul 2025 | 11,776 | 351 | Full |
| Aug 2025 | 11,799 | 342 | Full |
| Sep 2025 | 11,110 | 354 | Full |
| Oct 2025 | 10,813 | 352 | Full |
| Nov 2025 | 9,655 | 346 | Full |
| Dec 2025 | 9,017 | 336 | Full |
Intimidation, month by month
→ Stable, 94404 reports vs 85964 in 2024 (about level in reported data).
| Month | Count | Agencies | Coverage |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 2025 | 6,846 | 543 | Full |
| Feb 2025 | 6,595 | 535 | Full |
| Mar 2025 | 8,324 | 549 | Full |
| Apr 2025 | 8,160 | 547 | Full |
| May 2025 | 8,919 | 548 | Full |
| Jun 2025 | 8,442 | 550 | Full |
| Jul 2025 | 8,535 | 547 | Full |
| Aug 2025 | 8,638 | 539 | Full |
| Sep 2025 | 8,349 | 542 | Full |
| Oct 2025 | 7,853 | 547 | Full |
| Nov 2025 | 7,302 | 538 | Full |
| Dec 2025 | 6,441 | 534 | Full |
Clearances: what got cleared in 2025
60% of homicides cleared vs 5% of motor vehicle thefts, clearance follows violent crime, not volume.
| Offense | Reported | Cleared | Clearance rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homicide | 1,082 | 652 | 60.3% |
| Aggravated Assault | 37,015 | 15,961 | 43.1% |
| Robbery | 8,488 | 2,259 | 26.6% |
| Burglary | 37,834 | 5,985 | 15.8% |
| Larceny-theft | 201,360 | 33,850 | 16.8% |
| Motor Vehicle Theft | 38,296 | 2,096 | 5.5% |
Clearances ÷ reports received; clearances may concern earlier reports, so this is not a solve rate.
Monthly counts summed over reporting agencies, FBI CDE source year 2025. A hyphen (-) means not reported, not zero. Totals reflect who reported, not a census of crime.
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Ohio city reports
- Columbus safety report: #1 of 6, population 906,480, score 35.44, and the displayed trajectory is → Stable.
- Cincinnati safety report: #2 of 6, population 309,595, score 27.94, and the displayed trajectory is ↓ Decreasing.
- Toledo safety report: #3 of 6, population 268,461, score 16.41, and the displayed trajectory is ↓ Decreasing.
- Dayton safety report: #4 of 6, population 136,741, score 11.49, and the displayed trajectory is ↓ Decreasing.
- Akron safety report: #5 of 6, population 189,526, score 11.32, and the displayed trajectory is ↓ Decreasing.
- Cleveland safety report: #6 of 6, population 367,523, score 8.88, and the displayed trajectory is ↓ Decreasing.
Reading the comparison
Scores compare reported rates; they do not predict personal risk. Methodology · Coverage
Monthly count comparisons
Ohio reporting agencies recorded 18,295 larceny-theft offenses in Jul 2025 versus 14,722 in Feb 2025, a difference of 3,573 reports; 351 agencies reported in the peak-count month compared with 342 in the minimum-count month, within 12 displayed months totaling 201,360 reports (FBI CDE reporting-agency sums, not statewide population rates).
Ohio reporting agencies recorded 11,799 simple assault offenses in Aug 2025 versus 8,468 in Feb 2025, a difference of 3,331 reports; 342 agencies reported in the peak-count month compared with 342 in the minimum-count month, within 12 displayed months totaling 126,755 reports (FBI CDE reporting-agency sums, not statewide population rates).
Ohio reporting agencies recorded 8,919 intimidation offenses in May 2025 versus 6,441 in Dec 2025, a difference of 2,478 reports; 548 agencies reported in the peak-count month compared with 534 in the minimum-count month, within 12 displayed months totaling 94,404 reports (FBI CDE reporting-agency sums, not statewide population rates).
Ohio reporting agencies recorded 652 cleared homicide offenses against 1,082 reports received in 2025 (60.3%), compared with 2,096 cleared motor vehicle theft offenses against 38,296 reports (5.5%), a 54.8-percentage-point difference between the displayed clearance ratios; clearances can concern earlier reports.
Columbus, Ohio records 35.44 adjusted score points out of 100 in the 2025 source-year directory, 16.86 points above the displayed scored-cohort mean of 18.58; its reporting population of 906,480 residents accounts for 41.6% of the 2,178,326 residents summed across the 6 displayed jurisdiction populations.
Cleveland, Ohio records 8.88 adjusted score points out of 100 in the 2025 source-year directory, 9.70 points below the displayed scored-cohort mean of 18.58; its reporting population of 367,523 residents accounts for 16.9% of the 2,178,326 residents summed across the 6 displayed jurisdiction populations.
Cincinnati, Ohio records 27.94 adjusted score points out of 100 in the 2025 source-year directory, 9.36 points above the displayed scored-cohort mean of 18.58; its reporting population of 309,595 residents accounts for 14.2% of the 2,178,326 residents summed across the 6 displayed jurisdiction populations.
Ohio reporting-agency sums contain 201,360 larceny-theft reports in 2025 versus 225,181 in 2024, 23,821 reports (10.6%) fewer across the two complete twelve-month source series; monthly reporting participation ranges from 336 to 355 agencies across those years, so the count change includes differences in participation and is not a population-adjusted rate change.
Ohio reporting-agency sums contain 126,755 simple assault reports in 2025 versus 145,062 in 2024, 18,307 reports (12.6%) fewer across the two complete twelve-month source series; monthly reporting participation ranges from 336 to 358 agencies across those years, so the count change includes differences in participation and is not a population-adjusted rate change.
Ohio reporting-agency sums contain 92,529 vandalism reports in 2025 versus 111,013 in 2024, 18,484 reports (16.7%) fewer across the two complete twelve-month source series; monthly reporting participation ranges from 337 to 357 agencies across those years, so the count change includes differences in participation and is not a population-adjusted rate change.
How to read the Ohio directory
The scoring run contains 550 reportable jurisdictions in Ohio. This public directory displays the 6 most populous jurisdictions in the current scored comparison set, and each displayed city's rank is calculated within this displayed 6-jurisdiction cohort.
Within the displayed cohort, Columbus has the highest adjusted score at 35.44, and Cleveland has the lowest at 8.88. The public-cohort range is 26.56 points; use the offense-rate tables on each city profile to understand that spread.
Current trajectories in the displayed cohort: 5 decreasing, 1 stable, and 0 increasing. Trends compare weighted 2024 and 2025 reporting and do not forecast future incidents.
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