The Safest and Most Dangerous Places in Westerville, OH
Westerville is a city of 96,100 in Franklin County, about 12 miles northeast of downtown Columbus · Updated November 2026
Is Westerville, OH safe?
Yes. Most US neighborhoods have little crime, and Westerville has less than most of them: its overall CrimeGrade™ is A, safer than the neighborhoods where 61% of Americans live. Violent and property crime both grade A here. What matters most is the neighborhood: grades within Westerville run from A+ to B, so check the map or the safest and least safe neighborhoods below.
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Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 883 of 1,000Safer than most US neighborhoodsi What this means
61% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than Westerville as a whole, and 39% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Westerville scores 883.
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 Westerville, OH at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Westerville, 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 Westerville
One part of Westerville stands out for vehicle theft. Car thefts in Rocky-Fork Blacklick Accord & Northland, in southeast Westerville, run at more than double the rate in the rest of the city.
Burglaries and aggravated assaults both run low. In Westerville, each runs at less than half the US rate: 0.85 burglaries and 0.91 aggravated assaults a year per 1,000 residents, against 2.4 and 2.6 nationally.
The safest and most dangerous neighborhoods in Westerville
Every part of Westerville where people live grades A or B on the national scale. Grades across Westerville run from A+ to B; 78% 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.
1Sunbury Woods Center, southClose to the rest of Westerville on most crimes.A885
2Far North, westCar thefts run about 90% higher here than in the rest of Westerville.A-837
Neighborhood areas of Westerville, ranked by overall CrimeGrade™; beside each grade is its safety score, from 0 to 1,000 (higher is safer). Each one combines several of the smaller areas on the map.
Crime rates and types in Westerville
CrimeGrade™ estimates Westerville has about 21 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 43% less than the US as a whole and 39% 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 41% of crime reported in Westerville. 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 Westerville
Westerville has its own police department, and these figures come from its reports, 2022 to 2024.
In Westerville, 43% of burglaries hit homes, against 57% nationally. Thefts from cars happen most often in parking lots and garages: 45% of them, against 31% nationally.
Crime
Most often at
Busiest time
Burglary
Homes (43%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Car theft
Parking lots and garages (51%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Theft from cars
Parking lots and garages (45%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Vandalism
Parking lots and garages (32%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Aggravated assault
Homes (40%)
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 Westerville compares with nearby cities
Westerville has more crime than 6 of its 9 nearest cities. South Condit and Center Village have the least crime nearby.
Two things set Westerville apart: it has 6.5 stores and restaurants for every 1,000 residents, against 10.5 nationally, and 3.8% of its homes standing empty, against 7.1% nationally. Places like that tend to report less theft, and it runs low here.
Stores and restaurantsShops and restaurants draw crowds and parked cars. Places with many stores tend to report more theft.6.5 per 1,000 residentsUS: 10.5Lower than for 84% 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.3.8% of homesUS: 7.1%Lower than for 77% 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. 87% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.D (14 of 100)US: 21Lower than for 63% of US city residents
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JobsJobs draw daytime crowds. Places with many jobs tend to report more theft and robbery.51 for every 100 residentsUS: 45Higher than for 64% of US city residents
Parking lotsBig lots at stores, offices and apartment complexes. Places with more lot space tend to report more theft.2.0 spaces per residentUS: 2.0Higher than for 62% 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.99% where people liveUS: 78%Higher than for 61% 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 Westerville
Crime costs Westerville about $530 a year per household, counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, 56% 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 $55 million a year, or $576 per resident.
How the cost breaks down
Crime
Cost a year
Per resident
Murder
$2.3 million
$24
Rape
$2.0 million
$21
Robbery
$420,000
$4
Assault
$6.3 million
$66
Burglary
$730,000
$8
Theft
$4.3 million
$45
Vehicle theft
$1.5 million
$15
Arson
$47,000
under $1
Vandalism
$2.6 million
$27
Total
$20 million
$210
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 Westerville 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. Westerville is the other kind of example: few people work in, shop in or visit it, so its crime per resident looks lower 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 Westerville, OH average a SchoolGrade of A-: 72% of students test proficient, against 57% projected for schools like them. Overall, they exceed expectations. See schools in Westerville on SchoolGrade
