The Safest and Most Dangerous Places in Lebanon, OH
Lebanon is a city of 36,000 in Warren County, about 30 miles northeast of downtown Cincinnati · Updated November 2026
Is Lebanon, OH safe?
Yes. Crime is low across most of the US, and lower still in Lebanon: an overall CrimeGrade™ of A+, safer than the neighborhoods where 77% of Americans live. Violent crime grades A+ and property crime A. What matters most is the neighborhood: grades within Lebanon run from A+ to B+, so check the map below.
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Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 927 of 1,000Safer than most US neighborhoodsi What this means
77% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than Lebanon as a whole, and 23% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Lebanon scores 927.
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 Lebanon, OH at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Lebanon, 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 Lebanon
Aggravated assault runs low. Lebanon has 0.58 aggravated assaults a year per 1,000 residents, a small fraction of the US rate of 2.6.
The safest and least safe parts of Lebanon
Every part of Lebanon where people live grades A or B on the national scale. Grades across Lebanon run from A+ to B+; 94% 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 Lebanon, the southeast side has the least crime and the center the most.
Is crime going up in Lebanon?
Reported crime in Lebanon has fallen since 2019: violent crime is down 28% and property crime down 29%. Murders, rapes, robberies and aggravated assaults went from about 1.6 to 1.2 a year per 1,000 residents (US: 3.7); burglaries, thefts and vehicle thefts from about 15 to 11 (US: 18). In 2024 alone, property crime fell 14%.
Violent crime, change since 2019
Property crime, change since 2019
LebanonUnited States
Source: crime reports to the FBI from the police department that serves Lebanon. The charts follow crimes per resident.
Data table
Year
Violent, Lebanon
Violent, US
Property, Lebanon
Property, US
2016
-35%
+4%
+15%
+15%
2017
-71%
+4%
-12%
+12%
2018
+20%
+0%
+15%
+4%
2019
+0%
+0%
+0%
+0%
2020
-12%
+4%
-11%
-8%
2021
-3%
+6%
-10%
-10%
2022
-10%
+5%
-8%
-6%
2023
-27%
+2%
-17%
-7%
2024
-28%
-4%
-29%
-15%
Crime rates and types in Lebanon
CrimeGrade™ estimates Lebanon has about 15 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 59% less than the US as a whole and 56% 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 makes up about 46% of crime reported in Lebanon. Assault is less common but 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 Lebanon
Lebanon has its own police department, and these figures come from its reports, 2022 to 2024.
Thefts from cars happen most often at homes: 29% of them, against 34% nationally.
Crime
Most often at
Busiest time
Car theft
Homes (45%)
Morning (6 am to noon)
Theft from cars
Homes (29%)
Morning (6 am to noon)
Vandalism
Homes (39%)
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 Lebanon compares with nearby cities
Of the 6 cities closest to Lebanon, 5 have less crime. Oregonia and Morrow have the least.
Walkability, density and night lighting in Lebanon
Two things set Lebanon apart: it has a Walk Grade of D- (7 of 100) on BestNeighborhood, against 21 for the US as a whole, and 4% of its residents in dense blocks, against 24% nationally. Places like that tend to report less theft and assault, and they run low here.
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. 95% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.D- (7 of 100)US: 21Lower than for 87% 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.4% of residentsUS: 24%Lower than for 76% 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.77% where people liveUS: 78%Lower than for 74% 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.2.3 spaces per residentUS: 2.0Higher than for 70% 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.4.3% of homesUS: 7.1%Lower than for 70% 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 Lebanon: F (0 of 100).under 1 trip an hourUS: noneLower than for 68% of US city residents
BestNeighborhood, a sister site of CrimeGrade™, ranks the neighborhoods of Lebanon 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 Lebanon
Counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, crime costs Lebanon about $430 a year per household, 64% 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 $456 per resident.
How the cost breaks down
Crime
Cost a year
Per resident
Murder
$1.0 million
$29
Rape
$360,000
$10
Robbery
$80,000
$2
Assault
$1.7 million
$47
Burglary
$160,000
$4
Theft
$1.3 million
$36
Vehicle theft
$460,000
$13
Arson
$14,000
under $1
Vandalism
$490,000
$14
Total
$5.6 million
$155
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 Lebanon 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 Lebanon, OH average a SchoolGrade of A+: 76% of students test proficient, against 67% projected for schools like them. Overall, they don't meet expectations. See schools in Lebanon on SchoolGrade
