The Safest and Most Dangerous Places in Ashland, OH
Ashland is a city of 25,100 in Ashland County, about 13 miles northeast of Mansfield · Updated November 2026
Is Ashland, OH safe?
Yes. Most US neighborhoods have little crime, and Ashland has less than most of them: its overall CrimeGrade™ is A, safer than the neighborhoods where 73% of Americans live. Violent and property crime both grade A here. Its neighborhoods are much alike, from A+ to A-; see the map below.
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Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 918 of 1,000Safer than most US neighborhoodsi What this means
73% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than Ashland as a whole, and 27% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Ashland scores 918.
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 crime than most US neighborhoods.
How to read the map: each area's color compares its crime with the people, homes and cars there, on one national scale, from green for the least crime 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 Ashland, OH at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Ashland, 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 in Ashland
Reported rapes run high, though crime overall runs low. Crime overall in Ashland runs 35% below the US rate, but reported rapes run 71% above it: 0.66 a year per 1,000 residents, against 0.38 nationally.
Burglary runs low. Ashland has 1.2 burglaries a year per 1,000 residents, about half the US rate of 2.4.
The safest and least safe parts of Ashland
Every part of Ashland where people live grades A or B on the national scale. Grades across Ashland run from A+ to A-; 86% of residents live in areas with less crime than the typical US neighborhood.
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A or B 100%
Share of residents, by the overall CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
Within Ashland, the southeast side has the least crime and the center the most.
Is crime going up in Ashland?
Since 2019, reported property crime in Ashland is down 27%, while violent crime has held about steady. Murders, rapes, robberies and aggravated assaults stayed at about 1.7 a year per 1,000 residents (US: 3.7); burglaries, thefts and vehicle thefts went from about 19 to 14 (US: 18). In 2024 alone, violent crime rose 43% and property crime fell 12%.
Violent crime, change since 2019
Property crime, change since 2019
AshlandUnited States
Source: crime reports to the FBI from the police department that serves Ashland. The charts follow crimes per resident.
Data table
Year
Violent, Ashland
Violent, US
Property, Ashland
Property, US
2016
-28%
+4%
+4%
+15%
2017
-25%
+4%
-4%
+12%
2018
-40%
+0%
-6%
+4%
2019
+0%
+0%
+0%
+0%
2020
-27%
+4%
-14%
-8%
2021
-29%
+6%
-40%
-10%
2022
-19%
+5%
-27%
-6%
2023
-27%
+2%
-17%
-7%
2024
+4%
-4%
-27%
-15%
Crime rates and types in Ashland
CrimeGrade™ estimates Ashland has about 24 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 35% less than the US as a whole and 32% less than Ohio.
Overall crime
Violent crime
Property crime
Reported crimes a year, per 1,000 residents. These figures include simple assaults and vandalism, which the FBI's violent and property crime rates leave out.
Theft is the most common crime in Ashland, about 40% of everything reported, but assault costs more, because each one does more harm.
Each CrimeGrade™ compares a crime with what it affects: people for assaults and robbery, homes for burglary, parked cars for vehicle theft. 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 crime happens in Ashland
Ashland has its own police department, and these figures come from its reports, 2022 to 2024.
In Ashland, 67% of burglaries hit homes, against 57% nationally. Thefts from cars happen most often in parking lots and garages: 51% of them, against 31% nationally.
Crime
Most often at
Busiest time
Burglary
Homes (67%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Theft from cars
Parking lots and garages (51%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Vandalism
Homes (37%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Shares of the crimes reported to police, 2022 to 2024. Reports with no time recorded are left out of the times.
How Ashland compares with nearby cities
Ashland has the most crime of its 2 nearest cities.
One thing sets Ashland apart: it has 3.2 parking-lot spaces per resident, against 2.0 nationally. Places like that tend to report more theft, yet theft runs lower here than that would suggest.
Parking lotsBig lots at stores, offices and apartment complexes. Places with more lot space tend to report more theft.3.2 spaces per residentUS: 2.0Higher than for 88% of US city residents
Transit serviceBuses and trains an hour at the evening rush. Places with busy transit tend to report more theft and robbery. BestNeighborhood's Transit Grade for Ashland: F (0 of 100).NoneUS: noneLower than for 84% of US city residents
Walk GradeBestNeighborhood's grade for getting through daily life on foot, traced along real walking routes to shops, schools and parks. Walkable places tend to report more theft and assault. 76% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.D+ (18 of 100)US: 21Higher than for 53% of US city residents
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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.75% where people liveUS: 78%Lower than for 75% of US city residents
Stores and restaurantsShops and restaurants draw crowds and parked cars. Places with many stores tend to report more theft.12.6 per 1,000 residentsUS: 10.5Higher than for 73% of US city residents
Empty homesSeasonal and vacation homes are left out. Places with many empty homes tend to report more burglary, vandalism and arson.8.0% of homesUS: 7.1%Higher than for 72% of US city residents
BestNeighborhood, a sister site of CrimeGrade™, ranks the neighborhoods of Ashland on shops, parks, home prices, getting around and more.
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 crime costs Ashland
Counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, crime costs Ashland about $563 a year per household, 53% less than the US figure of $1,205.
Cost of crime per resident, per year
Counting the pain and suffering of victims, which comes almost entirely from violent crime, the full cost comes to about $16 million a year, or $641 per resident.
How the cost breaks down
Crime
Cost a year
Per resident
Murder
$470,000
$19
Rape
$990,000
$39
Robbery
$140,000
$5
Assault
$2.0 million
$78
Burglary
$280,000
$11
Theft
$1.2 million
$49
Vehicle theft
$120,000
$5
Arson
$35,000
$1
Vandalism
$620,000
$25
Total
$5.9 million
$233
How CrimeGrade™ works
A CrimeGrade™ shows how much crime an area has compared with the rest of the country, from A+ for the least crime to F for the most. Every neighborhood in the US is graded on the same scale, so a B in Ashland means the same as a B anywhere else.
CrimeGrade™ starts from the crimes people report to police and measures each kind of crime against what it affects: people for assaults, homes for burglaries, parked cars for car thefts.
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.
Schools in Ashland, OH average a SchoolGrade of B: 64% of students test proficient, against 56% projected for schools like them. Overall, they don't meet expectations. See schools in Ashland on SchoolGrade
