The Toledo metro area, the 96th-largest in the US, is home to 602,300 residents; Toledo itself is the fourth-largest city in Ohio · Updated November 2026
How common is property crime in the Toledo area?
Property crime in the Toledo area sits near the national middle: an A-, safer than the neighborhoods where 53% of Americans live. Theft makes up 61% of it. Burglary, the crime most likely to reach into a home, grades A-, and vehicle theft grades A. The city of Toledo itself grades B+ for property crime.
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Property crime CrimeGrade™
Safety score 838 of 1,000About as much property crime as the typical US neighborhoodi What this means
53% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more property crime than the Toledo area as a whole, and 47% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a property crime safety score of 823, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. The Toledo area scores 838.
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 Toledo, OH at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in the Toledo area, 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 the Toledo area
One part of Toledo stands out for vehicle theft. Car thefts in Ottawa, Old West End & Roosevelt-Toledo, in central Toledo, run at about double the rate in the rest of the city.
Burglaries happen at homes more often than nationally. In the Toledo area, 74% of reported burglaries happen at homes, against 57% nationally.
Where property crime is lowest and highest in the Toledo area
Low property crime is the norm across the Toledo area: 85% of residents live in areas graded A or B, and 4% in areas graded D or F. Property crime grades across the Toledo area run from A+ to F.
85%11%
A or B 85%C 11%D or F 4%
Share of residents, by the property crime CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
Neighborhoods of Toledo
1Franklin Park, northwestBurglaries run at less than half the rate in the rest of Toledo.A-836
2West Gate, westBurglaries run at less than half the rate in the rest of Toledo.A-821
9East Toledo, southeastBurglaries run at about double the rate in the rest of Toledo.C+516
Neighborhood areas of the city of Toledo, ranked by property crime CrimeGrade™; beside each grade is its safety score, from 0 to 1,000 (higher is safer). Each one combines several of the smaller areas on the map.
Cities and towns in the Toledo metro area with at least 1,000 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 the Toledo area?
Reported property crime in the Toledo area has fallen 24% since 2019. Burglaries, thefts and vehicle thefts went from about 25 to 19 a year per 1,000 residents (US: 18). In 2024 alone, property crime fell 11%.
Property crime, change since 2019
Toledo areaUnited States
Source: crime reports to the FBI from the police departments across the Toledo area. The charts follow crimes per resident.
Data table
Year
Property, Toledo area
Property, US
2016
+14%
+15%
2017
+14%
+12%
2018
+7%
+4%
2019
+0%
+0%
2020
-15%
-8%
2021
-16%
-10%
2022
-10%
-6%
2023
-14%
-7%
2024
-24%
-15%
Property crime rates and types in the Toledo area
CrimeGrade™ estimates the Toledo area has about 23 reported property crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, about the same as the US as a whole and close to Ohio.
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 the Toledo area, about 61% of the total, followed by vandalism and burglary.
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 the Toledo area
These figures come from the reports of the police departments across the Toledo area, 2022 to 2024.
Car thefts happen most often in parking lots and garages: 25% of them, against 23% nationally.
Crime
Most often at
Busiest time
Burglary
Homes (74%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Car theft
Parking lots and garages (25%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Theft from cars
Homes (36%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Vandalism
Homes (55%)
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 the Toledo area and nearby metro areas
The Toledo area has less property crime than 8 of its 10 nearest metro areas; only the Pittsburgh area and the Grand Rapids area have less.
Nearest first, with each place's distance from the Toledo area. Beside each property crime CrimeGrade™ is its safety score, from 0 to 1,000 (higher is safer).
Compared with metro areas of similar size and density, the Toledo area is safer than 73% of them.
Empty homes, density and night lighting in the Toledo area
Among the traits that tend to go with property crime, one sets the Toledo area apart: it has 12% of its residents in dense blocks, against 24% nationally. Places like that tend to report less car theft; here car theft sits near the national middle.
Empty homesSeasonal and vacation homes are left out. Places with many empty homes tend to report more burglary.7.5% of homesUS: 7.1%Higher than for 77% of Americans in metro areas
Residents in dense blocksBlocks of 10,000 or more people per square mile. Dense neighborhoods tend to report more car theft.12% of residentsUS: 24%Lower than for 71% of Americans in metro areas
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.87% where people liveUS: 78%Lower than for 52% of Americans in metro areas
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 the Toledo area
Property crime costs the Toledo area about $98 million a year, or $164 per resident and about $391 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
$14 million
$23
Theft
$44 million
$73
Vehicle theft
$20 million
$33
Arson
$3.5 million
$6
Vandalism
$17 million
$29
Total
$98 million
$164
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. These figures cover the whole Toledo metro area. 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.
