Mount Hope: recorded crime, not graded
The nearest town with a Safety Grade is Brewster, 11 miles away, graded B. Mount Hope has no police department of its own: it’s an unincorporated community (a census-designated place) in Holmes County. The Holmes 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 Mount Hope alone, and no Safety Grade. A 25-mile circle around it holds 12 towns with a grade.
What stands out about safety in Mount Hope
Policed by the county
Mount Hope is a census-designated place, with no town government. Crimes there are reported to the FBI inside the Holmes County Sheriff’s Office’s totals for the county. County police ↓
Counts, not rates
The FBI doesn’t publish how many people the Holmes County Sheriff’s Office covers, so its totals can’t be turned into a per-resident rate or a grade for Mount Hope. County police ↓
The nearest graded towns
The closest Ohio towns with their own police figures are Brewster (B, 11 mi), Orrville (A, 15 mi), Wooster (C, 16 mi). Nearby towns can differ a lot from Mount Hope. Nearest ↓
Written from the FBI data on this page. Figures are crimes reported to police, not convictions.
What the Holmes County Sheriff’s Office reports
Reports to the FBI for the parts of Holmes County without police of their own, which include Mount Hope.
Property crimes
Violent crimes
2025 offenses reported by the Holmes 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
Straight-line distance from the center of Mount Hope. Nearby towns can differ a lot from Mount Hope.
Each town’s own police figures, per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
No one died in a crash on Mount Hope’s roads in 2019–2023
That is about what is typical for Ohio towns of 2,500–5,000 people: at their median rate (9.6 deaths per 100,000 residents a year), a town of Mount Hope’s size would see about 0 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Mount Hope’s own rate (0.0) 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.
Mount Hope and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Paint Township | — | — | — |
| Salt Creek Township | — | — | — |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Paint Township and Salt Creek Township have no FBI figures of their own for 2023–2025.
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 Mount Hope
Is Mount Hope, OH safe?
There is no Safety Grade for Mount Hope. The nearest Ohio towns with a grade are Brewster (B, 11 mi), Orrville (A, 15 mi), Wooster (C, 16 mi).
Who polices Mount Hope?
The Holmes County Sheriff’s Office. Mount Hope is an unincorporated community, and the department reports to the FBI for the parts of Holmes County without police of their own.
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Neighbors looking out for each other in Mount Hope.
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.