Downtown Marion is a neighborhood of 7,880 residents in Marion, close to downtown · Updated November 2026
Is Downtown Marion in Marion safe?
With an overall CrimeGrade™ of B, Downtown Marion has moderate crime by national standards. Most US neighborhoods have less: 74% of Americans live in neighborhoods with less crime. Property crime grades better than violent crime here, B+ against B-. Marion as a whole grades A-. What matters most is the neighborhood: grades within Downtown Marion run from A- to C+, so check the map below.
B
Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 647 of 1,000Less safe than most US neighborhoodsi What this means
26% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than Downtown Marion as a whole, and 74% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Downtown Marion scores 647.
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 Downtown Marion, Marion, OH at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Downtown Marion in Marion, 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 Downtown Marion
Thefts are less common than the crime level suggests. Crime overall in Downtown Marion runs 36% above the US rate, but thefts run 33% below it: 8.8 a year per 1,000 residents, against 13.1 nationally.
Reported rapes run high for a B-graded neighborhood. Downtown Marion has 1.4 reported rapes a year per 1,000 residents; for the typical resident of a B-graded US neighborhood, the figure is 0.33.
Crime rates and types in Downtown Marion
CrimeGrade™ estimates Downtown Marion has about 50 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 36% more than the US as a whole and 53% more than Marion as a whole.
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.
Assault is the most common crime in Downtown Marion, about 53% of everything reported, and it also accounts for the largest share of what crime costs here.
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 Marion
The Marion Police Department polices Downtown Marion; these figures cover Marion as a whole, 2022 to 2024.
In Marion as a whole, 72% of burglaries hit homes, against 57% nationally. Thefts from cars happen most often on streets and sidewalks: 35% of them, against 18% nationally.
Crime
Most often at
Busiest time
Burglary
Homes (72%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Car theft
Homes (33%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Theft from cars
Streets and sidewalks (35%)
Morning (6 am to noon)
Vandalism
Homes (46%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Aggravated assault
Homes (58%)
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.
How Downtown Marion compares with nearby neighborhoods
Downtown Marion has the most crime of its 10 nearest neighborhoods.
Nearest first, with each place's distance from Downtown Marion. Beside each overall CrimeGrade™ is its safety score, from 0 to 1,000 (higher is safer).
Compared with neighborhoods of similar size and density, Downtown Marion is safer than 53% of them.
Empty homes, transit and walkability in Downtown Marion
Two things set Downtown Marion apart: it has 18.6% of its homes standing empty, against 7.1% nationally, and 12% of its residents in dense blocks, against 24% nationally. Places with many empty homes tend to report more burglary, vandalism and arson, and burglary and vandalism run high here.
Empty homesSeasonal and vacation homes are left out. Places with many empty homes tend to report more burglary, vandalism and arson.18.6% of homesUS: 7.1%Higher than for 98% of residents of US city neighborhoods
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 Downtown Marion: F (0 of 100).NoneUS: noneLower than for 95% of residents of US city neighborhoods
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. 58% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.C (32 of 100)US: 21Lower than for 53% of residents of US city neighborhoods
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Residents in dense blocksBlocks of 10,000 or more people per square mile. Dense neighborhoods tend to report more robbery and car theft.12% of residentsUS: 24%Lower than for 88% of residents of US city neighborhoods
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 Downtown Marion
Crime costs Downtown Marion about $1,397 a year per household, counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, 16% more 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 $14 million a year, or $1,714 per resident.
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 Downtown Marion 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 Downtown Marion, Marion, OH average a SchoolGrade of D-: 39% of students test proficient, against 31% projected for schools like them. Overall, they don't meet expectations. See schools in Downtown Marion on SchoolGrade
