Photo: Nyttend · Public domainCrime per resident in Elmwood Place runs higher than in 96% of U.S. towns
The rate the grade counts climbed 68% from 2023 to 2025. Year on year, 9.9 violent crimes and 28.2 incidents of property crime occur per 1,000 residents, compared with 3.7 and 19.6 in the rest of Ohio. Measured on crimes Elmwood Place’s police reported between 2023 and 2025, it earns a Safety Grade of D−. Violent crime here is higher than in 98% of U.S. towns; property crime, higher than in 89%.
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 Elmwood Place
1 of the 1 graded towns next door reports less crime
Of the 1 Ohio towns on Elmwood Place’s borders, 1 have a Safety Grade: St. Bernard (C−). Neighbors ↓
Reported crime is rising
Crime reported per resident rose 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 Elmwood Place’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 higher than in most U.S. towns; property crime is the closer of the two to typical.
Reported crime per resident, 2023 to 2025
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| Year | Elmwood Place property | Rest of Ohio property | Elmwood Place violent | Rest of Ohio violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 20.1 | 21.0 | 4.9 | 3.7 |
| 2024 | 31.3 | 19.8 | 16.1 | 3.9 |
| 2025 | 33.3 | 17.8 | 8.7 | 3.5 |
Crimes per 1,000 residents
Reported crime per resident rose from 2023 to 2025, by more than ordinary year-to-year swings. Per 1,000 residents, 2023–2025, against the rest of Ohio.
Violent crime, by year and by type
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| Year | Elmwood Place | Rest of Ohio | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 4.9 | 3.7 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 16.1 | 3.9 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 8.7 | 3.5 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
Elmwood Place’s police reported 61 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 9.9 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 Elmwood Place 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 9 violent crimes, in 2025. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.
87 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.
18 violent and 69 property, as reported to the FBI by Elmwood Place’s police.
No one died in a crash on Elmwood Place’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 Elmwood Place’s size would see about 1 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Elmwood Place’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.
Elmwood Place and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Elmwood Place | D− | 9.9 | 28.2 |
| St. Bernard | C− | 3.4 | 24.9 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Ohio towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Elmwood Place | D− | 9.9 | 28.2 |
| South Zanesville | A− | 0.2 | 7.0 |
| Batavia | B+ | 0.5 | 8.8 |
| Bellville | B+ | 1.2 | 6.2 |
| Brewster | B | 2.2 | 6.0 |
| Hebron | B | 1.1 | 11.5 |
The five graded Ohio towns closest to Elmwood Place’s population (2,083), 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 Elmwood Place. 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 Elmwood Place’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (2,075 in 2025); our figure for Elmwood Place is 2,083 (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 Elmwood Place
Is Elmwood Place, OH safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Elmwood Place reports more crime per resident than 96% of U.S. towns, a D− Safety Grade. Its police reported 9.9 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 Elmwood Place?
9.9 violent and 28.2 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 Elmwood Place safer than St. Bernard?
St. Bernard reports less crime per resident than Elmwood Place: St. Bernard grades C− for safety and Elmwood Place D−. St. Bernard’s police reported 3.4 violent and 24.9 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Elmwood Place?
Elmwood Place’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Elmwood Place”. 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.