Photo: SilentMatt Psychedelic · CC BY-SA 4.0Reported crime per resident in Bath Township fell 36% from 2023 to 2025
Overall, Bath Township grades B− for safety (#152 of 296 graded towns in Ohio): close to the middle of U.S. towns, on crimes its police reported to the FBI in 2023–2025.
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. “Rest of OH” is every other Ohio city and town in the FBI’s tables; the U.S. figure is the FBI’s national estimate as published, averaged over the three years. The FBI publishes no national homicide or robbery rate in our data, so those compare with all U.S. cities and towns in its tables.
What stands out about safety in Bath Township
Bath Township reports less crime than every graded town next door
Of the 7 Ohio towns on Bath Township’s borders, 3 have a Safety Grade: Cuyahoga Falls (C+), Fairlawn (C−), Akron (D). Montrose-Ghent is an unincorporated community (a census-designated place) with no police department of its own. Granger Township and Richfield Township have no FBI figures of their own for 2023–2025. Copley Township reported to the FBI for 2023 but not 2024 or 2025. Neighbors ↓
A job center
Bath Township has 6,384 jobs based in town for 10,017 residents (Census LEHD), so some reports involve people who work or shop there rather than residents. How to read it ↓
Reported crime is falling
Crime reported per resident fell from 2023 to 2025 by more than ordinary year-to-year swings, on the grade’s own score. Trend ↓
Written from the FBI data on this page. Figures are crimes reported to police, not convictions.
What’s behind Bath Township’s grade
Property crimes plus four times violent crimes reported to the FBI per resident, 2023–2025, on a national curve. Violent crime holds Bath Township’s grade up; property crime pulls it down. Its property rate (14.5) is below the FBI’s national estimate (17.6) but higher than in most individual towns: the national figure is weighted by people, and the grade counts towns.
Reported crime is falling
Reported crime per resident fell from 2023 to 2025, by more than ordinary year-to-year swings. Per 1,000 residents, 2022–2025, against the rest of Ohio.
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| Year | Bath Township property | Rest of Ohio property | Bath Township violent | Rest of Ohio violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 17.9 | 22.6 | 0.0 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 17.2 | 21.1 | 0.6 | 3.7 |
| 2024 | 15.3 | 19.8 | 0.7 | 3.9 |
| 2025 | 11.0 | 17.9 | 0.4 | 3.5 |
Crimes per 1,000 residents
Violent crime, by year and by type
Bath Township’s police reported 17 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 0.6 per 1,000 residents a year, against 3.7 in the rest of Ohio and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
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| Year | Bath Township | Rest of Ohio | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 0.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 0.6 | 3.7 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 0.7 | 3.9 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 0.4 | 3.5 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
For every 1,000 residents, about 11 property crimes reported
And fewer than 1 violent crime, in 2025. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.
Violent crime per 1,000 residents, 2025
Property crime per 1,000 residents, 2025
Crimes reported to police in 2025 per resident; one person can be the victim of more than one, and some reports involve visitors.
114 crimes reported in 2025
4 violent and 110 property, as reported to the FBI by Bath Township’s police.
2025 offenses reported
Offenses reported to police, not convictions. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting. The last row is counted outside the property total.
Eight people died in crashes on Bath Township’s roads in 2019–2023
Bath Township had 7 fatal crashes in five years, in which eight people died; 2 were pedestrians. 2 died in crashes on an Interstate.
That is more than is typical for Ohio towns of 5,000–25,000 people: at their median rate (6.9 deaths per 100,000 residents a year), a town of Bath Township’s size would see about 3 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Bath Township’s own rate (16.0) is context, not a ranking.
Deaths are counted where the crash happened, not where the people lived: a highway through town adds through-traffic deaths, and residents’ own risk on roads elsewhere isn’t here. Town rates sit below state and U.S. rates because a third of fatal crashes happen outside any town. Road safety is described here and is not part of the Safety Grade. Source: NHTSA Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), 2019–2023.
Bath Township and its neighbors
How reported crime compares across the town line. Tap a town to see its safety page.
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bath Township | B− | 0.6 | 14.5 |
| Montrose-Ghent | — | — | — |
| Fairlawn | C− | 0.7 | 35.9 |
| Akron | D | 8.2 | 29.2 |
| Granger Township | — | — | — |
| Copley Township | — | — | — |
| Cuyahoga Falls | C+ | 2.0 | 17.7 |
| Richfield Township | — | — | — |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Montrose-Ghent is an unincorporated community (a census-designated place) with no police department of its own. Granger Township and Richfield Township have no FBI figures of their own for 2023–2025. Copley Township reported to the FBI for 2023 but not 2024 or 2025.
Ohio towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bath Township | B− | 0.6 | 14.5 |
| Louisville | B+ | 0.9 | 8.7 |
| Blendon Township | B+ | 0.9 | 8.4 |
| Ironton | B | 2.6 | 6.3 |
| Cambridge | B− | 1.0 | 15.0 |
| Struthers | B− | 2.3 | 10.7 |
The five graded Ohio towns closest to Bath Township’s population (10,017), by grade.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- It’s reported crime. Only incidents reported to and recorded by police appear here. Many crimes are never reported to police.
- One number for all of Bath Township. A town-wide rate doesn’t show where incidents happen, and that can differ a lot from one part of town to another.
- Visitors count too. Incidents involving people who work, shop or visit are counted against Bath Township’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (10,012 in 2025); our figure for Bath Township is 10,017 (2025 Census estimate).
- Gaps are real gaps. A missing year means the department didn’t report a full year, not that nothing happened.
How the grade is calculated, for every town: How TownRatings grades safety →
Questions about safety in Bath Township
Is Bath Township, OH safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Bath Township reports less crime per resident than 54% of U.S. towns, a B− Safety Grade and #152 of 296 in Ohio. Its police reported 0.6 violent crimes per 1,000 residents a year, against 3.7 in the rest of Ohio and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
What is the crime rate in Bath Township?
0.6 violent and 14.5 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025, as reported to the FBI. The rest of Ohio reports 3.7 and 19.6; the FBI’s national estimate is 3.6 and 17.6.
Is crime going up or down in Bath Township?
Reported crime per resident fell from 2023 to 2025, by more than ordinary year-to-year swings.
Is Bath Township safer than Fairlawn?
Fairlawn reports more crime per resident than Bath Township: Fairlawn grades C− for safety and Bath Township B−. Fairlawn’s police reported 0.7 violent and 35.9 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Bath Township?
Bath Township’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Bath Township, Summit County”. Its figures are the ones on this page.
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Crime: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Crime Data Explorer: offenses known to law enforcement by city, 2025, and state and national rates. Counts are crimes reported to police, not convictions. The Safety Grade is our own summary of that data, not an official rating. Road deaths: NHTSA Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), 2019–2023. This isn’t an official statement of public safety. In an emergency, call 911.