The Safest and Most Dangerous Places in Napoleon, OH
Napoleon is a city of 12,300 in Henry County, about 25 miles west of Bowling Green · Updated November 2026
Is Napoleon, OH safe?
Yes. Most US neighborhoods have little crime, and Napoleon has less than most of them: its overall CrimeGrade™ is A, safer than the neighborhoods where 75% of Americans live. Violent and property crime both grade A here. What matters most is the neighborhood: grades within Napoleon run from A+ to B+, so check the map below.
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Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 921 of 1,000Safer than most US neighborhoodsi What this means
75% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than Napoleon as a whole, and 25% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Napoleon scores 921.
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 Napoleon, OH at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Napoleon, 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 Napoleon
One weak spot: simple assault. It grades B+ in Napoleon, worse than in the neighborhoods where 58% of Americans live, against A for violent crime as a whole.
The safest and least safe parts of Napoleon
Every part of Napoleon where people live grades A or B on the national scale. Grades across Napoleon run from A+ to B+; 77% 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 Napoleon, the southwest side has the least crime and the center the most.
Is crime going up in Napoleon?
Reported property crime in Napoleon has fallen 20% 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 21 to 17 a year per 1,000 residents (US: 18). In 2024 alone, property crime rose 15%.
Property crime, change since 2019
NapoleonUnited States
Source: crime reports to the FBI from the police agencies that serve Napoleon. The charts follow crimes per resident.
Data table
Year
Property, Napoleon
Property, US
2016
+5%
+15%
2017
-6%
+12%
2018
-28%
+4%
2019
+0%
+0%
2020
+12%
-8%
2021
-26%
-10%
2022
-35%
-6%
2023
-31%
-7%
2024
-20%
-15%
Crime rates and types in Napoleon
CrimeGrade™ estimates Napoleon has about 32 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 15% 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 Napoleon, about 43% 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 Napoleon
Napoleon has its own police department, and these figures come from its reports, 2022 to 2024.
In Napoleon, 62% of burglaries hit homes, against 57% nationally.
Crime
Most often at
Busiest time
Burglary
Homes (62%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Vandalism
Homes (34%)
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 Napoleon compares with nearby cities
Napoleon has the most crime of its 3 nearest cities.
Two things set Napoleon apart: it has 4.3 parking-lot spaces per resident, against 2.0 nationally, and 1% of its residents in dense blocks, against 24% nationally. Places with a lot of parking-lot space tend to report more theft, yet theft runs lower here than that would suggest.
Parking lotsBig lots at stores, offices and apartment complexes. Places with more lot space tend to report more theft.4.3 spaces per residentUS: 2.0Higher than for 96% 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.1% of residentsUS: 24%Lower than for 88% 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. 86% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.D (13 of 100)US: 21Lower than for 66% of US city residents
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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 Napoleon: F (0 of 100).NoneUS: noneLower than for 84% 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.63% where people liveUS: 78%Lower than for 81% of US city residents
JobsJobs draw daytime crowds. Places with many jobs tend to report more theft and robbery.59 for every 100 residentsUS: 45Higher than for 74% 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 Napoleon
Crime costs Napoleon about $700 a year per household, counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, 42% 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 $9.0 million a year, or $733 per resident.
How the cost breaks down
Crime
Cost a year
Per resident
Murder
$300,000
$24
Rape
$410,000
$33
Robbery
$34,000
$3
Assault
$1.5 million
$120
Burglary
$260,000
$21
Theft
$700,000
$57
Vehicle theft
$60,000
$5
Arson
$29,000
$2
Vandalism
$300,000
$24
Total
$3.6 million
$291
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 Napoleon 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. Napoleon is a good example: many people work in, shop in or visit it, so its crime per resident looks worse than its CrimeGrade™ suggests.
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 Napoleon, OH average a SchoolGrade of A: 72% of students test proficient, against 59% projected for schools like them. Overall, they exceed expectations. See schools in Napoleon on SchoolGrade
