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Safety in Riverside · Not graded

Crime reported in Riverside, OH

Riverside’s police reported to the FBI for 2023 and 2025 but not 2024, so there is no Safety Grade: the grade needs all three years, 2023–2025.

Violent crimes
52
reported to the FBI, 2025
Property crimes
290
reported to the FBI, 2025
Nearest graded town
4 mi
Dayton (D−)
1,000 neighbors · one year

For every 1,000 residents, about 12 property crimes reported

And about 2 violent crimes, in 2025. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.

Property crime (11.9)Violent crime (2.1)Everyone else

Violent crime per 1,000 residents, 2025

Riverside2.1
Rest of OH3.5
U.S. (FBI)3.3

Property crime per 1,000 residents, 2025

Riverside11.9
Rest of OH17.9
U.S. (FBI)15.5

Crimes reported to police in 2025 per resident; one person can be the victim of more than one, and some reports involve visitors.

By year

The years Riverside’s police reported

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.

Show as a table
YearRiversideRest of OhioRiversideRest of Ohio
202215.922.62.14.0
202317.221.12.43.7
2024not reported19.8not reported3.9
202511.917.92.13.5

Crimes per 1,000 residents

What gets reported

342 crimes reported in 2025

52 violent and 290 property, as reported to the FBI by Riverside’s police.

2025 offenses reported

Larceny / theft209
Burglary21
Vehicle theft60
Aggravated assault29
Robbery5
Rape16
Homicide2
Arson4
52
violent crimes
290
property crimes

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

Nearest with figures

The nearest Ohio towns with a Safety Grade

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

TownGradeDistanceViolentProperty
DaytonD−4 mi12.243.4
BeavercreekC+4 mi0.619.5
Huber HeightsC+5 mi1.817.7
KetteringB6 mi0.614.3
FairbornC+6 mi2.712.2
VandaliaC+8 mi1.715.5

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

On the roads

19 people died in crashes on Riverside’s roads in 2019–2023

Riverside had 16 fatal crashes in five years, in which 19 people died; 4 were pedestrians and 1 was a cyclist.

That is 15.6 deaths per 100,000 residents a year, above the median for Ohio towns of 5,000–25,000 people (6.9, 458 towns).

19
people died in crashes, 2019–2023
4
pedestrians among them
1
cyclist among them
15.6
per 100,000 a year · Ohio towns of 5,000–25,000: 6.9

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

Riverside and its neighbors

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

A rangeB rangeC rangeD rangeNot graded
TownGradeViolentProperty
DaytonD−12.243.4
Huber HeightsC+1.817.7
Harrison Township———
Beavercreek Township———
Wright-Patterson AFB———
BeavercreekC+0.619.5
Bath Township———
KetteringB0.614.3

Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Harrison Township, Beavercreek Township and Bath Township have no FBI figures of their own for 2023–2025. Wright-Patterson AFB is an unincorporated community (a census-designated place) with no police department of its own.

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 Riverside. 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 Riverside’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
  • Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (24,472 in 2025); our figure for Riverside is 24,706 (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 Riverside

Is Riverside, OH safe?

There is no Safety Grade for Riverside. Riverside’s police reported to the FBI for 2023 and 2025 but not 2024, so there is no Safety Grade: the grade needs all three years, 2023–2025. The nearest Ohio towns with a grade are Dayton (D−, 4 mi), Beavercreek (C+, 4 mi), Huber Heights (C+, 5 mi).

Who polices Riverside?

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