Crime Grade · Ohio

Most Dangerous Cities in Ohio

213 reporting Ohio cities ranked from highest violent crime rate down, by FBI violent crime rate per 100,000 residents. Data from the FBI Crime Data Explorer.

State median violent crime rate: 119.7 per 100,000. Cities with population ≥ 10,000. Letter grade is the national decile against all FBI-reporting U.S. cities — same grade everywhere on this site.

Rank	City	Population	Violent / 100k	Grade
1	East Cleveland	13,311	1712.9	F10/10
2	Cleveland	363,659	1357.9	F9/10
3	Springfield	58,026	1232.2	F9/10
4	Dayton	136,047	1217.2	F9/10
5	Canton	68,866	1090.5	F9/10
6	Akron	189,545	865.2	D8/10
7	Lima	34,495	852.3	D8/10
8	Whitehall	19,900	824.1	D8/10
9	Cincinnati	316,260	774.7	C7/10
10	Toledo	264,490	711.9	C7/10
11	Youngstown	58,850	688.2	C7/10
12	Trotwood	23,072	667.5	C7/10
13	Portsmouth	17,315	646.8	C7/10
14	Lorain	65,882	564.6	C6/10
15	Mansfield	47,610	552.4	C6/10
16	Maple Heights	22,987	539.4	C6/10
17	Warren	38,943	441.7	B5/10
18	Reynoldsburg	43,371	417.3	B5/10
19	West Carrollton	12,864	412.0	B5/10
20	Garfield Heights	28,828	409.3	B5/10
21	Lancaster	41,935	383.9	B5/10
22	Columbus	940,106	374.1	B5/10
23	Piqua	21,075	365.4	B5/10
24	Zanesville	24,610	361.6	B5/10
25	Springdale	11,228	356.3	B4/10
26	Marion	35,459	349.7	B4/10
27	Alliance	21,496	334.9	B4/10
28	Ironton	10,048	318.5	B4/10
29	Sidney	20,353	314.4	B4/10
30	Massillon	32,928	309.8	B4/10
31	Fairborn	35,239	303.6	B4/10
32	Newark	51,776	295.5	B4/10
33	Hamilton	64,088	287.1	B4/10
34	Norwood	19,567	286.2	B4/10
35	Reading	11,276	283.8	B4/10
36	Forest Park	20,000	260.0	A3/10
37	Barberton	24,497	253.1	A3/10
38	Cleveland Heights	43,764	242.2	A3/10
39	Van Wert	11,018	236.0	A3/10
40	Jackson Township, Stark County	43,144	229.5	A3/10
41	Oregon	19,676	228.7	A3/10
42	Fremont	15,794	227.9	A3/10
43	Wooster	26,922	226.6	A3/10
44	Westerville	37,540	223.8	A3/10
45	Cuyahoga Falls	50,961	223.7	A3/10
46	Findlay	40,360	223.0	A3/10
47	Painesville	20,754	221.6	A3/10
48	Chillicothe	21,702	221.2	A3/10
49	Circleville	14,556	219.8	A3/10
50	Defiance	17,213	215.0	A3/10
51	Sharonville	14,024	213.9	A3/10
52	Riverside	24,472	212.5	A3/10
53	Springfield Township, Hamilton County	35,794	212.3	A3/10
54	Grove City	44,723	207.9	A3/10
55	Sandusky	23,951	204.6	A3/10
56	Galion	10,270	204.5	A3/10
57	Dover	12,886	201.8	A3/10
58	Miami Township, Montgomery County	30,895	200.7	A3/10
59	Liberty Township	11,870	193.8	A3/10
60	Ashland	18,658	192.9	A3/10
61	Delaware	47,808	192.4	A3/10
62	Maumee	13,566	191.7	A3/10
63	Springfield Township, Summit County	14,171	190.5	A3/10
64	Mount Vernon	17,398	189.7	A3/10
65	Franklin	11,642	189.0	A3/10
66	Kent	27,693	184.2	A3/10
67	Elyria	53,836	183.9	A3/10
68	Bexley	12,533	183.5	A3/10
69	Loveland	13,270	180.9	A3/10
70	Ashtabula	17,725	180.5	A3/10
71	Colerain Township	59,366	180.2	A3/10
72	Cambridge	10,017	179.7	A2/10
73	Fairfield	45,140	179.4	A2/10
74	Bellefontaine	14,097	177.3	A2/10
75	Vandalia	14,968	173.7	A2/10
76	Gahanna	35,504	169.0	A2/10
77	Xenia	26,222	167.8	A2/10
78	New Philadelphia	17,306	167.6	A2/10
79	Englewood	13,235	166.2	A2/10
80	Wilmington	12,653	166.0	A2/10
81	Niles	18,193	164.9	A2/10
82	South Euclid	21,236	164.8	A2/10
83	Middletown	51,630	164.6	A2/10
84	Miamisburg	20,340	162.2	A2/10
85	New Albany	11,741	161.8	A2/10
86	Harrison	13,762	159.9	A2/10
87	Bedford Heights	10,735	158.4	A2/10
88	Medina	25,679	151.9	A2/10
89	Boardman	39,658	151.3	A2/10
90	Clayton	13,294	150.4	A2/10
91	Parma	78,925	149.5	A2/10
92	Heath	10,913	146.6	A2/10
93	Blue Ash	13,669	146.3	A2/10
94	Washington Court House	14,447	145.4	A2/10
95	Huber Heights	43,627	139.8	A2/10
96	Austintown	35,563	135.0	A2/10
97	Pickerington	25,959	134.8	A2/10
98	Ravenna	11,216	133.7	A2/10
99	Delhi Township	28,885	131.6	A2/10
100	Green Township	60,370	130.9	A2/10
101	Worthington	14,616	130.0	A2/10
102	Conneaut	12,379	129.3	A2/10
103	Troy	27,309	124.5	A2/10
104	Hilliard	37,305	123.3	A2/10
105	Eastlake	17,366	120.9	A2/10
106	Stow	34,012	120.5	A2/10
107	Warrensville Heights	13,372	119.7	A1/10
108	Greenville	12,679	118.3	A1/10
109	Bedford	12,757	117.6	A1/10
110	Mentor	47,035	116.9	A1/10
111	Marietta	12,960	115.7	A1/10
112	Fostoria	13,067	114.8	A1/10
113	Norton	11,367	114.4	A1/10
114	Streetsboro	18,019	111.0	A1/10
115	Lyndhurst	13,617	110.2	A1/10
116	Tallmadge	18,412	108.6	A1/10
117	West Chester Township	64,911	107.8	A1/10
118	Fairfield Township	23,545	106.2	A1/10
119	Euclid	48,117	106.0	A1/10
120	Bucyrus	11,538	104.0	A1/10
121	Salem	11,637	103.1	A1/10
122	Lebanon	22,283	98.7	A1/10
123	Urbana	11,218	98.1	A1/10
124	Shawnee Township	12,438	96.5	A1/10
125	Willoughby	24,294	94.7	A1/10
126	Copley Township	18,209	93.4	A1/10
127	Wadsworth	24,927	92.3	A1/10
128	Twinsburg	19,565	92.0	A1/10
129	Monroe	18,578	91.5	A1/10
130	Dublin	49,484	90.9	A1/10
131	Howland Township	17,051	88.0	A1/10
132	New Franklin	13,763	87.2	A1/10
133	Wickliffe	12,655	86.9	A1/10
134	Trenton	13,995	85.7	A1/10
135	Sunbury	10,643	84.6	A1/10
136	Oxford	22,563	84.2	A1/10
137	Steubenville	18,000	83.3	A1/10
138	Poland Township	12,073	82.8	A1/10
139	Brooklyn	11,003	81.8	A1/10
140	Lakewood	49,178	81.3	A1/10
141	Pataskala	18,283	76.6	A1/10
142	Athens	25,190	75.4	A1/10
143	Powell	14,705	74.8	A1/10
144	Sylvania	19,118	73.2	A1/10
145	Kettering	56,832	72.1	A1/10
146	Goshen Township, Clermont County	16,689	71.9	A1/10
147	Norwalk	17,206	69.7	A1/10
148	Marysville	30,246	69.4	A1/10
149	Bowling Green	30,287	69.3	A1/10
150	Union Township, Clermont County	51,327	68.2	A1/10
151	Franklin Township	10,463	66.9	A1/10
152	Madison Township, Lake County	14,979	66.8	A1/10
153	Richmond Heights	10,492	66.7	A1/10
154	Madison Township , Franklin County	19,633	66.2	A1/10
155	Miami Township, Clermont County	45,451	66.0	A1/10
156	Fairview Park	16,752	65.7	A1/10
157	Montgomery	10,978	63.8	A1/10
158	Perkins Township	12,577	63.6	A1/10
159	Sylvania Township	31,858	62.8	A1/10
160	Amherst	13,129	60.9	A1/10
161	Seven Hills	11,517	60.8	A1/10
162	Brimfield Township	11,533	60.7	A1/10
163	Mason	36,342	60.5	A1/10
164	Solon	23,780	58.9	A1/10
165	Perry Township, Stark County	28,221	56.7	A1/10
166	North Royalton	30,786	55.2	A1/10
167	University Heights	13,111	53.4	A1/10
168	Pierce Township	15,632	51.2	A1/10
169	North Canton	17,641	51.0	A1/10
170	Beachwood	13,766	50.8	A1/10
171	Berea	17,869	50.4	A1/10
172	Aurora	18,170	49.5	A1/10
173	Hudson	23,075	47.7	A1/10
174	North Ridgeville	38,035	47.3	A1/10
175	Strongsville	45,589	46.1	A1/10
176	Avon Lake	26,615	45.1	A1/10
177	Avon	25,735	42.7	A1/10
178	Hamilton Township, Warren County	28,840	41.6	A1/10
179	Beavercreek	48,369	41.3	A1/10
180	Bath Township, Summit County	10,012	40.0	A1/10
181	Clearcreek Township	20,122	39.8	A1/10
182	Tiffin	17,654	39.7	A1/10
183	Brook Park	18,033	38.8	A1/10
184	Brunswick	35,100	37.0	A1/10
185	London	10,865	36.8	A1/10
186	Perrysburg Township	13,820	36.2	A1/10
187	Brecksville	14,038	35.6	A1/10
188	Willowick	14,143	35.4	A1/10
189	Centerville	26,872	33.5	A1/10
190	Macedonia	12,136	33.0	A1/10
191	Rocky River	21,397	32.7	A1/10
192	North Olmsted	31,509	31.7	A1/10
193	Mayfield Heights	19,774	30.3	A1/10
194	Parma Heights	20,484	29.3	A1/10
195	Westlake	34,189	29.2	A1/10
196	Celina	10,949	27.4	A1/10
197	Middleburg Heights	15,381	26.0	A1/10
198	American Township	12,517	24.0	A1/10
199	Perrysburg	25,382	19.7	A1/10
200	Upper Arlington	35,987	19.5	A1/10
201	Tipp City	10,671	18.7	A1/10
202	Springboro	19,775	15.2	A1/10
203	Shaker Heights	28,509	14.0	A1/10
204	Bay Village	15,839	12.6	A1/10
205	Vermilion	10,752	9.3	A1/10
206	Sagamore Hills	10,837	9.2	A1/10
207	Montville Township	13,509	7.4	A1/10
208	Olmsted Township	14,567	6.9	A1/10
209	Genoa Township	28,755	3.5	A1/10
210	Bainbridge Township	12,921	0.0	A1/10
211	Broadview Heights	19,753	0.0	A1/10
212	Brunswick Hills Township	10,621	0.0	A1/10
213	Chester Township	10,322	0.0	A1/10

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Cities are ranked by the FBI's reported violent crime rate per 100,000 residents for the most recent fully-reported year (see individual city pages for the year shown). The list is restricted to cities with population ≥ 10,000 that report to the FBI's National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS). Source: FBI Crime Data Explorer. Refreshed every six months.