Photo: Nheyob · CC BY-SA 4.0What is recorded in Dry Ridge, and why there is no grade
Dry Ridge has no police department of its own: it’s an unincorporated community (a census-designated place) in Hamilton County. The Hamilton County Sheriff’s Office reports to the FBI for the parts of the county without police of their own, so there are no figures for Dry Ridge alone, and no Safety Grade. Colerain Township, 1 mile away, is the nearest town with a Safety Grade (C). Count 16 graded towns in the 10 miles around.
What stands out about safety in Dry Ridge
Policed by the county
Dry Ridge is a census-designated place, with no town government. Crimes there are reported to the FBI inside the Hamilton County Sheriff’s Office’s totals for the county. County police ↓
Counts, not rates
The FBI doesn’t publish how many people the Hamilton County Sheriff’s Office covers, so its totals can’t be turned into a per-resident rate or a grade for Dry Ridge. County police ↓
The nearest graded towns
The closest Ohio towns with their own police figures are Colerain Township (C, 1 mi), Mount Healthy (D, 5 mi), North College Hill (D, 6 mi). Nearby towns can differ a lot from Dry Ridge. Nearest ↓
Written from the FBI data on this page. Figures are crimes reported to police, not convictions.
What the Hamilton County Sheriff’s Office reports
Reports to the FBI for the parts of Hamilton County without police of their own, which include Dry Ridge.
Property crimes
Violent crimes
2025 offenses reported by the Hamilton County Sheriff’s Office
Counts, not rates: the FBI doesn’t publish how many people each agency covers. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting, Tables 10–11.
Crimes reported to the FBI for the whole area the department covers, by year.
The nearest Ohio towns with a Safety Grade
| Town | Grade | Distance | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Colerain Township | C | 1 mi | 2.2 | 19.0 |
| Mount Healthy | D | 5 mi | 5.8 | 27.4 |
| North College Hill | D | 6 mi | 7.1 | 30.2 |
| Green Township | B− | 6 mi | 1.2 | 14.0 |
| Springfield Township | B− | 6 mi | 1.8 | 13.4 |
| Forest Park | C | 7 mi | 2.7 | 15.8 |
Straight-line distance from the center of Dry Ridge. Nearby towns can differ a lot from Dry Ridge.
Each town’s own police figures, per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
No one died in a crash on Dry Ridge’s roads in 2019–2023
That is about what is typical for Ohio towns of 2,500–5,000 people: at their median rate (9.6 deaths per 100,000 residents a year), a town of Dry Ridge’s size would see about 1 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Dry Ridge’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.
Dry Ridge and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Taylor Creek | — | — | — |
| Crosby Township | — | — | — |
| Colerain Township | C | 2.2 | 19.0 |
| Dunlap | — | — | — |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Taylor Creek and Dunlap are unincorporated communities (census-designated places) with no police department of their own. Crosby Township has no FBI figures of its own for 2023–2025.
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.
- A county agency covers a wide area. Its totals mix many communities, so they say little about any one of them.
- 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 Dry Ridge
Is Dry Ridge, OH safe?
There is no Safety Grade for Dry Ridge. The nearest Ohio towns with a grade are Colerain Township (C, 1 mi), Mount Healthy (D, 5 mi), North College Hill (D, 6 mi).
Who polices Dry Ridge?
The Hamilton County Sheriff’s Office. Dry Ridge is an unincorporated community, and the department reports to the FBI for the parts of Hamilton County without police of their own.
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Neighbors looking out for each other in Dry Ridge.
Crime: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Crime Data Explorer: offenses known to law enforcement by city, 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.