Photo: Sixflashphoto · CC BY-SA 4.0Per resident, Grove City records more property crime than 86% of U.S. towns
The overall Safety Grade is C− (#247 of 296 graded towns in Ohio), which means more crime per resident than 76% of U.S. towns, judged on crimes its police reported from 2023 to 2025. Still, the yearly rates were 1.8 violent crimes and 25.3 incidents of property crime per 1,000 residents, set against 3.7 and 19.5 in the rest of Ohio. The crimes the grade counts held steady per resident from 2023 to 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 Grove City
Grove City reports less crime than every graded town next door
Of the 5 Ohio towns on Grove City’s borders, 1 have a Safety Grade: Columbus (D). Jackson Township, Urbancrest, Hamilton Township and Pleasant Township have no FBI figures of their own for 2023–2025. Neighbors ↓
Written from the FBI data on this page. Figures are crimes reported to police, not convictions.
What’s behind Grove City’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; violent crime is the closer of the two to typical. Its violent rate (1.8) 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.
Violent crime, by year and by type
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| Year | Grove City | Rest of Ohio | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 1.4 | 4.0 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 2.0 | 3.8 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 1.3 | 3.9 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 2.1 | 3.5 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
Grove City’s police reported 235 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 1.8 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 Grove City 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 2 violent crimes, in 2025. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.
How crime in Grove City has moved
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| Year | Grove City property | Rest of Ohio property | Grove City violent | Rest of Ohio violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 24.3 | 22.6 | 1.4 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 24.8 | 21.0 | 2.0 | 3.8 |
| 2024 | 26.5 | 19.8 | 1.3 | 3.9 |
| 2025 | 24.6 | 17.8 | 2.1 | 3.5 |
Crimes per 1,000 residents
Reported crime per resident was steady from 2023 to 2025: the change is within ordinary year-to-year swings. Per 1,000 residents, 2022–2025, against the rest of Ohio.
1,195 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.
93 violent and 1,102 property, as reported to the FBI by Grove City’s police.
Three people died in crashes on Grove City’s roads in 2019–2023
Grove City had 3 fatal crashes in five years, in which three people died; 1 was a cyclist.
That is fewer than is typical for Ohio towns of 25,000–100,000 people: at their median rate (4.7 deaths per 100,000 residents a year), a town of Grove City’s size would see about 10 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Grove City’s own rate (1.4) 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.
Grove City and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grove City | C− | 1.8 | 25.3 |
| Jackson Township | — | — | — |
| Columbus | D | 4.0 | 26.2 |
| Urbancrest | — | — | — |
| Hamilton Township | — | — | — |
| Pleasant Township | — | — | — |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Jackson Township, Urbancrest, Hamilton Township and Pleasant Township have no FBI figures of their own for 2023–2025.
Ohio towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grove City | C− | 1.8 | 25.3 |
| Miami Township | A− | 0.7 | 6.9 |
| Strongsville | B+ | 0.7 | 9.7 |
| Delaware | B | 1.8 | 9.1 |
| Fairfield | B− | 1.4 | 13.7 |
| Huber Heights | C+ | 1.8 | 17.7 |
The five graded Ohio towns closest to Grove City’s population (45,180), 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 Grove City. 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 Grove City’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (44,723 in 2025); our figure for Grove City is 45,180 (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 Grove City
Is Grove City, OH safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Grove City reports more crime per resident than 76% of U.S. towns, a C− Safety Grade and #247 of 296 in Ohio. Its police reported 1.8 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 Grove City?
1.8 violent and 25.3 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025, as reported to the FBI. The rest of Ohio reports 3.7 and 19.5; the FBI’s national estimate is 3.6 and 17.6.
How many homicides were there in Grove City in 2025?
Grove City’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 Grove City safer than Columbus?
Columbus reports more crime per resident than Grove City: Columbus grades D for safety and Grove City C−. Columbus’s police reported 4.0 violent and 26.2 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Grove City?
Grove City’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Grove City”. 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.