The Safest and Most Dangerous Places in Kenton, OH
Kenton is a city of 11,200 in Hardin County, about 25 miles west of downtown Marion · Updated November 2026
Is Kenton, OH safe?
Yes. Crime is low across most of the US, and lower still in Kenton: an overall CrimeGrade™ of A, safer than the neighborhoods where 69% of Americans live. Violent and property crime both grade A here. What matters most is the neighborhood: grades within Kenton run from A+ to B+, so check the map below.
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Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 906 of 1,000Safer than most US neighborhoodsi What this means
69% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than Kenton as a whole, and 31% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Kenton scores 906.
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 Kenton, OH at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Kenton, 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 Kenton
Acts of vandalism happen at homes more often than nationally. In Kenton, 59% of reported acts of vandalism happen at homes, against 42% nationally.
The safest and least safe parts of Kenton
Every part of Kenton where people live grades A or B on the national scale. Grades across Kenton run from A+ to B+; 45% 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 Kenton, the southeast side has the least crime and the center the most.
Is crime going up in Kenton?
Reported property crime in Kenton has fallen 55% since 2019. Too few violent crimes are reported here each year for a reliable violent crime trend. Burglaries, thefts and vehicle thefts went from about 32 to 14 a year per 1,000 residents (US: 18). In 2024 alone, property crime fell 29%.
Property crime, change since 2019
KentonUnited States
Source: crime reports to the FBI from the police department that serves Kenton. The charts follow crimes per resident.
Data table
Year
Property, Kenton
Property, US
2016
+58%
+15%
2017
+46%
+12%
2018
+21%
+4%
2019
+0%
+0%
2020
-8%
-8%
2021
-17%
-10%
2022
-15%
-6%
2023
-37%
-7%
2024
-55%
-15%
Crime rates and types in Kenton
CrimeGrade™ estimates Kenton has about 32 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 14% 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.
Assault is the most common crime in Kenton, about 39% 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 Kenton
Kenton has its own police department, and these figures come from its reports, 2022 to 2024.
Crime
Most often at
Busiest time
Vandalism
Homes (59%)
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 Kenton compares with nearby cities
Kenton has the most crime of its 3 nearest cities.
Two things set Kenton apart: it has 1% of its residents in dense blocks, against 24% nationally, and 2.8 parking-lot spaces per resident, against 2.0 nationally. Places where few residents live in dense blocks tend to report less robbery and car theft, and car theft runs low here.
Residents in dense blocksBlocks of 10,000 or more people per square mile. Dense neighborhoods tend to report more robbery and car theft.1% of residentsUS: 24%Lower 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 Kenton: 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. 81% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.D (16 of 100)US: 21Lower than for 57% of US city residents
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Parking lotsBig lots at stores, offices and apartment complexes. Places with more lot space tend to report more theft.2.8 spaces per residentUS: 2.0Higher than for 82% 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.69% where people liveUS: 78%Lower than for 78% 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.7.6% of homesUS: 7.1%Higher than for 67% of US city residents
BestNeighborhood, a sister site of CrimeGrade™, ranks the neighborhoods of Kenton 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 Kenton
Crime costs Kenton about $822 a year per household, counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, 32% 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 $11 million a year, or $964 per resident.
How the cost breaks down
Crime
Cost a year
Per resident
Murder
$570,000
$51
Rape
$400,000
$36
Robbery
$37,000
$3
Assault
$1.3 million
$115
Burglary
$170,000
$15
Theft
$530,000
$48
Vehicle theft
$190,000
$17
Arson
$40,000
$4
Vandalism
$520,000
$46
Total
$3.7 million
$334
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 Kenton 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 Kenton, OH average a SchoolGrade of C: 57% of students test proficient, against 51% projected for schools like them. Overall, they don't meet expectations. See schools in Kenton on SchoolGrade
