Photo: Mike Kalasnik from Fort Mill, USA · CC BY-SA 2.0Reported crime per resident in Forest Park fell 39% from 2023 to 2025
Overall, Forest Park grades C for safety (#227 of 296 graded towns in Ohio): more crime per resident than 67% of U.S. towns, on crimes its police reported to the FBI in 2023–2025.
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 Forest Park
3 of the 5 graded towns next door report less crime
Of the 8 Ohio towns on Forest Park’s borders, 5 have a Safety Grade: Fairfield (B−), Springfield Township (B−), Greenhills (C+), Colerain Township (C), Springdale (C−). Pleasant Run Farm, Pleasant Run and New Burlington are unincorporated communities (census-designated places) with no police department of their own. Neighbors ↓
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 Forest 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 higher than in most U.S. towns; property crime is the closer of the two to typical. Its violent rate (2.7) is below the FBI’s national estimate (3.6) but higher than in most individual towns: the national figure is weighted by people, and the grade counts towns. Its property rate (15.8) is below the FBI’s national estimate (17.6) but higher than in most individual towns: the national figure is weighted by people, and the grade counts towns.
Reported crime is falling
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.
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| Year | Forest Park property | Rest of Ohio property | Forest Park violent | Rest of Ohio violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 19.3 | 22.6 | 3.6 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 19.7 | 21.1 | 2.6 | 3.7 |
| 2024 | 16.9 | 19.8 | 2.8 | 3.9 |
| 2025 | 11.1 | 17.9 | 2.6 | 3.5 |
Crimes per 1,000 residents
Violent crime, by year and by type
Forest Park’s police reported 159 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 2.7 per 1,000 residents a year, against 3.7 in the rest of Ohio and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
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| Year | Forest Park | Rest of Ohio | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 3.6 | 4.0 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 2.6 | 3.7 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 2.8 | 3.9 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 2.6 | 3.5 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
For every 1,000 residents, about 11 property crimes reported
And about 3 violent crimes, in 2025. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.
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.
273 crimes reported in 2025
52 violent and 221 property, as reported to the FBI by Forest Park’s police.
2025 offenses reported
Offenses reported to police, not convictions. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting. The last row is counted outside the property total.
Four people died in crashes on Forest Park’s roads in 2019–2023
Forest Park had 4 fatal crashes in five years, in which four people died; 2 were pedestrians. Most of these deaths (2 of 4) were on an Interstate passing through, so they say more about through-traffic than about the town’s own streets.
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 Forest Park’s size would see about 7 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Forest Park’s own rate (4.0) 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.
Forest Park and its neighbors
How reported crime compares across the town line. Tap a town to see its safety page.
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Forest Park | C | 2.7 | 15.8 |
| Springfield Township | B− | 1.8 | 13.4 |
| Pleasant Run Farm | — | — | — |
| Springdale | C− | 3.7 | 24.0 |
| Colerain Township | C | 2.2 | 19.0 |
| Fairfield | B− | 1.4 | 13.7 |
| Pleasant Run | — | — | — |
| New Burlington | — | — | — |
| Greenhills | C+ | 3.0 | 10.3 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Pleasant Run Farm, Pleasant Run and New Burlington are unincorporated communities (census-designated places) with no police department of their own.
Ohio towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Forest Park | C | 2.7 | 15.8 |
| Broadview Heights | A+ | 0.1 | 0.8 |
| Parma Heights | A | 0.5 | 2.7 |
| Miamisburg | B− | 1.7 | 13.7 |
| Sidney | C | 3.0 | 19.4 |
| Whitehall | D− | 9.5 | 60.1 |
The five graded Ohio towns closest to Forest Park’s population (20,041), by grade.
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 Forest 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 Forest Park’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (20,000 in 2025); our figure for Forest Park is 20,041 (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 Forest Park
Is Forest Park, OH safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Forest Park reports more crime per resident than 67% of U.S. towns, a C Safety Grade and #227 of 296 in Ohio. Its police reported 2.7 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 Forest Park?
2.7 violent and 15.8 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.
Is crime going up or down in Forest Park?
Reported crime per resident fell from 2023 to 2025, by more than ordinary year-to-year swings.
Is Forest Park safer than Springfield Township?
Springfield Township reports less crime per resident than Forest Park: Springfield Township grades B− for safety and Forest Park C. Springfield Township’s police reported 1.8 violent and 13.4 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Forest Park?
Forest Park’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Forest 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.