Ohio is home to 11.81 million residents; Columbus is both its capital and its largest city · Updated November 2026
How common is property crime in Ohio?
Ohio ranks 30th safest of the 50 states and Washington, DC for property crime, with a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Theft makes up 54% of it. Burglary, the crime most likely to reach into a home, grades A, and vehicle theft grades A.
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Property crime CrimeGrade™
Safety score 844 of 1,00030th safest of the 50 states and DCi What this means
54% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more property crime than Ohio as a whole, and 46% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a property crime safety score of 823, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Ohio scores 844.
Crime is concentrated in a small share of places, so most neighborhoods score high on the 0 to 1,000 scale. That is why a score in the 800s can still mean more property crime than most US neighborhoods.
How to read the map: each area's color compares its property crime with the homes, parked cars and people there, on one national scale, from green for the least to red for the most. Each area gets its own color, so a busy shopping center can show red while the homes beside it stay green. The interactive maps load faster on a strong connection. Compare high speed internet in Ohio at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Ohio, and anyone thinking about buying or renting a home there.
Business and enterprise customers: this free map shows neighborhood areas. CrimeGrade™ business reports map crime at about 66-meter detail and estimate it for one address and type of business. See business reports
What stands out about property crime in Ohio
Crime per resident runs lower than the grade suggests. Few people come to Ohio to work or shop: it has only 9.6 stores and restaurants for every 1,000 residents, against 10.5 nationally. With few visitors, its crime per resident looks lower than its CrimeGrade™ suggests. The CrimeGrade™ weighs each crime against the people, homes and parked cars actually here.
Where property crime is lowest and highest in Ohio
Most of Ohio grades well for property crime: 85% of residents live in areas graded A or B, and 9% in areas graded D or F. Property crime grades across Ohio run from A+ to F.
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A or B 85%C 6%D or F 9%
Share of residents, by the property crime CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
All 88 counties, ranked by property crime CrimeGrade™; beside each grade is its safety score, from 0 to 1,000 (higher is safer), and the other numbers are residents.
Cities of 10,000 or more residents, ranked by property crime CrimeGrade™; beside each grade is its safety score, from 0 to 1,000 (higher is safer), and the other numbers are residents.
Is property crime going up in Ohio?
Reported property crime in Ohio has fallen 22% since 2019. Burglaries, thefts and vehicle thefts went from about 20 to 16 a year per 1,000 residents (US: 18). In 2024 alone, property crime fell 11%.
Property crime, change since 2019
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Source: crime reports to the FBI from the police departments across Ohio. The charts follow crimes per resident.
Data table
Year
Property, Ohio
Property, US
2016
+26%
+15%
2017
+19%
+12%
2018
+7%
+4%
2019
+0%
+0%
2020
-9%
-8%
2021
-14%
-10%
2022
-10%
-6%
2023
-13%
-7%
2024
-22%
-15%
Property crime rates and types in Ohio
CrimeGrade™ estimates Ohio has about 21 reported property crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 10% less than the US as a whole.
All property crime
Burglary
Vehicle theft
Reported crimes a year, per 1,000 residents. Property crime here includes vandalism, which the FBI's property crime rate leaves out.
Theft is the most common property crime in Ohio, about 54% of the total, followed by vandalism and vehicle theft.
Each CrimeGrade™ here compares a property crime with what it affects: homes for burglary and arson, parked cars for vehicle theft, people and parking for theft, homes and businesses for vandalism. Rates count crimes per 1,000 residents.
Select a crime's name to see its map above. CrimeGrade™ business reports map each crime at about 66-meter detail.
Where and when property crime happens in Ohio
These figures come from the reports of the police departments across Ohio, 2022 to 2024.
In Ohio, 66% of burglaries hit homes, against 57% nationally. Car thefts happen most often at homes: 29% of them, against 33% nationally.
Crime
Most often at
Busiest time
Burglary
Homes (66%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Car theft
Homes (29%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Theft from cars
Parking lots and garages (39%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Vandalism
Homes (39%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Shares of the crimes reported to police, 2022 to 2024. Reports with no time recorded are left out of the times.
Property crime in Ohio and nearby states
Ohio has more property crime than 6 of its 8 nearest states. West Virginia and Kentucky have the least property crime nearby.
Ohio looks like a typical state on the traits that tend to go with property crime.
Transit serviceBuses and trains an hour at the evening rush. Places with busy transit tend to report more theft. BestNeighborhood's Transit Grade for Ohio: D- (9 of 100).2 trips an hourUS: noneLower than for 78% of Americans
Residents in dense blocksBlocks of 10,000 or more people per square mile. Dense neighborhoods tend to report more car theft.11% of residentsUS: 24%Lower than for 70% of Americans
Empty homesSeasonal and vacation homes are left out. Places with many empty homes tend to report more burglary and arson.7.0% of homesUS: 7.1%Higher than for 58% of Americans
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Lit at nightSatellite images show which neighborhoods are lit at night, a sign of busy streets and businesses. Brightly lit places tend to report more theft and vandalism.78% where people liveUS: 78%Lower than for 54% of Americans
BestNeighborhood, a sister site of CrimeGrade™, ranks the neighborhoods of Ohio on shops, parks, home prices, getting around and more. Its Walk Grade for Ohio is D (16 of 100).
These traits tend to go with more or less crime; none of them causes it on its own. Sources: Census job counts and housing figures, OpenStreetMap and Overture business listings, CrimeGrade™ parking estimates, NASA night-light imagery, US Forest Service tree cover, EPA transit data and BestNeighborhood's Walk Grade.
What property crime costs Ohio
Property crime costs Ohio about $1.80 billion a year, or $153 per resident and about $375 per household: the value of what is stolen or damaged, plus the police, courts and prisons that respond.
Cost of property crime per resident, per year
How the cost breaks down
Pain and suffering add little to the cost of property crime, so this is close to its full cost.
Crime
Cost a year
Per resident
Burglary
$225 million
$19
Theft
$696 million
$59
Vehicle theft
$392 million
$33
Arson
$27 million
$2
Vandalism
$461 million
$39
Total
$1.80 billion
$153
How CrimeGrade™ works
The property crime CrimeGrade™ covers burglary, theft, car theft, arson and vandalism, from A+ for the least crime to F for the most, on one scale for the whole country.
It weighs each property crime against what it affects: homes for burglary and arson, parked cars for car theft, and the people and parking around stores for theft.
The rates on this page count crimes for every 1,000 people who live here, the way police departments report them.
Comparisons with US neighborhoods use the Census Bureau's block groups, small areas of about 1,400 residents, and count the people who live in each. The figures count crimes reported to police; many crimes, shoplifting above all, never are. Behind the grades, CrimeGrade™ tested 21,607 factors from 125 data families. For business owners, paid CrimeGrade™ location reports estimate crime at a single address for each type of business.
Where the numbers come from
Crime reports that police departments file with the FBI
State crime records and city crime data, where they are published
Published research on what crime costs victims and communities
These are estimates of reported crime for whole areas, not a record of what happened on any one street. CrimeGrade™ updates them once a year and provides them free and without guarantee. Check local sources before you rely on them for a decision.
