Photo: Roseohioresident · CC BY-SA 4.0Who polices North Lima, and what they report
North Lima has no police department of its own: it’s an unincorporated community (a census-designated place) in Mahoning County. The Mahoning 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 North Lima alone, and no Safety Grade.
What stands out about safety in North Lima
Policed by the county
North Lima is a census-designated place, with no town government. Crimes there are reported to the FBI inside the Mahoning County Sheriff’s Office’s totals for the county. County police ↓
Counts, not rates
The FBI doesn’t publish how many people the Mahoning County Sheriff’s Office covers, so its totals can’t be turned into a per-resident rate or a grade for North Lima. County police ↓
The nearest graded towns
The closest Ohio towns with their own police figures are Beaver Township (B+, 1 mi), Columbiana (A, 4 mi), Springfield Township (A−, 5 mi). Nearby towns can differ a lot from North Lima. Nearest ↓
Written from the FBI data on this page. Figures are crimes reported to police, not convictions.
What the Mahoning County Sheriff’s Office reports
Crimes reported to the FBI for the whole area the department covers, by year.
Reports to the FBI for the parts of Mahoning County without police of their own, which include North Lima.
Property crimes
Violent crimes
2025 offenses reported by the Mahoning 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.
The nearest Ohio towns with a Safety Grade
Each town’s own police figures, per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
| Town | Grade | Distance | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beaver Township | B+ | 1 mi | 1.0 | 8.5 |
| Columbiana | A | 4 mi | 0.7 | 3.6 |
| Springfield Township | A− | 5 mi | 1.0 | 4.9 |
| Boardman Township | C− | 5 mi | 1.4 | 31.6 |
| Poland Township | A− | 7 mi | 0.7 | 4.5 |
| Canfield | A | 8 mi | 0.4 | 4.3 |
Straight-line distance from the center of North Lima. Nearby towns can differ a lot from North Lima.
Three people died in crashes on North Lima’s roads in 2019–2023
North Lima had 3 fatal crashes in five years, in which three people died; 1 was a pedestrian. Most of these deaths (2 of 3) were on an Interstate passing through, so they say more about through-traffic than about the town’s own streets.
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 North Lima’s size would see about 1 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so North Lima’s own rate (49.7) 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.
North Lima and its neighbors
How reported crime compares across the town line. Tap a town to see its safety page.
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Woodworth | — | — | — |
| Springfield Township | A− | 1.0 | 4.9 |
| Beaver Township | B+ | 1.0 | 8.5 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Woodworth is an unincorporated community (a census-designated place) with no police department of its own.
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 North Lima
Is North Lima, OH safe?
There is no Safety Grade for North Lima. North Lima has no police department of its own: it’s an unincorporated community (a census-designated place) in Mahoning County. The Mahoning 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 North Lima alone, and no Safety Grade. The nearest Ohio towns with a grade are Beaver Township (B+, 1 mi), Columbiana (A, 4 mi), Springfield Township (A−, 5 mi).
Who polices North Lima?
The Mahoning County Sheriff’s Office. North Lima is an unincorporated community, and the department reports to the FBI for the parts of Mahoning County without police of their own.
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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.