Crime in St. Peter, OH

St. Peter is a community of 327 in Mercer County, about 35 miles west of Sidney · Updated November 2026

Is St. Peter, OH safe?

Yes. Crime is low across most of the US, and lower still in St. Peter: an overall CrimeGrade™ of A+, safer than the neighborhoods where 99% of Americans live. Violent and property crime both grade A+ here.

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Overall CrimeGrade™Safety score 989 of 1,000
Safer than nearly all US neighborhoods What this means

99% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than St. Peter as a whole, and 1% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. St. Peter scores 989.

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.

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Violent crimeSafety score 986 of 1,000Less violent crime than nearly all US neighborhoods
A+
Property crimeSafety score 995 of 1,000Less property crime than nearly all US neighborhoods

How it works


Crime map of St. Peter

Map of St. Peter shaded by overall CrimeGrade™, from green for the least crime to red for the most
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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 St. Peter, OH at ISP Reports.

Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in St. Peter, 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


Crime rates and types in St. Peter

CrimeGrade™ estimates St. Peter has about 4.0 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 89% less than the US as a whole and 89% 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.

Assault is the most common crime in St. Peter, about 50% of everything reported.

CrimeCrimeGrade™Reported a yearPer 1,000 residentsUS per 1,000
Violent crime
MurderA+under 10.020.05
RapeA+under 10.150.38
RobberyA+under 10.010.62
AssaultA+under 12.012.3
Property crime
BurglaryA+under 10.712.4
TheftA+under 10.4613.1
Vehicle theftA+under 10.102.7
ArsonA+under 10.030.12
VandalismA+under 10.485.5

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.


How St. Peter compares with nearby cities

St. Peter has less crime than 7 of its 10 nearest cities.

Nearby cities

PlaceOverallViolentPropertyResidents
St. PeterA+989A+A+327
Fort Recovery 3 milesA+975A+A+3,840
Padua 3 milesA+989A+A+317
Macedon 6 milesA+990A+A+237
Brice, IN 6 milesA+989A+A+210
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PlaceOverallViolentPropertyResidents
Wabash 7 milesA+991A+A+135
Coldwater 7 milesA+974A+A+5,630
Salamonia, IN 7 milesA+991A+A+550
Westchester, IN 7 milesA+987A+A+624
Philothea 7 milesA+982A+A+372
St. Henry 7 milesA+977A+A+3,790

Nearest first, with each place's distance from St. Peter. Beside each overall CrimeGrade™ is its safety score, from 0 to 1,000 (higher is safer).

Compared with cities of similar size and density, St. Peter is safer than 83% of them.

Cities of similar size and density

PlaceOverallViolentPropertyResidents
St. PeterA+989A+A+327
Gravity, IAA+995A+A+326
Koosharem, UTA+984A+A+327
Knobel, ARA+980A+A+327
Stremmels, PAA+968A+A+326
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PlaceOverallViolentPropertyResidents
Williams Mill, VAA+968A+A+327
Latah, WAA+967A+A+326
Dos Rios, CAA+962A+A+326
Ludlow, PAA+961A+A+326
Forestville, PAA+952A+A+327
Lomax, ALA+937A+A+327

What crime costs St. Peter

Crime costs St. Peter about $290 a year per household, counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, 76% 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 $130,000 a year, or $411 per resident.

How the cost breaks down
CrimeCost a yearPer resident
Murder$14,000$44
Rape$3,000$9
Robbery$120under $1
Assault$5,700$18
Burglary$2,100$6
Theft$780$2
Vehicle theft$490$1
Arson$250$1
Vandalism$1,100$3
Total$28,000$85

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 St. Peter 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
  • Population and housing figures from the US Census Bureau
  • 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.

More about CrimeGrade™ data


Schools in St. Peter

Schools in St. Peter, OH average a SchoolGrade of A+: 86% of students test proficient, against 78% projected for schools like them. Overall, they don't meet expectations. See schools in St. Peter on SchoolGrade