Photo: Nheyob · CC BY-SA 4.0The crimes the grade counts fell 32% per resident in Dublin from 2023 to 2025
Taking everything together, Dublin scores B+ (#110 of 296 graded towns in Ohio): less crime per resident than 66% of U.S. towns, measured on crimes its police reported between 2023 and 2025. What’s more, the local count comes to 0.9 violent crime and 9.0 incidents of property crime per 1,000 people each year, with 3.7 and 19.6 in the rest of Ohio. Of the 2 towns on its borders with figures, one records less crime per resident.
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 Dublin
1 of the 2 graded towns next door reports less crime
Of the 6 Ohio towns on Dublin’s borders, 2 have a Safety Grade: Perry Township (A+), Columbus (D). Washington Township, Jerome Township, Concord Township and Liberty Township have no FBI figures of their own for 2023–2025. Neighbors ↓
A job center
Dublin has 49,833 jobs based in town for 49,094 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 Dublin’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 per resident, 2023 to 2025
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| Year | Dublin property | Rest of Ohio property | Dublin violent | Rest of Ohio violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 11.3 | 22.7 | 0.7 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 11.0 | 21.1 | 0.7 | 3.8 |
| 2024 | 9.2 | 19.9 | 1.1 | 3.9 |
| 2025 | 7.0 | 17.9 | 1.0 | 3.5 |
Crimes per 1,000 residents
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.
Violent crime, by year and by type
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| Year | Dublin | Rest of Ohio | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 0.7 | 4.0 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 0.7 | 3.8 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 1.1 | 3.9 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 1.0 | 3.5 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
Dublin’s police reported 136 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.
Crime in Dublin 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.
394 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.
50 violent and 344 property, as reported to the FBI by Dublin’s police.
10 people died in crashes on Dublin’s roads in 2019–2023
Dublin had 9 fatal crashes in five years, in which 10 people died; 2 were pedestrians. 4 died in crashes on an Interstate.
That is 4.1 deaths per 100,000 residents a year, about the same as the median for Ohio towns of 25,000–100,000 people (4.7, 98 towns).
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.
Dublin and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dublin | B+ | 0.9 | 9.0 |
| Columbus | D | 4.0 | 26.2 |
| Washington Township | — | — | — |
| Jerome Township | — | — | — |
| Concord Township | — | — | — |
| Liberty Township | — | — | — |
| Perry Township | A+ | 0.2 | 1.9 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Washington Township, Jerome Township, Concord Township and Liberty Township have no FBI figures of their own for 2023–2025.
Ohio towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dublin | B+ | 0.9 | 9.0 |
| Lakewood | B− | 1.2 | 12.1 |
| Sylvania Township | B− | 0.7 | 15.4 |
| Euclid | B− | 1.7 | 12.9 |
| Beavercreek | C+ | 0.6 | 19.5 |
| Mansfield | C− | 3.9 | 25.9 |
The five graded Ohio towns closest to Dublin’s population (49,094), 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 Dublin. 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 Dublin’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (49,484 in 2025); our figure for Dublin is 49,094 (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 Dublin
Is Dublin, OH safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Dublin reports less crime per resident than 66% of U.S. towns, a B+ Safety Grade and #110 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 Dublin?
0.9 violent and 9.0 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.
How many homicides were there in Dublin in 2025?
Dublin’s police reported 0 homicides to the FBI for 2025, 0.0 per 100,000 residents. Across U.S. cities and towns in the FBI’s tables the 2025 figure was 4.6.
Is Dublin safer than Columbus?
Columbus reports more crime per resident than Dublin: Columbus grades D for safety and Dublin B+. Columbus’s police reported 4.0 violent and 26.2 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Dublin?
Dublin’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Dublin”. 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.