Recorded crime per resident is lower in South Bloomfield than in 72% of U.S. towns
Year on year, 0.9 violent crime and 7.2 incidents of property crime occur per 1,000 residents, compared with 3.7 and 19.6 in the rest of Ohio. A Safety Grade of B+ follows from crimes South Bloomfield’s police reported over the years 2023 to 2025: #84 of 296 graded towns in Ohio. Violent crime here is lower than in 71% of U.S. towns; property crime, lower than in 68%.
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 South Bloomfield
1 of the 1 graded towns next door reports less crime
Of the 3 Ohio towns on South Bloomfield’s borders, 1 have a Safety Grade: Ashville (A−). Walnut Township and Harrison Township have no FBI figures of their own for 2023–2025. Neighbors ↓
Written from the FBI data on this page. Figures are crimes reported to police, not convictions.
What’s behind South Bloomfield’s grade
Property crimes plus four times violent crimes reported to the FBI per resident, 2023–2025, on a national curve. Both violent and property crime are lower than in most U.S. towns; violent crime is the stronger of the two.
Violent crime, by year and by type
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| Year | South Bloomfield | Rest of Ohio | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 0.5 | 4.0 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 0.4 | 3.7 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 0.3 | 3.9 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 1.6 | 3.5 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
South Bloomfield’s police reported 9 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 0.9 per 1,000 residents a year, against 3.7 in the rest of Ohio and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
Crime in South Bloomfield per 1,000 residents
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.
And about 2 violent crimes, in 2025. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.
Reported crime is steady
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| Year | South Bloomfield property | Rest of Ohio property | South Bloomfield violent | Rest of Ohio violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 10.5 | 22.6 | 0.5 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 10.1 | 21.1 | 0.4 | 3.7 |
| 2024 | 4.9 | 19.8 | 0.3 | 3.9 |
| 2025 | 6.9 | 17.9 | 1.6 | 3.5 |
Crimes per 1,000 residents
Reported crime per resident was steady from 2023 to 2025: the change is within ordinary year-to-year swings. Per 1,000 residents, 2022–2025, against the rest of Ohio.
37 crimes reported in 2025
2025 offenses reported
Offenses reported to police, not convictions. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting. The last row is counted outside the property total.
7 violent and 30 property, as reported to the FBI by South Bloomfield’s police.
No one died in a crash on South Bloomfield’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 South Bloomfield’s size would see about 2 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so South Bloomfield’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.
South Bloomfield and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Bloomfield | B+ | 0.9 | 7.2 |
| Walnut Township | — | — | — |
| Harrison Township | — | — | — |
| Ashville | A− | 1.0 | 4.5 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Walnut Township and Harrison Township have no FBI figures of their own for 2023–2025.
Ohio towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Bloomfield | B+ | 0.9 | 7.2 |
| Plain City | A+ | 0.4 | 1.1 |
| Greenfield | A− | 1.1 | 5.2 |
| Waverly | B | 1.5 | 8.6 |
| Blanchester | B | 1.5 | 9.4 |
| Sebring | C+ | 2.4 | 12.5 |
The five graded Ohio towns closest to South Bloomfield’s population (4,164), by grade.
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.
- One number for all of South Bloomfield. 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 South Bloomfield’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (4,345 in 2025); our figure for South Bloomfield is 4,164 (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 South Bloomfield
Is South Bloomfield, OH safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, South Bloomfield reports less crime per resident than 72% of U.S. towns, a B+ Safety Grade and #84 of 296 in Ohio. Its police reported 0.9 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 South Bloomfield?
0.9 violent and 7.2 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 South Bloomfield safer than Ashville?
Ashville reports less crime per resident than South Bloomfield: Ashville grades A− for safety and South Bloomfield B+. Ashville’s police reported 1.0 violent and 4.5 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices South Bloomfield?
South Bloomfield’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “South Bloomfield”. 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.