Photo: Nyttend · Public domainFewer crimes per resident are recorded in Deer Park than in 67% of U.S. towns
Police counts work out at 1.1 violent crimes and 7.8 incidents of property crime per 1,000 residents annually; in the rest of Ohio they are 3.7 and 19.6. Scored on crimes Deer Park’s police reported across 2023 to 2025, the town lands on B+ for safety: #104 of 296 graded towns in Ohio. It has less violent crime than 64% of U.S. towns, and less property crime than 64%.
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’s behind Deer Park’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 | Deer Park | Rest of Ohio | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 1.1 | 3.7 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 1.1 | 3.9 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 1.1 | 3.5 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
Deer Park’s police reported 18 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 1.1 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 Deer Park 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 | Deer Park property | Rest of Ohio property | Deer Park violent | Rest of Ohio violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 9.7 | 21.1 | 1.1 | 3.7 |
| 2024 | 7.5 | 19.8 | 1.1 | 3.9 |
| 2025 | 6.2 | 17.9 | 1.1 | 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, 2023–2025, against the rest of Ohio.
40 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 34 property, as reported to the FBI by Deer Park’s police.
No one died in a crash on Deer Park’s roads in 2019–2023
That is about what 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 Deer Park’s size would see about 2 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Deer Park’s own rate (0.0) 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.
Deer Park and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Deer Park | B+ | 1.1 | 7.8 |
| Sycamore Township | — | — | — |
| Kenwood | — | — | — |
| Rossmoyne | — | — | — |
| Silverton | — | — | — |
| Dillonvale | — | — | — |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Sycamore Township and Silverton have no FBI figures of their own for 2023–2025. Kenwood, Rossmoyne and Dillonvale are unincorporated communities (census-designated places) with no police department of their own.
Ohio towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Deer Park | B+ | 1.1 | 7.8 |
| Grafton | A+ | 0.1 | 2.2 |
| Johnstown | A− | 1.0 | 4.7 |
| Canal Fulton | B | 1.9 | 6.9 |
| Groveport | B | 1.4 | 9.0 |
| Wellston | B− | 1.8 | 12.2 |
The five graded Ohio towns closest to Deer Park’s population (5,557), 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 Deer Park. 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 Deer Park’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (5,441 in 2025); our figure for Deer Park is 5,557 (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 Deer Park
Is Deer Park, OH safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Deer Park reports less crime per resident than 67% of U.S. towns, a B+ Safety Grade and #104 of 296 in Ohio. Its police reported 1.1 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 Deer Park?
1.1 violent and 7.8 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.
Who polices Deer Park?
Deer Park’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Deer Park”. 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.