What is the crime rate in Fostoria, OH?

In 2025, the Fostoria Police Department reported 15 violent crimes and 81 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 115 violent and 620 property crimes per 100,000 of the 13,067 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: 115
Property per 100,000: 620
Violent crimes: 15
Property crimes: 81

Crime reported by the Fostoria 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	30	230	162	1,243	13,033
2024	27	207	99	759	13,038
2025	15	115	81	620	13,067

Violent crimes reported went from 30 in 2023 to 15 in 2025.

Property crimes reported went from 162 in 2023 to 81 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.

Fostoria against Ohio and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2025
	Violent crime	Property crime
Fostoria	115	620
Seneca County	45	744
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.

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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