Photo: Brenda · CC BY 2.0For violent crime, Medina beats 66% of U.S. towns per resident
Graded on crimes Medina’s police reported from 2023 to 2025, it scores B for safety: #116 of 296 graded towns in Ohio. Even so, its two neighbors with figures both record less crime per resident. Each year brought 1.0 violent crime and 9.1 incidents of property crime for every 1,000 residents (3.7 and 19.6 in the rest of 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 Medina
2 of the 2 graded towns next door report less crime
Of the 4 Ohio towns on Medina’s borders, 2 have a Safety Grade: Montville Township (A+), Medina Township (B+). Lafayette Township and York 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 Medina’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 lower than in most U.S. towns; violent crime is the stronger of the two.
Violent crime, by year and by type
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| Year | Medina | Rest of Ohio | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 0.8 | 4.0 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 0.6 | 3.8 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 1.0 | 3.9 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 1.5 | 3.5 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
Medina’s police reported 81 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 1.0 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 Medina 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.
Reported crime is steady
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| Year | Medina property | Rest of Ohio property | Medina violent | Rest of Ohio violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 7.1 | 22.6 | 0.8 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 11.3 | 21.1 | 0.6 | 3.8 |
| 2024 | 7.7 | 19.9 | 1.0 | 3.9 |
| 2025 | 8.1 | 17.9 | 1.5 | 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.
247 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.
39 violent and 208 property, as reported to the FBI by Medina’s police.
One person died in crashes on Medina’s roads in 2019–2023
Medina had 1 fatal crash in five years, in which one person died.
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 Medina’s size would see about 6 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Medina’s own rate (0.8) 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.
Medina and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medina | B | 1.0 | 9.1 |
| Medina Township | B+ | 0.4 | 9.6 |
| Montville Township | A+ | 0.3 | 2.4 |
| Lafayette Township | — | — | — |
| York Township | — | — | — |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Lafayette Township and York Township have no FBI figures of their own for 2023–2025.
Ohio towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medina | B | 1.0 | 9.1 |
| Perrysburg | A | 0.3 | 5.0 |
| Avon | B+ | 0.6 | 9.1 |
| Centerville | B+ | 0.4 | 10.5 |
| Athens | B | 1.1 | 11.0 |
| Zanesville | D | 4.2 | 31.5 |
The five graded Ohio towns closest to Medina’s population (25,692), 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 Medina. 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 Medina’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (25,679 in 2025); our figure for Medina is 25,692 (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 Medina
Is Medina, OH safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Medina reports less crime per resident than 64% of U.S. towns, a B Safety Grade and #116 of 296 in Ohio. Its police reported 1.0 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 Medina?
1.0 violent and 9.1 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.
How many homicides were there in Medina in 2025?
Medina’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 Medina safer than Medina Township?
Medina Township reports less crime per resident than Medina: Medina Township grades B+ for safety and Medina B. Medina Township’s police reported 0.4 violent and 9.6 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Medina?
Medina’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Medina”. 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.