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Safety in Pioneer · Not graded

Crime reported in Pioneer, OH

Pioneer’s police reported to the FBI for 2023 and 2024 but not 2025, so there is no Safety Grade: the grade needs all three years, 2023–2025. For a graded neighbor, the nearest is Montpelier (C), 7 miles away. Out to 25 miles, the count of graded towns reaches 3.

Violent crimes
1
reported to the FBI, 2024
Property crimes
21
reported to the FBI, 2024
Nearest graded town
7 mi
Montpelier (C)
1,000 neighbors · one year

For every 1,000 residents, about 15 property crimes reported

Property crime (15)Violent crime (0.7)Everyone else

Violent crime per 1,000 residents, 2024

Pioneer0.7
Rest of OH3.9
U.S. (FBI)3.6

Property crime per 1,000 residents, 2024

Pioneer15.0
Rest of OH19.8
U.S. (FBI)17.7

Crimes reported to police in 2024 per resident; one person can be the victim of more than one, and some reports involve visitors.

And about 1 violent crime, in 2024. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.

By year

The years Pioneer’s police reported

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YearPioneerRest of OhioPioneerRest of Ohio
202211.322.60.74.0
202319.221.04.33.7
202415.019.80.73.9
2025not reported17.8not reported3.5

Crimes per 1,000 residents

Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents, against the rest of Ohio. A year the department didn’t report in full is a gap, not a zero.

What gets reported

22 crimes reported in 2024

2024 offenses reported

Larceny / theft18
Burglary3
Vehicle theft0
Aggravated assault0
Robbery0
Rape1
Homicide0
Arson0
1
violent crimes
21
property crimes

Offenses reported to police, not convictions. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting. The last row is counted outside the property total.

1 violent and 21 property, as reported to the FBI by Pioneer’s police.

Nearest with figures

The nearest Ohio towns with a Safety Grade

TownGradeDistanceViolentProperty
MontpelierC7 mi2.719.9
BryanB+14 mi0.97.0
ArchboldB−17 mi2.28.3
DeltaA−28 mi1.04.7
HicksvilleB+29 mi1.55.4
DefianceC+29 mi2.312.2

Straight-line distance from the center of Pioneer. Nearby towns can differ a lot from Pioneer.

Each town’s own police figures, per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.

On the roads

No one died in a crash on Pioneer’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 Pioneer’s size would see about 0 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Pioneer’s own rate (0.0) is context, not a ranking.

0
people died in crashes, 2019–2023
0
pedestrians among them
0
cyclists among them
0.0
per 100,000 a year · Ohio towns of 2,500–5,000: 9.6

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.

Next door

Pioneer and its neighbors

Pioneer
A rangeB rangeC rangeD rangeNot graded
TownGradeViolentProperty

Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.

How reported crime compares across the town line. Tap a town to see its safety page.

How to read these numbers

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 Pioneer. 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 Pioneer’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
  • Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (1,404 in 2024); our figure for Pioneer is 1,419 (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 Pioneer

Is Pioneer, OH safe?

There is no Safety Grade for Pioneer. The nearest Ohio towns with a grade are Montpelier (C, 7 mi), Bryan (B+, 14 mi), Archbold (B−, 17 mi).

Who polices Pioneer?

Pioneer’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Pioneer”. 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, 2024, 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.