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Safety in Edison · Not graded

Edison goes ungraded: its recorded crime

Edison has no FBI crime figures of its own for 2023–2025, so there is nothing to grade it on. Within a 25-mile drive lie 10 towns that have a grade. The closest graded town is Galion, 13 miles away, at B.

Nearest with figures

The nearest Ohio towns with a Safety Grade

TownGradeDistanceViolentProperty
GalionB13 mi2.05.9
MarionC14 mi3.913.2
BucyrusC+18 mi1.516.3
BellvilleB+19 mi1.26.2
OntarioC−19 mi1.229.3
DelawareB22 mi1.89.1

Straight-line distance from the center of Edison. Nearby towns can differ a lot from Edison.

Each town’s own police figures, per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.

On the roads

No one died in a crash on Edison’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 Edison’s size would see about 0 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Edison’s own rate (0.0) is context, not a ranking.

0
people died in crashes, 2019–2023
0
pedestrians among them
0
cyclists among them
0.0
per 100,000 a year · Ohio towns of 2,500–5,000: 9.6

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.

Next door

Edison and its neighbors

Mount Gilead: not gradedMount GileadEdison
A rangeB rangeC rangeD rangeNot graded
TownGradeViolentProperty
Mount Gilead———

Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Mount Gilead reported to the FBI for 2023 and 2024 but not 2025.

How reported crime compares across the town line. Tap a town to see its safety page.

How to read these numbers

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 Edison

Is Edison, OH safe?

There is no Safety Grade for Edison. The nearest Ohio towns with a grade are Galion (B, 13 mi), Marion (C, 14 mi), Bucyrus (C+, 18 mi).

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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.