Crime in Wooster Public Square Historic District, Wooster, OH
Wooster Public Square Historic District is a neighborhood of 2,870 residents in Wooster, close to downtown · Updated November 2026
Is Wooster Public Square Historic District in Wooster safe?
Crime in Wooster Public Square Historic District is moderate, with an overall CrimeGrade™ of B+. Most US neighborhoods have little crime: 66% of Americans live in neighborhoods with less crime than Wooster Public Square Historic District. Violent and property crime both grade B+ here. Wooster as a whole grades A. Its neighborhoods are much alike, from A- to B; see the map below.
B+
Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 733 of 1,000Less safe than most US neighborhoodsi What this means
34% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than Wooster Public Square Historic District as a whole, and 66% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Wooster Public Square Historic District scores 733.
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.
Crime map of Wooster Public Square Historic District
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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 Wooster Public Square Historic District, Wooster, OH at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Wooster Public Square Historic District in Wooster, 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 Wooster Public Square Historic District
Thefts run high. Wooster Public Square Historic District has thefts at about triple the US rate: 40.7 a year per 1,000 residents, against 13.1 nationally.
Crime rates and types in Wooster Public Square Historic District
CrimeGrade™ estimates Wooster Public Square Historic District has about 99 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, more than double the rate for the US as a whole and about triple the rate for Wooster as a whole.
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 Wooster Public Square Historic District. 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 Wooster
The Wooster Police Department polices Wooster Public Square Historic District; these figures cover Wooster as a whole, 2022 to 2024.
In Wooster as a whole, 69% of burglaries hit homes, against 57% nationally. Thefts from cars happen most often in parking lots and garages: 41% of them, against 31% nationally.
Crime
Most often at
Busiest time
Burglary
Homes (69%)
Morning (6 am to noon)
Car theft
Homes (38%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Theft from cars
Parking lots and garages (41%)
Morning (6 am to noon)
Vandalism
Homes (36%)
Morning (6 am to noon)
Aggravated assault
Homes (65%)
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 Wooster Public Square Historic District compares with nearby neighborhoods
Wooster Public Square Historic District has less crime than 6 of its 10 nearest neighborhoods.
Nearest first, with each place's distance from Wooster Public Square Historic District. Beside each overall CrimeGrade™ is its safety score, from 0 to 1,000 (higher is safer).
Compared with neighborhoods of similar size and density, Wooster Public Square Historic District is safer than 63% of them.
Shops, nightlife and walkability in Wooster Public Square Historic District
Two things set Wooster Public Square Historic District apart: it has 52.7 stores and restaurants for every 1,000 residents, against 10.5 nationally, and 3.8 bars and nightlife spots for every 1,000 residents, against 0.6 nationally. Places like that tend to report more theft and car theft, and theft runs high here.
Stores and restaurantsShops and restaurants draw crowds and parked cars. Places with many stores tend to report more theft and car theft.52.7 per 1,000 residentsUS: 10.5Higher than for 99% of residents of US city neighborhoods
Bars and nightlifeBars, lounges, clubs and casinos. Places with more bars tend to report more assault and robbery.3.8 per 1,000 residentsUS: 0.6Higher than for 97% of residents of US city neighborhoods
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.B (58 of 100)US: 21Higher than for 70% of residents of US city neighborhoods
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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 Wooster Public Square Historic District: F (0 of 100).NoneUS: noneLower than for 95% of residents of US city neighborhoods
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 Wooster Public Square Historic District
Counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, crime costs Wooster Public Square Historic District about $1,599 a year per household, 33% more 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 $7.5 million a year, or $2,627 per resident.
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 Wooster Public Square Historic District 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. Wooster Public Square Historic District 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.
