What is the safest city in Ohio?

Based on 2024 FBI data, Bainbridge Township is the safest city in Ohio with a violent crime rate of 0.0 per 100,000 residents.

What is the most dangerous city in Ohio?

Elmwood Place has the highest violent crime rate in Ohio at 1613.7 per 100,000 residents in 2024.

How many cities in Ohio report crime data?

387 cities in Ohio reported crime data to the FBI in 2024.

Safest Cities in Ohio (2024)

Ranked by violent crime rate per 100,000 residents from 2024 FBI data. Ohio has 387 cities reporting crime data, with a statewide violent crime rate of 293.7 per 100K.

387

Cities Tracked

0.0

Safest City Rate

109.4

Median City Rate

1613.7

Highest Rate

Top 25 Safest Cities in Ohio

#	City	Population	Property Rate	Grade
1	Bainbridge Township	12,921	1006.1	A+
2	Madeira	9,400	372.3	A+
3	Olmsted Falls	8,638	312.6	A+
4	Highland Heights	8,554	444.2	A+
5	Pepper Pike	6,883	537.6	A+
6	Indian Hill	5,982	769.0	A+
7	Chardon	5,238	458.2	A+
8	Munroe Falls	4,941	81.0	A+
9	St. Clairsville	4,938	141.8	A+
10	Coldwater	4,693	255.7	A+
11	Mogadore	3,796	1132.8	A+
12	South Point	3,674	190.5	A+
13	Mariemont	3,418	204.8	A+
14	Mayfield Village	3,311	664.5	A+
15	Fredericktown	2,609	421.6	A+
16	Poland Village	2,413	0.0	A+
17	Sharon Township	2,292	305.4	A+
18	Spencerville	2,153	510.9	A+
19	Brewster	2,101	523.6	A+
20	Bellville	1,993	602.1	A+
21	South Zanesville	1,904	997.9	A+
22	McArthur	1,729	1735.1	A+
23	Mechanicsburg	1,681	356.9	A+
24	Bridgeport	1,522	0.0	A+
25	East Canton	1,506	1195.2	A+

Most Dangerous Cities in Ohio

#	City	Population	Violent Rate	Murder Rate	Grade
1	Elmwood Place	2,045	1613.7	0.0	F
2	Cleveland	362,762	1561.1	30.1	F
3	East Cleveland	13,336	1409.7	37.5	F
4	Springfield	57,911	1371.1	6.9	F
5	Dayton	134,857	1339.2	29.7	F
6	Lockland	3,448	1131.1	0.0	F
7	Canton	68,725	1121.9	2.9	F
8	Whitehall	19,603	1050.9	5.1	F
9	Toledo	263,668	1041.1	12.1	F
10	North College Hill	9,401	914.8	10.6	F
11	Cincinnati	311,599	845.6	21.8	F
12	Akron	188,223	820.3	12.8	F
13	Lima	34,552	758.3	17.4	F
14	Portsmouth	17,343	715.0	17.3	F
15	Woodlawn	3,853	700.8	0.0	F

All 387 Cities in Ohio

Complete list ranked from safest to most dangerous.

Show all 387 cities

#	City	Pop.	Violent Rate	Grade
1	Bainbridge Township	12,921	0.0	A+
2	Madeira	9,400	0.0	A+
3	Olmsted Falls	8,638	0.0	A+
4	Highland Heights	8,554	0.0	A+
5	Pepper Pike	6,883	0.0	A+
6	Indian Hill	5,982	0.0	A+
7	Chardon	5,238	0.0	A+
8	Munroe Falls	4,941	0.0	A+
9	St. Clairsville	4,938	0.0	A+
10	Coldwater	4,693	0.0	A+
11	Mogadore	3,796	0.0	A+
12	South Point	3,674	0.0	A+
13	Mariemont	3,418	0.0	A+
14	Mayfield Village	3,311	0.0	A+
15	Fredericktown	2,609	0.0	A+
16	Poland Village	2,413	0.0	A+
17	Sharon Township	2,292	0.0	A+
18	Spencerville	2,153	0.0	A+
19	Brewster	2,101	0.0	A+
20	Bellville	1,993	0.0	A+
21	South Zanesville	1,904	0.0	A+
22	McArthur	1,729	0.0	A+
23	Mechanicsburg	1,681	0.0	A+
24	Bridgeport	1,522	0.0	A+
25	East Canton	1,506	0.0	A+
26	Brooklyn Heights	1,475	0.0	A+
27	Fayette	1,283	0.0	A+
28	Broadview Heights	19,709	5.1	A
29	Brecksville	14,045	7.1	A
30	Sagamore Hills	10,719	9.3	A
31	Grandview Heights	9,050	11.0	A
32	Genoa Township	28,085	14.2	A
33	Aurora	17,869	16.8	A
34	Grafton	5,754	17.4	A
35	Avon Lake	26,167	19.1	A
36	Tipp City	10,488	19.1	A
37	Whitehouse	5,082	19.7	A
38	Mayfield Heights	19,792	20.2	A
39	Powell	14,572	20.6	A
40	Ottawa Hills	4,781	20.9	A
41	Berea	17,886	22.4	A
42	Plain City	4,406	22.7	A
43	Rocky River	21,256	23.5	A
44	American Township	12,432	24.1	A
45	Perry Township, Franklin County	3,743	26.7	A
46	Perrysburg	25,302	27.7	A
47	Upper Arlington	35,410	28.2	A
48	Paulding	3,523	28.4	A
49	Kirtland	6,882	29.1	A
50	Westlake	34,189	29.2	A
51	North Royalton	30,683	29.3	A
52	Parma Heights	20,484	29.3	A
53	Hartville	3,402	29.4	A
54	Hamilton Township, Warren County	28,313	31.8	A
55	Macedonia	12,136	33.0	A
56	Olmsted Township	14,535	34.4	A
57	Hudson	22,932	34.9	A
58	South Bloomfield	2,859	35.0	A
59	Clearcreek Township	19,749	35.4	A
60	Waynesville	2,823	35.4	A
61	Oak Harbor	2,792	35.8	A
62	Mason	35,923	36.2	A
63	Strasburg	2,760	36.2	A
64	Perrysburg Township	13,762	36.3	A
65	Montgomery	10,784	37.1	A
66	Bethel	2,671	37.4	A
67	Centerville	26,281	38.1	A
68	Fairlawn	7,640	39.3	B+
69	Lisbon	2,516	39.7	B+
70	Mifflin Township	2,505	39.9	B+
71	Bellbrook	7,439	40.3	B+
72	Sabina	2,470	40.5	B+
73	Garrettsville	2,462	40.6	B+
74	Norwalk	17,164	40.8	B+
75	Mount Vernon	16,551	42.3	B+
76	Kettering	56,562	42.4	B+
77	Mentor-on-the-Lake	7,070	42.4	B+
78	West Jefferson	4,607	43.4	B+
79	Beachwood	13,758	43.6	B+
80	Sheffield Village	4,421	45.2	B+
81	Springboro	19,591	45.9	B+
82	Celina	10,870	46.0	B+
83	Vermilion	10,722	46.6	B+
84	Milford	6,404	46.8	B+
85	Madison Township, Franklin County	19,179	46.9	B+
86	Lawrence Township	8,193	48.8	B+
87	Hinckley Township	8,176	48.9	B+
88	Vienna Township	4,046	49.4	B+
89	Batavia	2,011	49.7	B+
90	Poland Township	12,019	49.9	B+
91	Walton Hills	1,991	50.2	B+
92	Bay Village	15,838	50.5	B+
93	St. Clair Township	7,592	52.7	B+
94	Canfield	7,588	52.7	B+
95	Amberley Village	3,790	52.8	B+
96	Solon	23,736	54.8	B+
97	Brook Park	18,054	55.4	B+
98	Granville	5,379	55.8	B+
99	North Ridgeville	37,534	55.9	B+
100	Holland	1,785	56.0	B+
101	Twinsburg	19,500	56.4	B+
102	Mount Gilead	3,543	56.4	B+
103	Northfield	3,537	56.5	B+
104	Cortland	7,051	56.7	B+
105	North Canton	17,577	56.9	B+
106	Oakwood Village	3,480	57.5	B+
107	Fairfax	1,735	57.6	B+
108	Bryan	8,571	58.3	B+
109	Madison	3,409	58.7	B+
110	Montville Township	13,415	59.6	B+
111	Brimfield Township	11,438	61.2	B+
112	Ashville	4,831	62.1	B+
113	Bedford	12,761	62.7	B+
114	Sylvania	19,034	63.0	B+
115	North Olmsted	31,532	63.4	B+
116	Willowick	14,089	63.9	B+
117	Carrollton	3,098	64.6	B+
118	Brunswick	34,952	65.8	B+
119	Pomeroy	1,513	66.1	B+
120	Brookville	5,894	67.9	B+
121	Ottawa	4,415	68.0	B+
122	Bowling Green	30,287	69.3	B+
123	Bath Township, Summit County	9,940	70.4	B+
124	Blanchester	4,219	71.1	B
125	Pioneer	1,404	71.2	B
126	Lodi	2,789	71.7	B
127	New Richmond	2,783	71.9	B
128	Strongsville	45,600	72.4	B
129	Sylvania Township	31,726	72.5	B
130	Goshen Township, Clermont County	16,502	72.7	B
131	Waverly	4,100	73.2	B
132	Columbiana	6,819	73.3	B
133	Chagrin Falls	4,092	73.3	B
134	Beavercreek	47,389	73.9	B
135	Avon	25,562	74.3	B
136	Springfield Township, Mahoning County	6,704	74.6	B
137	Hillsboro	6,660	75.1	B
138	Beaver Township	6,659	75.1	B
139	Champion Township	9,303	75.2	B
140	Newtown	2,640	75.8	B
141	Richmond Heights	10,509	76.1	B
142	Marietta	13,091	76.4	B
143	Blendon Township	7,802	76.9	B
144	Union Township, Clermont County	50,463	77.3	B
145	Barnesville	3,878	77.4	B
146	Perry Township, Stark County	28,114	81.8	B
147	Sugarcreek Township	9,729	82.2	B
148	Lexington	4,851	82.5	B
149	Loveland	13,108	83.9	B
150	Miami Township, Clermont County	44,929	84.6	B
151	Orange Village	3,548	84.6	B
152	Delphos	7,045	85.2	B
153	Trenton	13,995	85.7	B
154	Byesville	2,329	85.9	B
155	Union	6,977	86.0	B
156	East Palestine	4,630	86.4	B
157	Seven Hills	11,526	86.8	B
158	New Franklin	13,763	87.2	B
159	Howland Township	17,051	88.0	B
160	Cambridge	9,932	90.6	B
161	Huron	6,613	90.7	B
162	Clayton	13,195	90.9	B
163	Delta	3,298	91.0	B
164	Louisville	9,761	92.2	B
165	Greenfield	4,334	92.3	B
166	Wapakoneta	9,731	92.5	B
167	Wyoming	8,643	92.6	B
168	Copley Township	18,209	93.4	B
169	Athens	25,104	95.6	B
170	West Chester Township	63,335	96.3	B
171	New Albany	11,423	96.3	B
172	Shawnee Township	12,438	96.5	B
173	Uniontown	7,213	97.0	B
174	Sebring	4,121	97.1	B
175	Marysville	29,393	98.7	B
176	Streetsboro	17,957	100.2	B
177	Medina	25,827	100.7	B
178	Austintown	35,491	101.4	B
179	Bazetta Township	5,871	102.2	B
180	Bedford Heights	10,723	102.6	B
181	Perkins Township	12,607	103.1	B
182	Germantown	5,810	103.3	B
183	Pierce Township	15,431	103.7	B
184	Conneaut	12,445	104.5	B
185	Liverpool Township	3,778	105.9	B
186	Obetz	7,542	106.1	B
187	Belpre	6,580	106.4	C+
188	Bellefontaine	14,061	106.7	C+
189	Franklin Township	10,301	106.8	C+
190	Orrville	8,409	107.0	C+
191	Willoughby	24,261	107.2	C+
192	Loudonville	2,772	108.2	C+
193	Dublin	48,784	108.6	C+
194	Tallmadge	18,287	109.4	C+
195	Wintersville	3,646	109.7	C+
196	Harrison	13,559	110.6	C+
197	Monroe	18,069	110.7	C+
198	Willoughby Hills	9,934	110.7	C+
199	Navarre	1,795	111.4	C+
200	Green Township	59,412	112.8	C+
201	Deer Park	5,309	113.0	C+
202	Bucyrus	11,495	113.1	C+
203	Williamsburg	2,625	114.3	C+
204	New Philadelphia	17,362	115.2	C+
205	Stow	33,791	115.4	C+
206	Mentor	46,765	115.5	C+
207	Lebanon	21,985	118.3	C+
208	Parma	78,967	119.0	C+
209	Hilliard	37,305	120.6	C+
210	Bexley	12,436	120.6	C+
211	Eaton	8,271	120.9	C+
212	Steubenville	18,037	122.0	C+
213	London	10,623	122.4	C+
214	Lyndhurst	13,634	124.7	C+
215	Urbana	11,166	125.4	C+
216	Wickliffe	12,600	127.0	C+
217	Kent	27,524	127.2	C+
218	Englewood	13,175	129.0	C+
219	Grove City	43,284	129.4	C+
220	University Heights	13,098	129.8	C+
221	Heath	10,781	129.9	C+
222	Goshen Township, Mahoning County	3,072	130.2	C+
223	Canal Fulton	5,339	131.1	C+
224	Norton	11,314	132.6	C+
225	Hubbard Township	5,280	132.6	C+
226	Waterville	5,998	133.4	C+
227	Boardman	39,587	133.9	C+
228	Delhi Township	28,332	134.1	C+
229	Ravenna	11,182	134.1	C+
230	Georgetown	4,458	134.6	C+
231	Pickerington	25,959	134.8	C+
232	Crestline	4,439	135.2	C+
233	Archbold	4,426	135.6	C+
234	Cadiz	2,950	135.6	C+
235	Wadsworth	24,925	136.4	C+
236	Woodsfield	2,182	137.5	C+
237	Piketon	2,173	138.1	C+
238	Groveport	5,742	139.3	C+
239	Troy	27,008	140.7	C+
240	Utica	2,120	141.5	C+
241	Lakewood	49,272	142.1	C+
242	Clinton Township	4,205	142.7	C+
243	Jackson Township, Mahoning County	2,093	143.3	C+
244	Hicksville	3,420	146.2	C+
245	Delaware	46,369	146.6	C+
246	Miamisburg	19,781	146.6	C+
247	Fairfield Township	22,989	147.9	C
248	Ontario	6,650	150.4	C
249	Upper Sandusky	6,632	150.8	C
250	Washington Court House	14,403	152.7	C
251	Reading	11,118	152.9	C
252	Dover	12,917	154.8	C
253	Nelsonville	4,492	155.8	C
254	Monroeville	1,275	156.9	C
255	Ross Township	8,897	157.4	C
256	New Lebanon	3,778	158.8	C
257	Independence	7,510	159.8	C
258	Oberlin	7,438	161.3	C
259	Maumee	13,558	162.3	C
260	Springfield Township, Hamilton County	35,232	164.6	C
261	Wilmington	12,653	166.0	C
262	Worthington	14,402	166.6	C
263	Fairfield	44,296	167.1	C
264	Johnstown	5,351	168.2	C
265	Vandalia	14,854	168.3	C
266	Fostoria	13,038	168.7	C
267	Botkins	1,182	169.2	C
268	Northwood	5,226	172.2	C
269	Ashland	18,552	172.5	C
270	Cuyahoga Falls	50,639	173.8	C
271	Blue Ash	13,410	179.0	C
272	Lordstown	3,320	180.7	C
273	Montpelier	3,869	180.9	C
274	Miami Township, Montgomery County	30,666	182.6	C
275	Painesville	20,713	183.5	C
276	Liberty Township	11,877	185.2	C
277	Hubbard	7,551	185.4	C
278	Ashtabula	17,723	186.2	C
279	Middleport	2,140	186.9	C
280	Ada	5,293	188.9	C
281	Franklin	11,642	189.0	C
282	Jefferson	3,173	189.1	C
283	Huber Heights	43,269	189.5	C
284	Middletown	51,328	192.9	C
285	Oregon	19,639	193.5	C
286	St. Bernard	3,909	204.7	D+
287	Chillicothe	21,848	206.0	D+
288	South Euclid	21,255	207.0	D+
289	Hebron	2,403	208.1	D+
290	Sheffield Lake	8,969	211.8	D+
291	Jackson Township, Stark County	42,924	212.0	D+
292	Yellow Springs	3,723	214.9	D+
293	Defiance	17,042	217.1	D+
294	Euclid	48,176	218.0	D+
295	Napoleon	8,714	218.0	D+
296	Newcomerstown	3,626	220.6	D+
297	Westerville	37,540	221.1	D+
298	New Boston	2,221	225.1	D+
299	Evendale	2,617	229.3	D+
300	Mount Orab	4,348	230.0	D+
301	Kenton	7,802	230.7	D+
302	Salem	11,661	231.5	D+
303	Gahanna	34,979	231.6	D+
304	Swanton	3,848	233.9	D+
305	Van Wert	11,018	236.0	D+
306	Amherst	12,996	238.5	D+
307	Springfield Township, Summit County	14,090	241.3	D+
308	Norwood	19,057	241.4	D+
309	Riverside	24,296	242.8	D+
310	Girard	9,434	243.8	D+
311	Galion	10,243	244.1	D+
312	East Liverpool	9,631	249.2	D+
313	Cleveland Heights	43,853	250.8	D+
314	Colerain Township	58,402	251.7	D+
315	Eastlake	17,269	254.8	D+
316	Wellston	5,470	255.9	D+
317	Ironton	10,068	268.2	D
318	Shelby	9,255	270.1	D
319	Fremont	15,782	272.5	D
320	Fairborn	34,779	273.2	D
321	Brookfield Township	8,383	274.4	D
322	Alliance	21,490	274.5	D
323	Xenia	25,820	278.9	D
324	Circleville	14,623	280.4	D
325	Newark	51,394	282.1	D
326	Struthers	9,877	283.5	D
327	Forest Park	19,730	283.8	D
328	Wooster	26,966	285.5	D
329	Bratenahl	1,396	286.5	D
330	Jackson	6,190	290.8	D
331	Elyria	53,263	291.0	D
332	Toronto	5,155	291.0	D
333	Niles	18,202	291.2	D
334	Danville	997	300.9	D
335	Barberton	24,375	303.6	D
336	McConnelsville	1,633	306.2	D
337	Sidney	20,230	311.4	D
338	Village of Leesburg	1,284	311.5	D
339	Hamilton	62,860	313.4	D
340	Findlay	40,089	314.3	D
341	Massillon	32,569	316.3	D
342	Cheviot	8,504	317.5	D
343	Sharonville	13,811	318.6	D
344	Coitsville Township	1,242	322.1	D
345	Weathersfield	8,005	324.8	D
346	Zanesville	24,610	333.2	D
347	Port Clinton	5,905	338.7	D
348	Martins Ferry	6,024	348.6	D
349	West Carrollton	12,798	351.6	D
350	Mansfield	48,034	366.4	D
351	Greenhills	3,630	385.7	F
352	Sandusky	23,981	387.8	F
353	Newburgh Heights	1,804	388.0	F
354	Lancaster	41,687	405.4	F
355	Gallipolis	3,274	427.6	F
356	Columbus	915,447	434.9	F
357	Butler Township	8,195	439.3	F
358	Marion	35,373	446.7	F
359	Garfield Heights	28,876	464.1	F
360	Mount Healthy	6,809	470.0	F
361	Springdale	11,096	477.6	F
362	Reynoldsburg	41,277	479.7	F
363	Maple Heights	22,987	504.6	F
364	Bellaire	3,731	509.2	F
365	Piqua	20,861	522.5	F
366	Lorain	65,374	581.3	F
367	Peninsula	515	582.5	F
368	Lakemore	2,899	586.4	F
369	Moraine	6,636	587.7	F
370	Uhrichsville	5,122	624.8	F
371	Youngstown	58,850	688.2	F
372	Trotwood	22,895	698.8	F
373	Woodlawn	3,853	700.8	F
374	Portsmouth	17,343	715.0	F
375	Lima	34,552	758.3	F
376	Akron	188,223	820.3	F
377	Cincinnati	311,599	845.6	F
378	North College Hill	9,401	914.8	F
379	Toledo	263,668	1041.1	F
380	Whitehall	19,603	1050.9	F
381	Canton	68,725	1121.9	F
382	Lockland	3,448	1131.1	F
383	Dayton	134,857	1339.2	F
384	Springfield	57,911	1371.1	F
385	East Cleveland	13,336	1409.7	F
386	Cleveland	362,762	1561.1	F
387	Elmwood Place	2,045	1613.7	F

About This Data

Crime rates are from the FBI's 2024 Uniform Crime Report, the most recent data available. Rates are per 100,000 residents. Safety grades are based on national percentile ranking — an "A" means the city is safer than 80%+ of all US cities in our database.

Not all cities report to the FBI. Small agencies may have incomplete data. Always consider multiple years of data before drawing conclusions about a city's safety.

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National demographic context: Crime and safety vary across racial and ethnic groups. Per-city demographic data is not published by the FBI, but national patterns show significant disparities. Full demographics | Racial disparities

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