Photo: Nyttend · Public domainGirard reports more crime per resident than 61% of U.S. towns
On crimes reported to the FBI by Girard’s police in 2023–2025, it grades C+ for safety: #209 of 296 graded towns in Ohio.
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 Girard
1 of the 1 graded towns next door reports less crime
Of the 6 Ohio towns on Girard’s borders, 1 have a Safety Grade: Weathersfield Township (B−). Liberty Township and McDonald have no FBI figures of their own for 2023–2025. Youngstown and Vienna Township reported to the FBI for 2023 and 2024 but not 2025. McKinley Heights is an unincorporated community (a census-designated place) with no police department of its own. Neighbors ↓
Written from the FBI data on this page. Figures are crimes reported to police, not convictions.
What’s behind Girard’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 (2.8) 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 (12.3) 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.
Violent crime, by year and by type
Girard’s police reported 78 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 2.8 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 | Girard | Rest of Ohio | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 3.4 | 3.7 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 2.4 | 3.9 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 2.4 | 3.5 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
For every 1,000 residents, about 12 property crimes reported
And about 2 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.
Reported crime is steady
Reported crime per resident was steady from 2023 to 2025: the change is within ordinary year-to-year swings. Per 1,000 residents, 2023–2025, against the rest of Ohio.
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| Year | Girard property | Rest of Ohio property | Girard violent | Rest of Ohio violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 11.5 | 21.1 | 3.4 | 3.7 |
| 2024 | 13.8 | 19.8 | 2.4 | 3.9 |
| 2025 | 11.7 | 17.9 | 2.4 | 3.5 |
Crimes per 1,000 residents
133 crimes reported in 2025
23 violent and 110 property, as reported to the FBI by Girard’s police.
2025 offenses reported
Offenses reported to police, not convictions. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting. The last row is counted outside the property total.
Three people died in crashes on Girard’s roads in 2019–2023
Girard had 2 fatal crashes in five years, in which three people died. Most of these deaths (3 of 3) 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 Girard’s size would see about 3 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Girard’s own rate (6.3) 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.
Girard and its neighbors
How reported crime compares across the town line. Tap a town to see its safety page.
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Girard | C+ | 2.8 | 12.3 |
| Liberty Township | — | — | — |
| Youngstown | — | — | — |
| McKinley Heights | — | — | — |
| Weathersfield Township | B− | 1.7 | 14.1 |
| McDonald | — | — | — |
| Vienna Township | — | — | — |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Liberty Township and McDonald have no FBI figures of their own for 2023–2025. Youngstown and Vienna Township reported to the FBI for 2023 and 2024 but not 2025. McKinley Heights is an unincorporated community (a census-designated place) with no police department of its own.
Ohio towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Girard | C+ | 2.8 | 12.3 |
| Champion Township | A− | 0.4 | 6.1 |
| Medina Township | B+ | 0.4 | 9.6 |
| East Liverpool | B− | 3.0 | 8.1 |
| Shelby | B− | 2.3 | 11.6 |
| North College Hill | D | 7.1 | 30.2 |
The five graded Ohio towns closest to Girard’s population (9,384), 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 Girard. 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 Girard’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (9,424 in 2025); our figure for Girard is 9,384 (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 Girard
Is Girard, OH safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Girard reports more crime per resident than 61% of U.S. towns, a C+ Safety Grade and #209 of 296 in Ohio. Its police reported 2.8 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 Girard?
2.8 violent and 12.3 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 Girard?
Reported crime per resident was steady from 2023 to 2025: the change is within ordinary year-to-year swings.
Is Girard safer than Weathersfield Township?
Weathersfield Township reports less crime per resident than Girard: Weathersfield Township grades B− for safety and Girard C+. Weathersfield Township’s police reported 1.7 violent and 14.1 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Girard?
Girard’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Girard”. 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.