What is the crime rate in Salem, OH?

In 2025, the Salem Police Department reported 12 violent crimes and 138 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 103 violent and 1,186 property crimes per 100,000 of the 11,637 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: 103
Property per 100,000: 1,186
Violent crimes: 12
Property crimes: 138

Crime reported by the Salem 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	16	137	172	1,476	11,654
2024	27	232	160	1,372	11,661
2025	12	103	138	1,186	11,637

Violent crimes reported went from 16 in 2023 to 12 in 2025.

Property crimes reported went from 172 in 2023 to 138 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.

Salem against Ohio and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2025
	Violent crime	Property crime
Salem	103	1,186
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 Salem, 2025

Each place’s own police department; rates per 100,000 residents served
Place	Distance	Violent per 100,000	Property per 100,000
Salem	—	103	1,186
Goshen Township (Mahoning County)	4.9 mi	227	1,429
Beaver Township (Mahoning County)	9.2 mi	90	795
Sebring	9.3 mi	364	1,067
Columbiana	9.6 mi	59	528
Canfield	9.6 mi	26	328
Lisbon	10 mi	160	200

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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