Photo: Sixflashphoto · CC BY-SA 4.0Reported crime per resident in Mifflin Township rose 344% from 2023 to 2025
Overall, Mifflin Township grades B for safety (#144 of 296 graded towns in Ohio): close to the middle of U.S. towns, on crimes its police reported in 2023–2025. What’s more, its police logs show 1.3 violent crimes and 10.4 incidents of property crime per 1,000 residents a year, while in the rest of Ohio the numbers are 3.7 and 19.6. Both towns on its borders with figures record more crime per resident.
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 Mifflin Township
Mifflin Township reports less crime than every graded town next door
Of the 4 Ohio towns on Mifflin Township’s borders, 2 have a Safety Grade: Gahanna (C+), Columbus (D). Jefferson Township and Clinton Township have no FBI figures of their own for 2023–2025. Neighbors ↓
Reported crime is rising
Crime reported per resident rose 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 Mifflin Township’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.
Reported crime per resident, 2023 to 2025
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| Year | Mifflin Township property | Rest of Ohio property | Mifflin Township violent | Rest of Ohio violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 2.0 | 22.6 | 0.0 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 4.4 | 21.1 | 1.6 | 3.7 |
| 2024 | 2.4 | 19.8 | 0.4 | 3.9 |
| 2025 | 24.4 | 17.8 | 2.0 | 3.5 |
Crimes per 1,000 residents
Reported crime per resident rose from 2023 to 2025, by more than ordinary year-to-year swings. Per 1,000 residents, 2022–2025, against the rest of Ohio.
Violent crime, by year and by type
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| Year | Mifflin Township | Rest of Ohio | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 0.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 1.6 | 3.7 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 0.4 | 3.9 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 2.0 | 3.5 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
Mifflin Township’s police reported 10 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 1.3 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 Mifflin Township 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.
67 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.
5 violent and 62 property, as reported to the FBI by Mifflin Township’s police.
19 people died in crashes on Mifflin Township’s roads in 2019–2023
Mifflin Township had 19 fatal crashes in five years, in which 19 people died; 4 were pedestrians. Most of these deaths (12 of 19) were on an Interstate passing through, so they say more about through-traffic than about the town’s own streets.
That is 10.0 deaths per 100,000 residents a year, above the median for Ohio towns of 25,000–100,000 people (4.7, 98 towns).
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.
Mifflin Township and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mifflin Township | B | 1.3 | 10.4 |
| Gahanna | C+ | 2.0 | 17.7 |
| Columbus | D | 4.0 | 26.2 |
| Jefferson Township | — | — | — |
| Clinton Township | — | — | — |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Jefferson Township and Clinton Township have no FBI figures of their own for 2023–2025.
Ohio towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mifflin Township | B | 1.3 | 10.4 |
| North Ridgeville | A | 0.4 | 2.6 |
| Hilliard | B | 1.3 | 9.5 |
| Westerville | C+ | 1.9 | 17.9 |
| Findlay | C | 2.6 | 16.1 |
| Boardman Township | C− | 1.4 | 31.6 |
The five graded Ohio towns closest to Mifflin Township’s population (38,526), 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 Mifflin Township. 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 Mifflin Township’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (2,541 in 2025); our figure for Mifflin Township is 38,526 (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 Mifflin Township
Is Mifflin Township, OH safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Mifflin Township reports less crime per resident than 57% of U.S. towns, a B Safety Grade and #144 of 296 in Ohio. Its police reported 1.3 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 Mifflin Township?
1.3 violent and 10.4 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 Mifflin Township in 2025?
Mifflin Township’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 Mifflin Township safer than Gahanna?
Gahanna reports more crime per resident than Mifflin Township: Gahanna grades C+ for safety and Mifflin Township B. Gahanna’s police reported 2.0 violent and 17.7 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Mifflin Township?
Mifflin Township’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Mifflin Township”. 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.