Photo: Sixflashphoto · CC BY-SA 4.0Reported crime per resident in Blendon Township fell 56% from 2023 to 2025
Overall, Blendon Township grades B+ for safety (#99 of 296 graded towns in Ohio): less crime per resident than 68% 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 Blendon Township
1 of the 3 graded towns next door reports less crime
Of the 6 Ohio towns on Blendon Township’s borders, 3 have a Safety Grade: Genoa Township (A+), Westerville (C+), Columbus (D). Huber Ridge is an unincorporated community (a census-designated place) with no police department of its own. Minerva Park and Plain Township have no FBI figures of their own for 2023–2025. Neighbors ↓
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 Blendon 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.
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 | Blendon Township property | Rest of Ohio property | Blendon Township violent | Rest of Ohio violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 14.1 | 22.6 | 1.4 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 10.7 | 21.1 | 1.4 | 3.7 |
| 2024 | 9.9 | 19.8 | 0.8 | 3.9 |
| 2025 | 4.7 | 17.9 | 0.6 | 3.5 |
Crimes per 1,000 residents
Violent crime, by year and by type
Blendon Township’s police reported 22 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 0.9 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 | Blendon Township | Rest of Ohio | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 1.4 | 4.0 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 1.4 | 3.7 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 0.8 | 3.9 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 0.6 | 3.5 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
For every 1,000 residents, about 5 property crimes reported
And about 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.
42 crimes reported in 2025
5 violent and 37 property, as reported to the FBI by Blendon 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.
Seven people died in crashes on Blendon Township’s roads in 2019–2023
Blendon Township had 7 fatal crashes in five years, in which seven people died; 1 was a pedestrian and 1 was a cyclist. 1 died in crash 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 Blendon Township’s size would see about 3 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Blendon Township’s own rate (14.0) 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.
Blendon Township and its neighbors
How reported crime compares across the town line. Tap a town to see its safety page.
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blendon Township | B+ | 0.9 | 8.4 |
| Columbus | D | 4.0 | 26.2 |
| Westerville | C+ | 1.9 | 17.9 |
| Huber Ridge | — | — | — |
| Minerva Park | — | — | — |
| Plain Township | — | — | — |
| Genoa Township | A+ | 0.1 | 3.0 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Huber Ridge is an unincorporated community (a census-designated place) with no police department of its own. Minerva Park and Plain Township have no FBI figures of their own for 2023–2025.
Ohio towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blendon Township | B+ | 0.9 | 8.4 |
| Louisville | B+ | 0.9 | 8.7 |
| Wapakoneta | B | 1.0 | 9.5 |
| Bath Township | B− | 0.6 | 14.5 |
| Cambridge | B− | 1.0 | 15.0 |
| Struthers | B− | 2.3 | 10.7 |
The five graded Ohio towns closest to Blendon Township’s population (9,857), 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 Blendon 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 Blendon Township’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (7,921 in 2025); our figure for Blendon Township is 9,857 (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 Blendon Township
Is Blendon Township, OH safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Blendon Township reports less crime per resident than 68% of U.S. towns, a B+ Safety Grade and #99 of 296 in Ohio. Its police reported 0.9 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 Blendon Township?
0.9 violent and 8.4 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 Blendon Township?
Reported crime per resident fell from 2023 to 2025, by more than ordinary year-to-year swings.
Is Blendon Township safer than Columbus?
Columbus reports more crime per resident than Blendon Township: Columbus grades D for safety and Blendon Township B+. Columbus’s police reported 4.0 violent and 26.2 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Blendon Township?
Blendon Township’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Blendon 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.