The Safest and Most Dangerous Places in Trotwood, OH
Trotwood is a city of 23,700 in Montgomery County, about 6 miles northwest of downtown Dayton · Updated November 2026
Is Trotwood, OH safe?
Crime in Trotwood is high by national standards, with an overall CrimeGrade™ of C-. Most US neighborhoods have little crime: 86% of Americans live in neighborhoods with less crime than Trotwood. Property crime grades better than violent crime here, B- against D+. What matters most is the neighborhood: grades within Trotwood run from A to F, so check the map below.
C-
Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 377 of 1,000Less safe than most US neighborhoodsi What this means
14% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than Trotwood as a whole, and 86% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Trotwood scores 377.
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 Trotwood, OH at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Trotwood, 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 Trotwood
Vehicle theft at about triple the US rate. Trotwood has 8.7 car thefts a year per 1,000 residents, against 2.7 nationally.
The safest and least safe parts of Trotwood
In Trotwood, 15% of residents live in areas graded A or B, 38% in areas graded C and 47% in areas graded D or F. Grades across Trotwood run from A to F; 9% of residents live in areas with less crime than the typical US neighborhood.
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A or B 15%C 38%D or F 47%
Share of residents, by the overall CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
Within Trotwood, the southwest side has the least crime and the east side the most.
Crime rates and types in Trotwood
CrimeGrade™ estimates Trotwood has about 65 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 76% more than the US as a whole and 86% more 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 Trotwood, about 41% 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.
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 Trotwood
Trotwood has its own police department, and these figures come from its reports, 2022 to 2024.
In Trotwood, 73% of burglaries hit homes, against 57% nationally. Thefts from cars happen most often at homes: 44% of them, against 34% nationally.
Crime
Most often at
Busiest time
Burglary
Homes (73%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Car theft
Homes (62%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Theft from cars
Homes (44%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Vandalism
Homes (56%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Robbery
Streets and sidewalks (33%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Aggravated assault
Homes (63%)
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 Trotwood compares with nearby cities
Of the 9 cities closest to Trotwood, 8 have less crime. Brookville and New Lebanon have the least.
Two things set Trotwood apart: it has 11.2% of its homes standing empty, against 7.1% nationally, and 20 jobs for every 100 residents, against 45 for the US as a whole. Places with many empty homes tend to report more burglary, vandalism and arson, and burglary and vandalism run high here.
Empty homesSeasonal and vacation homes are left out. Places with many empty homes tend to report more burglary, vandalism and arson.11.2% of homesUS: 7.1%Higher than for 90% of US city residents
JobsJobs draw daytime crowds. Places with many jobs tend to report more theft and robbery.20 for every 100 residentsUS: 45Lower than for 87% 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- (11 of 100)US: 21Lower than for 74% 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.6.2 per 1,000 residentsUS: 10.5Lower than for 86% 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 Trotwood: D (18 of 100).9 trips an hourUS: noneHigher than for 83% of US city residents
Parking lotsBig lots at stores, offices and apartment complexes. Places with more lot space tend to report more theft.2.5 spaces per residentUS: 2.0Higher 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 Trotwood
Counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, crime costs Trotwood about $2,518 a year per household, about double 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 $108 million a year, or $4,564 per resident.
How the cost breaks down
Crime
Cost a year
Per resident
Murder
$9.9 million
$420
Rape
$810,000
$34
Robbery
$600,000
$25
Assault
$7.5 million
$315
Burglary
$1.0 million
$43
Theft
$1.9 million
$80
Vehicle theft
$3.2 million
$134
Arson
$210,000
$9
Vandalism
$1.3 million
$54
Total
$26 million
$1,113
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 Trotwood 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 Trotwood, OH average a SchoolGrade of D-: 39% of students test proficient, against 31% projected for schools like them. Overall, they meet expectations. See schools in Trotwood on SchoolGrade
