Photo: SilentMatt Psychedelic · CC BY-SA 4.0Orange sits close to the middle of U.S. towns for reported crime
Overall, Orange grades B− for safety (#159 of 296 graded towns in Ohio): close to the middle of U.S. towns, on crimes its police reported to the FBI in 2023–2025.
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 Orange
1 of the 2 graded towns next door reports less crime
Of the 4 Ohio towns on Orange’s borders, 2 have a Safety Grade: Pepper Pike (A), Beachwood (C+). Moreland Hills has no FBI figures of its own for 2023–2025. Warrensville Heights reported to the FBI for 2024 and 2025 but not 2023. Neighbors ↓
A job center
Orange has 2,180 jobs based in town for 3,574 residents (Census LEHD), so some reports involve people who work or shop there rather than residents. How to read it ↓
Written from the FBI data on this page. Figures are crimes reported to police, not convictions.
What’s behind Orange’s grade
Property crimes plus four times violent crimes reported to the FBI per resident, 2023–2025, on a national curve. Violent crime holds Orange’s grade up; property crime pulls it down. Its property rate (13.0) is below the FBI’s national estimate (17.6) but higher than in most individual towns: the national figure is weighted by people, and the grade counts towns.
Violent crime, by year and by type
Orange’s police reported 13 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 1.2 per 1,000 residents a year, against 3.7 in the rest of Ohio and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
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| Year | Orange | Rest of Ohio | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 1.7 | 3.7 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 0.8 | 3.9 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 1.1 | 3.5 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
For every 1,000 residents, about 19 property crimes reported
And about 1 violent crime, in 2025. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.
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.
Reported crime is steady
Reported crime per resident was steady from 2023 to 2025: the change is within ordinary year-to-year swings. Per 1,000 residents, 2023–2025, against the rest of Ohio.
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| Year | Orange property | Rest of Ohio property | Orange violent | Rest of Ohio violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 8.8 | 21.1 | 1.7 | 3.7 |
| 2024 | 10.7 | 19.8 | 0.8 | 3.9 |
| 2025 | 19.3 | 17.8 | 1.1 | 3.5 |
Crimes per 1,000 residents
73 crimes reported in 2025
4 violent and 69 property, as reported to the FBI by Orange’s police.
2025 offenses reported
Offenses reported to police, not convictions. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting. The last row is counted outside the property total.
One person died in crashes on Orange’s roads in 2019–2023
Orange had 1 fatal crash in five years, in which one person died. Most of these deaths (1 of 1) 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 Orange’s size would see about 2 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Orange’s own rate (5.7) 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.
Orange and its neighbors
How reported crime compares across the town line. Tap a town to see its safety page.
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Orange | B− | 1.2 | 13.0 |
| Moreland Hills | — | — | — |
| Warrensville Heights | — | — | — |
| Beachwood | C+ | 0.6 | 20.9 |
| Pepper Pike | A | 0.1 | 4.1 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Moreland Hills has no FBI figures of its own for 2023–2025. Warrensville Heights reported to the FBI for 2024 and 2025 but not 2023.
Ohio towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Orange | B− | 1.2 | 13.0 |
| Paulding | A− | 1.3 | 2.5 |
| Northfield | B | 0.8 | 10.8 |
| Wintersville | B | 1.3 | 10.1 |
| Greenhills | C+ | 3.0 | 10.3 |
| Lockland | D | 8.8 | 20.1 |
The five graded Ohio towns closest to Orange’s population (3,574), by grade.
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 Orange. 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 Orange’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (3,573 in 2025); our figure for Orange is 3,574 (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 Orange
Is Orange, OH safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Orange reports less crime per resident than 52% of U.S. towns, a B− Safety Grade and #159 of 296 in Ohio. Its police reported 1.2 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 Orange?
1.2 violent and 13.0 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.
Is crime going up or down in Orange?
Reported crime per resident was steady from 2023 to 2025: the change is within ordinary year-to-year swings.
Is Orange safer than Beachwood?
Beachwood reports more crime per resident than Orange: Beachwood grades C+ for safety and Orange B−. Beachwood’s police reported 0.6 violent and 20.9 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Orange?
Orange’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Orange Village”. 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.