The Safest and Most Dangerous Places in Forest Park, OH
Forest Park is a city of 20,400 in Hamilton County, about 13 miles north of downtown Cincinnati · Updated November 2026
Is Forest Park, OH safe?
Crime in Forest Park is moderate, with an overall CrimeGrade™ of B+. Most US neighborhoods have little crime: 66% of Americans live in neighborhoods with less crime than Forest Park. Violent crime grades B+ and property crime B. What matters most is the neighborhood: grades within Forest Park run from A to B-, so check the map below.
B+
Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 731 of 1,000Less safe than most US neighborhoodsi What this means
34% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than Forest Park as a whole, and 66% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Forest Park scores 731.
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 Forest Park, OH at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Forest Park, 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 Forest Park
Burglaries are less common than in most B-graded cities. Forest Park has 1.3 burglaries a year per 1,000 residents; for the typical resident of a B-graded US city, the figure is 2.7.
Car thefts happen at homes far more often than nationally. In Forest Park, 69% of reported car thefts happen at homes, against 33% nationally.
The safest and least safe parts of Forest Park
Every part of Forest Park where people live grades A or B on the national scale. Grades across Forest Park run from A to B-; 1% of residents live in areas with less crime than the typical US neighborhood.
100%
A or B 100%
Share of residents, by the overall CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
Within Forest Park, the west side has the least crime and the southwest side the most.
Is crime going up in Forest Park?
Reported violent crime in Forest Park peaked in 2022 and has fallen 22% since, back near its 2019 level. Property crime is up 12% from 2019. Murders, rapes, robberies and aggravated assaults went from about 2.7 to 2.8 a year per 1,000 residents (US: 3.7); burglaries, thefts and vehicle thefts from about 15 to 17 (US: 18). In 2024 alone, property crime fell 15%.
Violent crime, change since 2019
Property crime, change since 2019
Forest ParkUnited States
Source: crime reports to the FBI from the police department that serves Forest Park. The charts follow crimes per resident.
Data table
Year
Violent, Forest Park
Violent, US
Property, Forest Park
Property, US
2016
-2%
+4%
+128%
+15%
2017
+4%
+4%
+57%
+12%
2018
-26%
+0%
+56%
+4%
2019
+0%
+0%
+0%
+0%
2020
-19%
+4%
+17%
-8%
2021
-5%
+6%
+9%
-10%
2022
+37%
+5%
+29%
-6%
2023
-3%
+2%
+31%
-7%
2024
+6%
-4%
+12%
-15%
Crime rates and types in Forest Park
CrimeGrade™ estimates Forest Park has about 32 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 13% less than the US as a whole and close to 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 Forest Park, about 36% 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.
The Forest Park Police Department's 2024 count of burglary fell far below its usual level, a sign of a reporting break, so CrimeGrade™ used the department's earlier years instead.
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 Forest Park
Forest Park has its own police department, and these figures come from its reports, 2022 to 2024.
In Forest Park, 67% of burglaries hit homes, against 57% nationally. Thefts from cars happen most often at homes: 62% of them, against 34% nationally.
Crime
Most often at
Busiest time
Burglary
Homes (67%)
Morning (6 am to noon)
Car theft
Homes (69%)
Morning (6 am to noon)
Theft from cars
Homes (62%)
Morning (6 am to noon)
Vandalism
Homes (67%)
Morning (6 am to noon)
Aggravated assault
Homes (71%)
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 Forest Park compares with nearby cities
Of the 10 cities closest to Forest Park, 7 have less crime. Wyoming and Glendale have the least.
Empty homes, night lighting and walkability in Forest Park
Two things set Forest Park apart: it has 2.1% of its homes standing empty, against 7.1% nationally, and a Walk Grade of D- (12 of 100) on BestNeighborhood, against 21 for the US as a whole. 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.2.1% of homesUS: 7.1%Lower than for 95% of US city residents
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.100% where people liveUS: 78%Higher than for 92% 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. 91% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.D- (12 of 100)US: 21Lower than for 70% of US city residents
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Stores and restaurantsShops and restaurants draw crowds and parked cars. Places with many stores tend to report more theft.8.2 per 1,000 residentsUS: 10.5Lower than for 71% of US city residents
Residents in dense blocksBlocks of 10,000 or more people per square mile. Dense neighborhoods tend to report more robbery and car theft.8% of residentsUS: 24%Lower than for 66% of US city residents
Parking lotsBig lots at stores, offices and apartment complexes. Places with more lot space tend to report more theft.2.1 spaces per residentUS: 2.0Higher than for 65% of US city residents
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 Forest Park
Counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, crime costs Forest Park about $1,094 a year per household, 9% 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 $27 million a year, or $1,304 per resident.
How the cost breaks down
Crime
Cost a year
Per resident
Murder
$1.7 million
$86
Rape
$620,000
$30
Robbery
$270,000
$13
Assault
$1.7 million
$85
Burglary
$240,000
$12
Theft
$1.2 million
$60
Vehicle theft
$1.4 million
$67
Arson
$9,300
under $1
Vandalism
$1.1 million
$53
Total
$8.3 million
$406
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 Forest Park 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 Forest Park, OH average a SchoolGrade of F: 36% of students test proficient, against 24% projected for schools like them. Overall, they exceed expectations. See schools in Forest Park on SchoolGrade
