Photo: Nyttend · Public domainPolicing Pottery Addition: who reports, and what
Drive 10 miles in any direction and you reach 3 towns with grades of their own. Pottery Addition has no police department of its own: it’s an unincorporated community (a census-designated place) in Jefferson County. The Jefferson 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 Pottery Addition alone, and no Safety Grade. The nearest town with a Safety Grade is Steubenville, 3 miles away, graded C−.
What stands out about safety in Pottery Addition
Policed by the county
Pottery Addition is a census-designated place, with no town government. Crimes there are reported to the FBI inside the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office’s totals for the county. County police ↓
Counts, not rates
The FBI doesn’t publish how many people the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office covers, so its totals can’t be turned into a per-resident rate or a grade for Pottery Addition. County police ↓
The nearest graded towns
The closest Ohio towns with their own police figures are Steubenville (C−, 3 mi), Toronto (A−, 4 mi), Wintersville (B, 4 mi). Nearby towns can differ a lot from Pottery Addition. Nearest ↓
Written from the FBI data on this page. Figures are crimes reported to police, not convictions.
What the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office reports
Reports to the FBI for the parts of Jefferson County without police of their own, which include Pottery Addition.
Property crimes
Violent crimes
2025 offenses reported by the Jefferson 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
| Town | Grade | Distance | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Steubenville | C− | 3 mi | 1.1 | 29.4 |
| Toronto | A− | 4 mi | 2.0 | 1.5 |
| Wintersville | B | 4 mi | 1.3 | 10.1 |
| East Liverpool | B− | 16 mi | 3.0 | 8.1 |
| Martins Ferry | B− | 21 mi | 3.6 | 4.6 |
| Cadiz | A− | 22 mi | 1.2 | 4.2 |
Straight-line distance from the center of Pottery Addition. Nearby towns can differ a lot from Pottery Addition.
Each town’s own police figures, per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
No one died in a crash on Pottery Addition’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 Pottery Addition’s size would see about 0 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Pottery Addition’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.
Pottery Addition and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Island Creek Township | — | — | — |
| Steubenville | C− | 1.1 | 29.4 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Island Creek Township has no FBI figures of its 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 Pottery Addition
Is Pottery Addition, OH safe?
There is no Safety Grade for Pottery Addition. The nearest Ohio towns with a grade are Steubenville (C−, 3 mi), Toronto (A−, 4 mi), Wintersville (B, 4 mi).
Who polices Pottery Addition?
The Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office. Pottery Addition is an unincorporated community, and the department reports to the FBI for the parts of Jefferson County without police of their own.
Heads-up board
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Neighbors looking out for each other in Pottery Addition.
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.