Photo: Jack Pearce from Boardman, OH, USA · CC BY-SA 2.0Howland Center: recorded crime, not graded
Howland Center has no police department of its own: it’s an unincorporated community (a census-designated place) in Trumbull County. The Trumbull County Sheriff’s Office reports to the FBI for the parts of the county without police of their own, so there are no figures for Howland Center alone, and no Safety Grade. Niles itself is graded C−, and no other graded town is as close.
What stands out about safety in Howland Center
Policed by the county
Howland Center is a census-designated place, with no town government. Crimes there are reported to the FBI inside the Trumbull County Sheriff’s Office’s totals for the county. County police ↓
Counts, not rates
The FBI doesn’t publish how many people the Trumbull County Sheriff’s Office covers, so its totals can’t be turned into a per-resident rate or a grade for Howland Center. County police ↓
The nearest graded towns
The closest Ohio towns with their own police figures are Niles (C−, 4 mi), Bazetta Township (B−, 4 mi), Weathersfield Township (B−, 6 mi). Nearby towns can differ a lot from Howland Center. Nearest ↓
Written from the FBI data on this page. Figures are crimes reported to police, not convictions.
What the Trumbull County Sheriff’s Office reports
Reports to the FBI for the parts of Trumbull County without police of their own, which include Howland Center.
Property crimes
Violent crimes
2024 offenses reported by the Trumbull County Sheriff’s Office
Counts, not rates: the FBI doesn’t publish how many people each agency covers. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting, Tables 10–11.
Crimes reported to the FBI for the whole area the department covers, by year.
The nearest Ohio towns with a Safety Grade
| Town | Grade | Distance | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Niles | C− | 4 mi | 2.5 | 23.2 |
| Bazetta Township | B− | 4 mi | 0.8 | 16.2 |
| Weathersfield Township | B− | 6 mi | 1.7 | 14.1 |
| Cortland | A | 6 mi | 0.5 | 4.1 |
| Girard | C+ | 6 mi | 2.8 | 12.3 |
| Champion Township | A− | 7 mi | 0.4 | 6.1 |
Straight-line distance from the center of Howland Center. Nearby towns can differ a lot from Howland Center.
Each town’s own police figures, per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Two people died in crashes on Howland Center’s roads in 2019–2023
Howland Center had 2 fatal crashes in five years, in which two people died.
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 Howland Center’s size would see about 2 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Howland Center’s own rate (6.4) 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.
Howland Center and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Warren | — | — | — |
| Howland Township | — | — | — |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Warren has no FBI figures of its own for 2023–2025. Howland Township 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.
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 Howland Center
Is Howland Center, OH safe?
There is no Safety Grade for Howland Center. The nearest Ohio towns with a grade are Niles (C−, 4 mi), Bazetta Township (B−, 4 mi), Weathersfield Township (B−, 6 mi).
Who polices Howland Center?
The Trumbull County Sheriff’s Office. Howland Center is an unincorporated community, and the department reports to the FBI for the parts of Trumbull County without police of their own.
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Neighbors looking out for each other in Howland Center.
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.