What is the crime rate in Columbus, OH?

In 2025, the Columbus Police Department reported 3,590 violent crimes and 23,871 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 382 violent and 2,539 property crimes per 100,000 of the 940,106 residents it serves.

Across Ohio the rates were 288 and 1,471.

Nationally they were 330 and 1,552.

Figures last updated on November 12, 2026.

Violent per 100,000: 382
Property per 100,000: 2,539
Violent crimes: 3,590
Property crimes: 23,871

Crime reported by the Columbus Police Department, 2023 to 2025

Offenses known to law enforcement, reported to the FBI; rates per 100,000 residents of the area the department serves
Year	Violent crimes	Violent per 100,000	Property crimes	Property per 100,000	Residents served
2023	4,894	538	30,435	3,349	908,834
2024	4,451	486	28,376	3,100	915,447
2025	3,590	382	23,871	2,539	940,106

Violent crimes reported went from 4,894 in 2023 to 3,590 in 2025.

Property crimes reported went from 30,435 in 2023 to 23,871 in 2025.

In a small town a handful of incidents moves these numbers a long way, so one year’s change says little on its own.

Columbus against Ohio and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2025
	Violent crime	Property crime
Columbus	382	2,539
Ohio	288	1,471
United States	330	1,552

These are rates per resident; they are not adjusted for visitors, commuters or the size of the area, which raise or lower a town’s figures without changing anybody’s risk.

Crime reported in places near Columbus, 2025

Each place’s own police department; rates per 100,000 residents served
Place	Distance	Violent per 100,000	Property per 100,000
Columbus	—	382	2,539
Grandview Heights	2.9 mi	21	1,494
Bexley	3.0 mi	184	1,835
Clinton Township (Franklin County)	4.7 mi	70	1,264
Whitehall	5.4 mi	824	5,638
Upper Arlington	5.5 mi	19	717
Franklin Township (Franklin County)	5.8 mi	67	879
Mifflin Township (Franklin County)	6.6 mi	197	2,440
Gahanna	6.6 mi	169	1,656

Neighboring departments count the same offenses the same way, but their areas, populations and visitors differ, so a difference between two towns is a starting point for a question, not an answer.

How to read these numbers

These are offenses known to the police and reported to the FBI’s Uniform Crime Reporting Program: crimes nobody reported, or that a department did not record, are not in them.

Violent crime is murder and nonnegligent manslaughter, rape, robbery and aggravated assault; property crime is burglary, larceny-theft, motor vehicle theft and arson.

A department reports the crimes in the area it polices, which can differ from the town’s boundaries, and the FBI estimates the population it serves.

The FBI asks that these figures not be used to rank places or to judge how safe a neighborhood is: crime depends on many local factors, and the counts describe a whole town, not any street or home.

A year is shown only when the department reported all twelve months.

FBI: Uniform Crime Reporting statistics and their proper use

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