Photo: Roseohioresident · CC BY-SA 4.0Beaver Township has less violent crime per resident than two in three U.S. towns
Both towns next door with figures record less crime per resident. Beaver Township grades B+ for safety on crimes its police reported from 2023 to 2025: #104 of 296 graded towns in Ohio. Violence and property crime split as 1.0 violent crime and 8.5 incidents of property crime per 1,000 residents a year, beside 3.7 and 19.6 in the rest of Ohio.
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 Beaver Township
2 of the 2 graded towns next door report less crime
Of the 6 Ohio towns on Beaver Township’s borders, 2 have a Safety Grade: Columbiana (A), Springfield Township (A−). Fairfield Township, Green Township and Salem Township have no FBI figures of their own for 2023–2025. North Lima is an unincorporated community (a census-designated place) with no police department of its own. Neighbors ↓
Written from the FBI data on this page. Figures are crimes reported to police, not convictions.
What’s behind Beaver Township’s grade
Property crimes plus four times violent crimes reported to the FBI per resident, 2023–2025, on a national curve. Both violent and property crime are lower than in most U.S. towns; violent crime is the stronger of the two.
Violent crime, by year and by type
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| Year | Beaver Township | Rest of Ohio | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 1.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 1.4 | 3.7 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 0.8 | 3.9 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 0.9 | 3.5 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
Beaver Township’s police reported 20 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 1.0 per 1,000 residents a year, against 3.7 in the rest of Ohio and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
Crime in Beaver Township per 1,000 residents
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.
And about 1 violent crime, in 2025. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.
Reported crime is steady
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| Year | Beaver Township property | Rest of Ohio property | Beaver Township violent | Rest of Ohio violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 11.3 | 22.6 | 1.0 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 10.2 | 21.1 | 1.4 | 3.7 |
| 2024 | 7.4 | 19.8 | 0.8 | 3.9 |
| 2025 | 7.9 | 17.9 | 0.9 | 3.5 |
Crimes per 1,000 residents
Reported crime per resident was steady from 2023 to 2025: the change is within ordinary year-to-year swings. Per 1,000 residents, 2022–2025, against the rest of Ohio.
59 crimes reported in 2025
2025 offenses reported
Offenses reported to police, not convictions. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting. The last row is counted outside the property total.
6 violent and 53 property, as reported to the FBI by Beaver Township’s police.
Eight people died in crashes on Beaver Township’s roads in 2019–2023
Beaver Township had 8 fatal crashes in five years, in which eight people died; 1 was a pedestrian. 3 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 Beaver Township’s size would see about 2 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Beaver Township’s own rate (23.8) 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.
Beaver Township and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Beaver Township | B+ | 1.0 | 8.5 |
| Fairfield Township | — | — | — |
| Columbiana | A | 0.7 | 3.6 |
| Green Township | — | — | — |
| Springfield Township | A− | 1.0 | 4.9 |
| North Lima | — | — | — |
| Salem Township | — | — | — |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Fairfield Township, Green Township and Salem Township have no FBI figures of their own for 2023–2025. North Lima is an unincorporated community (a census-designated place) with no police department of its own.
Ohio towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Beaver Township | B+ | 1.0 | 8.5 |
| Huron | A | 0.6 | 3.6 |
| Belpre | B+ | 1.1 | 6.1 |
| Upper Sandusky | C+ | 1.6 | 18.6 |
| Ontario | C− | 1.2 | 29.3 |
| Moraine | D− | 6.6 | 64.0 |
The five graded Ohio towns closest to Beaver Township’s population (6,601), by grade.
How reported crime compares across the town line. Tap a town to see its safety page.
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 Beaver 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 Beaver Township’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (6,668 in 2025); our figure for Beaver Township is 6,601 (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 Beaver Township
Is Beaver Township, OH safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Beaver Township reports less crime per resident than 67% of U.S. towns, a B+ Safety Grade and #104 of 296 in Ohio. Its police reported 1.0 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 Beaver Township?
1.0 violent and 8.5 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 Beaver Township safer than Columbiana?
Columbiana reports less crime per resident than Beaver Township: Columbiana grades A for safety and Beaver Township B+. Columbiana’s police reported 0.7 violent and 3.6 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Beaver Township?
Beaver Township’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Beaver Township”. 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.