East Broad is a neighborhood of 27,800 residents in Black Lick · Updated November 2026
Is East Broad in Black Lick safe?
With an overall CrimeGrade™ of B+, East Broad has moderate crime by national standards. Most US neighborhoods have less: 69% of Americans live in neighborhoods with less crime. Property crime grades better than violent crime here, B+ against B. Black Lick as a whole grades A. What matters most is the neighborhood: grades within East Broad run from A+ to F, so check the map below.
B+
Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 701 of 1,000Less safe than most US neighborhoodsi What this means
31% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than East Broad as a whole, and 69% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. East Broad scores 701.
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 East Broad, Black Lick, OH at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in East Broad in Black Lick, 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 East Broad
Reported rapes run high, though crime overall runs low. Crime overall in East Broad runs 21% below the US rate, but reported rapes run 49% above it: 0.57 a year per 1,000 residents, against 0.38 nationally.
Burglaries are less common than in most B-graded neighborhoods. East Broad has 1.3 burglaries a year per 1,000 residents; for the typical resident of a B-graded US neighborhood, the figure is 2.5.
The safest and least safe parts of East Broad
Low crime is the norm across East Broad: 84% of residents live in areas graded A or B, and 5% in areas graded D or F. Grades across East Broad run from A+ to F; 24% of residents live in areas with less crime than the typical US neighborhood.
84%11%
A or B 84%C 11%D or F 5%
Share of residents, by the overall CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
Crime rates and types in East Broad
CrimeGrade™ estimates East Broad has about 29 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 21% less than the US as a whole and 84% more than Black Lick 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 East Broad, about 31% of everything reported.
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 Black Lick
The Columbus Police Department polices East Broad; these figures cover Columbus as a whole, 2022 to 2024.
In Columbus as a whole, 59% of burglaries hit homes, against 57% nationally. Thefts from cars happen most often in parking lots and garages: 58% of them, against 31% nationally.
Crime
Most often at
Busiest time
Burglary
Homes (59%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Car theft
Homes (33%)
Morning (6 am to noon)
Theft from cars
Parking lots and garages (58%)
Morning (6 am to noon)
Vandalism
Parking lots and garages (34%)
Morning (6 am to noon)
Robbery
Streets and sidewalks (28%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Aggravated assault
Homes (50%)
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 East Broad compares with nearby neighborhoods
East Broad has the least crime of its 10 nearest neighborhoods.
Empty homes, walkability and parking lots in East Broad
One thing sets East Broad apart: it has 3.3% of its homes standing empty, against 7.1% nationally. Places like that tend to report less burglary, vandalism and arson, yet vandalism runs higher here than that would suggest.
Empty homesSeasonal and vacation homes are left out. Places with many empty homes tend to report more burglary, vandalism and arson.3.3% of homesUS: 7.1%Lower than for 85% 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. 92% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.D (15 of 100)US: 21Lower than for 83% of residents of US city neighborhoods
Parking lotsBig lots at stores, offices and apartment complexes. Places with more lot space tend to report more theft.1.7 spaces per residentUS: 2.0Higher than for 80% of residents of US city neighborhoods
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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 East Broad: D (12 of 100).3 trips an hourUS: noneLower than for 76% 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 East Broad
Counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, crime costs East Broad about $979 a year per household, 19% 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 $38 million a year, or $1,372 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 East Broad 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
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 East Broad, Black Lick, OH average a SchoolGrade of C-: 57% of students test proficient, against 39% projected for schools like them. Overall, they greatly exceed expectations. See schools in East Broad on SchoolGrade
