Photo: Nyttend · Public domainTrotwood has more crime per resident than nine in ten U.S. towns
One of the 2 towns next door with figures records less crime per resident. Trotwood grades D for safety on crimes its police reported from 2023 to 2025: #281 of 296 graded towns in Ohio. Its police logs show 6.6 violent crimes and 29.2 incidents of property crime per 1,000 residents a year, while in the rest of Ohio the numbers are 3.7 and 19.5.
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 Trotwood
1 of the 2 graded towns next door reports less crime
Of the 6 Ohio towns on Trotwood’s borders, 2 have a Safety Grade: Clayton (B), Dayton (D−). Harrison Township and Perry Township have no FBI figures of their own for 2023–2025. Shiloh and Fort McKinley are unincorporated communities (census-designated places) with no police department of their own. Neighbors ↓
Written from the FBI data on this page. Figures are crimes reported to police, not convictions.
What’s behind Trotwood’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 higher than in most U.S. towns; property crime is the closer of the two to typical.
Violent crime, by year and by type
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| Year | Trotwood | Rest of Ohio | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 5.8 | 4.0 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 6.1 | 3.7 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 7.0 | 3.9 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 6.7 | 3.5 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
Trotwood’s police reported 453 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 6.6 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 Trotwood 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 7 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 | Trotwood property | Rest of Ohio property | Trotwood violent | Rest of Ohio violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 32.8 | 22.6 | 5.8 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 33.9 | 21.0 | 6.1 | 3.7 |
| 2024 | 28.2 | 19.8 | 7.0 | 3.9 |
| 2025 | 25.5 | 17.8 | 6.7 | 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.
742 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.
154 violent and 588 property, as reported to the FBI by Trotwood’s police.
19 people died in crashes on Trotwood’s roads in 2019–2023
Trotwood had 16 fatal crashes in five years, in which 19 people died; 1 was a cyclist.
That is 16.5 deaths per 100,000 residents a year, above the median for Ohio towns of 5,000–25,000 people (6.9, 458 towns).
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.
Trotwood and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Trotwood | D | 6.6 | 29.2 |
| Dayton | D− | 12.2 | 43.4 |
| Clayton | B | 1.1 | 10.8 |
| Harrison Township | — | — | — |
| Perry Township | — | — | — |
| Shiloh | — | — | — |
| Fort McKinley | — | — | — |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Harrison Township and Perry Township have no FBI figures of their own for 2023–2025. Shiloh and Fort McKinley are unincorporated communities (census-designated places) with no police department of their own.
Ohio towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Trotwood | D | 6.6 | 29.2 |
| Hudson | A | 0.5 | 4.6 |
| Solon | B+ | 0.8 | 8.0 |
| Willoughby | B | 1.0 | 9.3 |
| Oxford | B | 1.1 | 10.1 |
| Sandusky | C− | 2.5 | 22.6 |
The five graded Ohio towns closest to Trotwood’s population (23,190), 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 Trotwood. 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 Trotwood’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (23,072 in 2025); our figure for Trotwood is 23,190 (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 Trotwood
Is Trotwood, OH safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Trotwood reports more crime per resident than 92% of U.S. towns, a D Safety Grade and #281 of 296 in Ohio. Its police reported 6.6 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 Trotwood?
6.6 violent and 29.2 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025, as reported to the FBI. The rest of Ohio reports 3.7 and 19.5; the FBI’s national estimate is 3.6 and 17.6.
Is Trotwood safer than Dayton?
Dayton reports more crime per resident than Trotwood: Dayton grades D− for safety and Trotwood D. Dayton’s police reported 12.2 violent and 43.4 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Trotwood?
Trotwood’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Trotwood”. 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.