The Safest and Most Dangerous Places in Zanesville, OH
Zanesville is a city of 47,700 in Muskingum County, about 55 miles east of downtown Columbus · Updated November 2026
Is Zanesville, OH safe?
Yes. An overall CrimeGrade™ of A- means crime in Zanesville is low. Most US neighborhoods have little crime too, so Zanesville sits near the middle: 46% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime, and 54% in neighborhoods with less. Violent and property crime both grade A- here. What matters most is the neighborhood: grades within Zanesville 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 816 of 1,000About as safe as the typical US neighborhoodi What this means
46% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than Zanesville as a whole, and 54% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Zanesville scores 816.
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 Zanesville, OH at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Zanesville, 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 Zanesville
Burglary stands out among A-graded cities. For the typical resident of an A-graded US city, the figure is 1.2 burglaries a year per 1,000 residents; Zanesville has 3.8.
Car thefts are uncommon. Zanesville has car thefts at less than half the US rate: 1.2 a year per 1,000 residents, against 2.7 nationally.
The safest and most dangerous neighborhoods in Zanesville
Every part of Zanesville where people live grades A or B on the national scale. Grades across Zanesville run from A+ to B-; 43% of residents live in areas with less crime than the typical US neighborhood.
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Share of residents, by the overall CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
3Putnam Historic District, southBurglaries run at more than double the rate in the rest of Zanesville.B641
Neighborhood areas of Zanesville, 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.
Is crime going up in Zanesville?
Reported crime in Zanesville has fallen since 2019: violent crime is down 20% and property crime down 35%. Murders, rapes, robberies and aggravated assaults went from about 4.3 to 3.4 a year per 1,000 residents (US: 3.7); burglaries, thefts and vehicle thefts from about 44 to 29 (US: 18). In 2024 alone, property crime fell 27%.
Violent crime, change since 2019
Property crime, change since 2019
ZanesvilleUnited States
Source: crime reports to the FBI from the police department that serves Zanesville. The charts follow crimes per resident.
Data table
Year
Violent, Zanesville
Violent, US
Property, Zanesville
Property, US
2016
-11%
+4%
+22%
+15%
2017
-3%
+4%
+7%
+12%
2018
+20%
+0%
-11%
+4%
2019
+0%
+0%
+0%
+0%
2020
+2%
+4%
-13%
-8%
2021
-2%
+6%
-25%
-10%
2022
-11%
+5%
-16%
-6%
2023
-13%
+2%
-12%
-7%
2024
-20%
-4%
-35%
-15%
Crime rates and types in Zanesville
CrimeGrade™ estimates Zanesville has about 45 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 22% more than the US as a whole and 29% 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 Zanesville, about 39% 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 Zanesville
Zanesville has its own police department, and these figures come from its reports, 2022 to 2024.
In Zanesville, 53% 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 (53%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Car theft
Homes (29%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Theft from cars
Parking lots and garages (41%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Vandalism
Homes (40%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Aggravated assault
Homes (50%)
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 Zanesville compares with nearby cities
Zanesville has the most crime of its 4 nearest cities.
Empty homes, transit and walkability in Zanesville
Two things set Zanesville apart: it has 10.9% of its homes standing empty, against 7.1% nationally, and 5% of its residents in dense blocks, against 24% nationally. 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.10.9% of homesUS: 7.1%Higher than for 89% 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 Zanesville: F (0 of 100).NoneUS: noneLower than for 84% 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. 82% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.D (15 of 100)US: 21Lower than for 58% 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.13.8 per 1,000 residentsUS: 10.5Higher than for 81% 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.73% where people liveUS: 78%Lower than for 76% 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.5% of residentsUS: 24%Lower 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 Zanesville
Counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, crime costs Zanesville about $1,093 a year per household, 9% 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 $62 million a year, or $1,309 per resident.
How the cost breaks down
Crime
Cost a year
Per resident
Murder
$2.4 million
$51
Rape
$2.2 million
$46
Robbery
$200,000
$4
Assault
$8.6 million
$181
Burglary
$1.6 million
$34
Theft
$3.7 million
$77
Vehicle theft
$880,000
$18
Arson
$190,000
$4
Vandalism
$2.2 million
$46
Total
$22 million
$462
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 Zanesville 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 Zanesville, OH average a SchoolGrade of C+: 60% of students test proficient, against 45% projected for schools like them. Overall, they exceed expectations. See schools in Zanesville on SchoolGrade
